https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 10 Jul 2026 18:26:07 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/worried-that-i-dont-like-kidsbabies#post-157082 Sun, 13 May 2012 10:25:39 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 157082@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't like kids at all for a long time. It wasn't until I was 35 that I even had any inkling that I might ever have one. My kids are my life. I love and am interested in what they do and it's never boring to interact with Lala or Maisie. It's weird, it doesn't even have to be my birth child, the fact that Maisie is ours makes me love her so intensely and it's completely different than other not related kids! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/worried-that-i-dont-like-kidsbabies#post-157071 Sun, 13 May 2012 10:06:15 +0000 Meridian 157071@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Aww, you guys are all the best, this post made me feel so much better! I'm just glad that I'm not alone in my sentiments. </p> <p>Ironically, my husband is SOOOO good with kids and he can "play" with them for hours. Me, I'd rather sit on the couch and watch tv :T </p> <p>@Rubies: HAHAHA, I will remember that one!!</p> <p>@mrbee: I love the video game idea and will have to share it with my husband, haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/worried-that-i-dont-like-kidsbabies#post-157043 Sun, 13 May 2012 07:47:08 +0000 heffalump 157043@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was worried about that too because I also am not a huge fan of kids. But of course I love my LO, and I've started liking other people's kids much more now too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/worried-that-i-dont-like-kidsbabies#post-157042 Sun, 13 May 2012 07:46:34 +0000 SleepyMonkey 157042@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rubies: haha, that is HILARIOUS!!</p> <p>but to echo what everyone else said, i too am not a kid lover. i never baby sat when i was growing up and the only real exposure i've had to kids is my nephews and nieces. I adore my nephew, who is sweet, thoughtful and just a good kid all around. My niece can be a terror sometimes, and I have to admit that I don't always enjoy interacting with her. Yes, this is my own flesh &amp; blood, but I do love her. I'm fine with babies in general, but I really don't enjoy kids. At all. I was really worried about this too, but when I told my mom about it, she said she felt the same way about kids and once you have your own, it is completely different and you will love them more than you can imagine. As her daughter, I can tell you that I never suspected she didn't like children. So, don't worry too much!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/worried-that-i-dont-like-kidsbabies#post-157038 Sun, 13 May 2012 07:29:38 +0000 Rubies 157038@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Someone once told me that kids and farts are the same: you only like your own.</p> <p>So...Yeah.</p> <p>:)</p> <p>I think when you have your baby you will fall in love with the being you helped create. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/worried-that-i-dont-like-kidsbabies#post-157011 Sun, 13 May 2012 05:58:11 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 157011@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My good friend hated kids. Was annoyed by them and really couldn't care for them. Then she got pregnant. And having your own child is not like looking out and seeing others kids. </p> <p>You have control of your own and you call the shots. Her liking for children changed so honesty i wouldn't worry about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/worried-that-i-dont-like-kidsbabies#post-157002 Sun, 13 May 2012 02:53:25 +0000 looch 157002@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Don't worry! Before I had my son, I was not a babies or kid person. I really don't like other people's children that much, even now, but I love my son. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/worried-that-i-dont-like-kidsbabies#post-156965 Sat, 12 May 2012 23:53:03 +0000 BoogieBea 156965@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've always liked children and had no doubts that I would want some one day. But not having been exposed to very many babies, I never knew how to engage with them. I mostly just smiled and stared. Now that I have my own, I am able to interact better with kids in general. Even with my own kid, it took me a few days before I started bonding with him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/worried-that-i-dont-like-kidsbabies#post-156962 Sat, 12 May 2012 23:37:00 +0000 tequiero21 156962@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i never really liked kids until about 10 years ago, when i took a job in korea to teach english to kindergarteners. i've always preferred dogs to babies. now i think they're so adorable! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/worried-that-i-dont-like-kidsbabies#post-156961 Sat, 12 May 2012 23:28:23 +0000 cyndistar3 156961@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Im not going to lie, before having my first daughter I really disliked all children as a general rule and said I would never have kids.... well (for me at least) all of that changed once pregnancy became real. I became attatched right away and cannot wait for our second child to be born! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/worried-that-i-dont-like-kidsbabies#post-156953 Sat, 12 May 2012 23:00:40 +0000 Mrs. Cat in the Cradle 156953@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't believe at all that not being a "kid person" will make you bad or uncaring mother. I'm OK with children. I have no experience at all, but I certainly don't hate them. BUT at the same time, I'm not that interested.