Parenthood Warnings!!
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Avocado_AS5 wrote: »I don't really like babies and most kids for that matter, but my daughters are pretty badass and I feel sorry for people who have rotten kids that aren't as cool as mine.
That being said, I could do without all the damn laundry I'm stuck doing. And no one ever tells you that you'll need a savings account just to keep up with toilet paper consumption. I swear they eat the stuff. And what's up with the 8 thousand water glasses they use on the daily? Seriously though.....they have to be fed 3 times a day?! Every single day??? Gah!
Agreed, kids who eat are the worst of the worst. Also kids who poop.1 -
I had my son when I was 18, it was tough but I worked myself through college and busted my *kitten* for both of us. He's 21 now and honestly he was the biggest pain in the *kitten* when he was little but he's my rock and he's the reason I'm still here on this earth.1
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Honestly? Parenthood is NOTHING like I imagined. I never expected that every single thing would be a battle. It's emotionally draining to say the least.
Obviously, it depends on the kid. People who say that there are no 'difficult' kids are full of ****.1 -
You will learn about fandoms you have no interest in because your kid adores them.1
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I admit, every time I'm in the store and hear a kid throwing a screeching tantrum because mom said no to whatever he wanted again, I smile inside because I get to go home to a clean quiet house. Growing up, I watched how miserable my parents were, yes, with me and also my two siblings, and learned: Nope, it's not for me.
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*kitten* kids...3
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At age four they are hard work and you think that you will never get a minute to yourself.
As a mum of three amazing adult children, can I tell you.
Appreciate every minute. Enjoy the the laughter, the mess, the funny moments and the chaos. You will never get that time back.
Don't take one minute for granted.
Our children are our greatest treasures.1 -
KurumiSophia wrote: »You will be asked obscure questions you must Google to find the answers.
And hell hath no fury like the toddler who wants the blue cup not the green cup.
oh gosh yes.
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Honestly? Parenthood is NOTHING like I imagined. I never expected that every single thing would be a battle. It's emotionally draining to say the least.
Obviously, it depends on the kid. People who say that there are no 'difficult' kids are full of ****.
totally agree. and it depends on the day. there are days where my boys are amazing. they play nice together, they do what they are told, and they clean up with out a fight. then there are days where asking them to do something just sends them in to a melt down. and there is nothing you can do but wait for it to pass.0 -
KurumiSophia wrote: »You will learn about fandoms you have no interest in because your kid adores them.
oh yeah. my kids arent old enough for any of that yet but my nephews wont stop going on about things i have no interest in and i dont want to be mean and tell them to just stop talking. atleast they are passionate about things.0 -
theabsentmindednurse wrote: »At age four they are hard work and you think that you will never get a minute to yourself.
As a mum of three amazing adult children, can I tell you.
Appreciate every minute. Enjoy the the laughter, the mess, the funny moments and the chaos. You will never get that time back.
Don't take one minute for granted.
Our children are our greatest treasures.
thank you. that is great advice. Mine are old 2 and 4 and i already miss little things about them being younger.0 -
"Have two kids, the only child will grow up lonely and won't learn to share, etc." Having a second child just provided my first child with an adversary, lol.1
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- You will miss when they were young and immobile. Not because they were cute.. or tinier and you could carry them, but because they were immobile and not constantly getting into and breaking your *kitten*.
- If you have pets, you will spend a lot of your time yelling at your kid to leave the animals alone, not chase them and to stop harassing them. Also, you will repeat ad nauseum that if you piss off the cat, he will scratch you.. and no, I won't feel sorry for you. Then they look shocked when what you've just said actually happens.
- That you will learn that your child has no filter. This means cheering when you drive by a cemetery, pointing out your jiggly belly, wondering why cats have "bumps" on their stomachs, and morbidly asking about death. All questions you get to field. And the questions get weirder.. and harder to answer as you get older. If there's an uncomfortable subject you don't want to talk about? Too bad! Your child will find a way to ask about it.
