I didn't get a choice with my dd. she decided she wants to be like her older siblings. I did say there are sometimes mummy still wants to be mummy and sometimes I can just be mum . Like the second poster I changed my way of thinking and stopped thinking of it as letting go but watching them grow and develop. And welcomed new stages

Although I do dread each stage at times. Like dd will probably lose a tooth sometime this year and as silly as it is it makes me sad to think this is my last time with a first tooth. Does that make sense