</p> <p>I can tell you though, that I do feel a lot of interest in my daughter, and she won't be here for another couple months. With every day that passes, the love grows and I'm very excited to meet her! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/worried-that-i-dont-like-kidsbabies#post-156919 Sat, 12 May 2012 21:25:42 +0000 Dr. Pepper 156919@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just started TTC and I feel the same way about kids. One of my coworkers just had a baby about 2 months ago and keeps bringing him in to work to show him off to everyone. People all want to hold him and love on him. I just can't bring myself to do it. I chalk that up to not being comfortable around really little babies. However, I have many nieces and nephews and have a hard time enjoying being around/playing with them. I get annoyed easily at their loudness/bad behavior/etc and/or find little interest in them. My DH and I babysat our 3 year old nephew about a month ago and sat there staring at each other wondering what to do with him. DH even said, "It's gotta be better with your own right???" We ended up having him peel egg shells off our eggs for us because that is what he wanted to do and we needed it done. At least he had a good time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/worried-that-i-dont-like-kidsbabies#post-156918 Sat, 12 May 2012 21:24:57 +0000 Mrs. Bee 156918@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i was the same, but it is different when it is your kid because watching them become their own little person is just so amazing. and to think that they came from you and your husband!</p> <p>and like andrea said, once you have a kid, you start liking other kids more because you just "get" kids more and can appreciate better the cute things they do/say.</p> <p>you will be fine! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/worried-that-i-dont-like-kidsbabies#post-156916 Sat, 12 May 2012 21:20:31 +0000 mrbee 156916@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like kids waaaay more, but I still struggle with babies.</p> <p>Kids are kind of like a video game... you get to choose what your little guy does and if all goes well, then he gains new powers and levels up. That part is pretty fun!</p> <p>The part that sucks is when the Big Boss of Sleep starts killing you and you lose all your lives trying to get your LO to nap or sleep through the night. Every kid is different though... some of them don't have a Big Boss of Sleep that you have to kill. Try to get that video game, if they have it in stock.</p> <p>For me it got a lot easier around 13 months or so. That's when I could try and level up Charlie's vocabulary skills. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/worried-that-i-dont-like-kidsbabies#post-156911 Sat, 12 May 2012 21:15:42 +0000 Mrs. Pen 156911@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah, I've noticed the same here. for the most part I always liked kids and have been a nanny. But being a nanny allowed me to treat the kids like my own, any kids other than my nanny kids, I didn't care for.</p> <p>And I've noticed this even more so in my life. I went to a big mommy group last week and kept finding myself getting annoyed by the other moms kids! I tried not to express it, but I hated it when they came up to me and wanted something from me, like to play or interact. I didn't want that at all. </p> <p>but I LOVE my son and to me, he is the epitome of perfection. I worried about not being able to love him enough or that I wouldn't feel it, but the moment he was put on my chest when he was born, I was crying from feeling such strong emotions of love. It's sooo amazing, this feeling. There is nothing like it and no one knows it unless they have kids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/worried-that-i-dont-like-kidsbabies#post-156907 Sat, 12 May 2012 21:11:35 +0000 Andrea 156907@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup, I was the same and I fell in love with my daughter before she was even born. I am also more interested in other kids now that I have a daughter myself. Good luck and have fun TTC!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/worried-that-i-dont-like-kidsbabies#post-156905 Sat, 12 May 2012 21:10:19 +0000 cyneswith 156905@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My sister-in-law had basically no interest in kids, and was worried she'd be a bad mom. But she adores her son, and is a very loving, devoted mommy. You're not alone! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/worried-that-i-dont-like-kidsbabies#post-156904 Sat, 12 May 2012 21:06:09 +0000 Meridian 156904@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sooo, confession time: we're about to start TTC on my next cycle and I'm plagued by concerns that I don't really "like" kids/babies. I hope I don't offend anyone with this post:(</p> <p>We have a 4 yr old nephew and 1 yr old niece (SIL's kids) who I of course LOVE, but I'm ashamed to admit that I am not inclined to play with them or really interact with them in a meaningful way. We also have some young kids on my husbands side, 6 yr old girl and 4 yr old twin girls, and I just don't enjoy spending time with them (they are really LOUD, rowdy and rather badly behaved, so that may have something to do with it). </p> <p>Two of our friends recently had babies and while I'll coo and hold their babies for about 5-10 mins, I'm fine handing them off to the next eager pair of hands. I just find babies/kids... boring! Or I can't relate to them?!</p> <p>I'm assuming that it'll be different when I have my own... Similar to how I used to dislike dogs until my husband finally convinced me to get one, and now I'm obsessed with ours!</p> <p>Was anyone else like this?! Please tell me I'm not alone and I'll get better, haha! *gulp* </p>