Tell me about it. Things I could handle without problems before having kids, I can't even think about now. I made the mistake of reading John Walsh's biography when my oldest son was about 8 months old. HUGE mistake. I still have nightmares from the things he describes in that book.

I was reading a book by Nora Roberts recently when it alluded to the main character losing an infant who was a few weeks old. I still haven't picked it up again, and won't be able to until my daughter is much older.

But by far the biggest emotional moment of tv/movie/book for me was watching Passion of the Christ, when Mary is watching Jesus carry the cross and it flashes back and forth between her memories of Him as a baby and what was happening to Him now. I was heaving with sobs in the theatre.

I cried at everything before and now it's just so much worse. I cry at EVERYTHING, and not just kid-related stuff. Just anything slightly mushy or emotional, although the kid or animal related things are definitely worse. Today already I've gotten overly emotional twice at stories on GMA. Oy. I never thought having a child would affect me so much, but it's true.

i blubber at lots of stuff now......simple things too....simple as seeing other kids with their parents...watching my kids sleep...reading a certain magazine/book with kids in it...seeing a picture....hearing a voice of a child in pain....

I've gotten really sensitive to the news. Anything having to do with bad things happening to kids or mother's kills me. I rarely read or listen to the news any longer as I can't take it. We watched the Stand up to Cancer and when they talked about the 4 year old I lost it. I'm losing it again just thinking about it.