Call me hands-off, call me lazy, call me uniterested - I dunno. But I see them as separate from me and always have, from the time they were newborns.
Rory i actually cried when i saw this - this is exactly how i feel and my DD is only 10 months - my darling sister who has 4 kids of her own and seems to have to know every single little facet of their lives thinks that there is something wrong with me for feeling the way i do - she thinks i have pnd which i KNOW i don't - I love and adore my DD and i love seeing how she grows, but i don't feel the need to be with her 24/7 and i enjoy the time that i do have to myself

Epacris - thank you for starting this thread - it really has made me breath a sigh of relief