- That you will feel slightly bad when your kid wants to play with you, but you want to do your own activities. You will feel even worse when they want to do something with you that they aren't old enough to do yet (in my case, it's playing Magic: the Gathering).
- That routines are *kitten* important not just to kids, but adults, too. It's gone a long way to us both not being insane, lol.
- That there is absolutely no reason to have more than one child (or even one) unless you want to, but you'll have to put up with people asking you indefinitely when you're going to have more. How about never?
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mjtaylor87 wrote: »KurumiSophia wrote: »You will be asked obscure questions you must Google to find the answers.
And hell hath no fury like the toddler who wants the blue cup not the green cup.
oh gosh yes.
It doesn't even matter if they *just* asked for the green cup either. Something will happen in their little toddler brain that makes that cup awful and they will demand something utterly different in the span of moments where you open the cabinet and get the requested cup.0 -
Bry_Lander wrote: »"Have two kids, the only child will grow up lonely and won't learn to share, etc." Having a second child just provided my first child with an adversary, lol.
oh yeah if my two arent fighting about something they are plotting together. now my husband is talking about having a 3rd and im scared to death0 -
CanesGalactica wrote: »
- That you will feel slightly bad when your kid wants to play with you, but you want to do your own activities. You will feel even worse when they want to do something with you that they aren't old enough to do yet (in my case, it's playing Magic: the Gathering).
this one breaks my heart all the time.
0 - That you will feel slightly bad when your kid wants to play with you, but you want to do your own activities. You will feel even worse when they want to do something with you that they aren't old enough to do yet (in my case, it's playing Magic: the Gathering).
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VeronicaA76 wrote: »mjtaylor87 wrote: »The viewpoint is how many people's experiences go. My DD has brought me more joy and LESS stress than I had as a manager of a retail electronics outlet. Even today as a teen, she's been great and while there have been the regular instances of trying to overstep boundaries, the joy I get as a father will NEVER cause me to dissuade people from having a kid if they can provide and take care of them comfortably.
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oh no thats not what i mean. i would never advise not having kids unless you just dont want to have them. i just meant the thing no one thinks to tell you about.
Like how my kids will dunk any food in any drink. not kidding: cookies in koolaid, meat loaf in apple juice, bananas in pop.
or how telling your kids to pick one little toy 50 times in one day can combine with all the other stresses of the day and before you know it you are sitting on the floor weeping over a ninja turtle that you could have just picked up yourself.
or how you would actually have to tell another human being not to stick a carrot up the cats nose.
before i had kids these things never crossed my mind.
LOL!!! The list of 1000 things you never thought you would ever say to another human being:
1. Quit licking the dog
2. Don't bite your fingers
3. Don't bite other people
4. Why are you doing that?(a very useless question)
5. Don't stick Cheerios in your *insert random body part*
6. Quit eating the dogs food
7. Stop licking the windows
8. I don't need help wiping my butt
9. Quit pooping behind the couch (mine did that for about 2 months....why????)
And on, and on....
Mine was...
You do not put Hello Kitty stamps on your brother's butt.
After the words came out my mouth I was like...that was the weirdest thing I think I've every said.1 -
KurumiSophia wrote: »mjtaylor87 wrote: »KurumiSophia wrote: »You will be asked obscure questions you must Google to find the answers.
And hell hath no fury like the toddler who wants the blue cup not the green cup.
oh gosh yes.
It doesn't even matter if they *just* asked for the green cup either. Something will happen in their little toddler brain that makes that cup awful and they will demand something utterly different in the span of moments where you open the cabinet and get the requested cup.
oh yeah the who family was out side this morning to put my oldest on the bus for preschool and when a bus pulled up my youngest flipped out freaking out that he did not want to get on bubby's bus. i told him he wasnt going to and that that wasnt bubby's bus. but when bubby's bus did show up and he got on it my youngest lost his mind screaming and crying that he wanted to go on the bus. like really you just about crapped your pants 5 mins ago when you thought you were getting on the bus.0 -
CoffeeAndContour wrote: »- You will lose all your dignity bringing a life into this world.
