You were in the dolls of my childhood games. In all my hopes and my loves, in my life, in the life of my mother, and in her mother before her, you have lived. In the lap of the eternal spirit you have been nursed and nurtured for ages. However, the poets can't really capture the many changes that motherhood brings. In play and through family responsibilities, we reflect how our family and our culture expect mothers to act.
Early expectations can have a positive or negative effect on our actual experience with motherhood.
This attachment matters for both mother and baby, affecting the baby's development as well as our own throughout the rest of our lives. The relationship that develops during childhood and adolescence is more inclusive and open to change than infant attachment. The flexibility required at this time challenges our expectations and earlier experiences of motherhood. Mothering adult children serves a unique purpose. We are building interconnections across our children's past, present, and future lives.