- It's normal not to feel an immediate connection with your child.
- Breast feeding although a wonderful thing, is also painful, exhausting, and will legit suck the life out of you.
- Your job is to teach your children how to function in the world as responsible, hardworking and kind human beings. Remember this before you tend to their every single need.
- You will eat chocolate bars on the toilette and you will love it.
- You will tell absurd lies to your child.
- Nothing will ever stay white again.
- Legos were actually created by Satan himself.
- It gets harder every year. You think 3 is bad? Try 4 and so on and so forth.
- Don't waste your money on every single new gadget. They are happy with pots and pans and your time.
- Take time for yourself once in a while. You're not selfish.
- Don't make a second meal. They eat what you eat.
- You will loathe some of your children's friends. And if you're like me. It will be their best friend.
- Listen, even to the small stuff.
- You will sleep again.
I couldn't agree more with this. If they don't eat it they can go to bed without, they'll eat when they're hungry.
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CutieCait123 wrote: »CoffeeAndContour wrote: »- You will lose all your dignity bringing a life into this world.
- It's normal not to feel an immediate connection with your child.
- Breast feeding although a wonderful thing, is also painful, exhausting, and will legit suck the life out of you.
- Your job is to teach your children how to function in the world as responsible, hardworking and kind human beings. Remember this before you tend to their every single need.
- You will eat chocolate bars on the toilette and you will love it.
- You will tell absurd lies to your child.
- Nothing will ever stay white again.
- Legos were actually created by Satan himself.
- It gets harder every year. You think 3 is bad? Try 4 and so on and so forth.
- Don't waste your money on every single new gadget. They are happy with pots and pans and your time.
- Take time for yourself once in a while. You're not selfish.
- Don't make a second meal. They eat what you eat.
- You will loathe some of your children's friends. And if you're like me. It will be their best friend.
- Listen, even to the small stuff.
- You will sleep again.
I couldn't agree more with this. If they don't eat it they can go to bed without, they'll eat when they're hungry.
My brother and sister in law are the WORST with this. My nephew is 7 and all he eats is junk food...no lie. He does not eat, fruit, veggies, pasta of any sort, hardly any meat...I mean nothing and they are ok with it. The kid litterally eats Funyuns, chips, and cookies ALL.DAY.LONG.
And they make excuses, saying "It's so hard to justify to the other kids why they can't have cookies and cereal for dinner and he can, but if we didn't give him that he wouldn't eat."
It drives the piss out of me!1 -
I wish someone would have told me how hard it is to be introverted and a parent to small kids, who by their nature talk all.day.long. It's fine, and I cope with it, but I would love to have been able to validate that it IS hard before I figured out exactly why.1
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Mine is a little charmer and talks to EVERYONE out in public too. Which means by default I talk to everyone. Sometimes I would like to get groceries without having to speak to anyone
I don't even mind talking to people in public most of the time (though on anxious days I'm like "please don't cry, please don't cry", but home used to be my place to recharge. Thank goodness my kids are generally in bed by 7:30 - I so need that time!
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My two boys are so different from each other that I don't know if any additional outside advice would have really mattered.1
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I wish someone would have told me how hard it is to be introverted and a parent to small kids, who by their nature talk all.day.long. It's fine, and I cope with it, but I would love to have been able to validate that it IS hard before I figured out exactly why.
Mine is a little charmer and talks to EVERYONE out in public too. Which means by default I talk to everyone. Sometimes I would like to get groceries without having to speak to anyone
yes. my 4 year old has to talk to anyone we do. if we ask for help at a store he must stand there and talk to them. if i am in the drive thru he will roll his window down to talk to the person at the window. it is so irritating but at the same time very cute.0
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