I don’t know about you guys but I find parenting offers way too many contradictions. For example:
- You spend the whole day wishing your newborn would fall asleep and then when they do, you miss them.
- You can’t wait for your baby to grow out of whatever nightmare phase is plaguing you at the moment and then you feel sad that they’re growing up so fast.
- You spend weeks desperately looking forward to Date Night and then spend the whole evening either checking on the baby or talking about the baby.
- One website tells you Cry it Out will scar your children for life. Another tells you co-sleeping will. Same for vaccinations, fluoride, weaning, schooling and pretty much any important parenting decision you need to make.
- Your baby loves to eat banana. Except when he doesn’t.
- Your baby always sleeps at 9am. Except for the day when you need him to, then he’ll sleep at 8.
- Your baby always sleeps for less than one hour and a half. Except when you’re waiting to go somewhere. Then he’ll sleep for two or more.
- Your baby always goes to sleep without crying. Except when you have people round. Then he wails for ages.
- They drive you up the wall and you fondly remember life before kids. Then they do something, your heart melts and you can’t imagine life without them.
Seriously. Seriously? No wonder this gig is so stressful!
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Hehe very true. 🙂
I think the best thing to do is to just roll with it and be there for them when they need it, because “this too shall pass”. 🙂
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A phrase someone is going to find me chanting endlessly soon, while rocking back and forward with staring eyes.
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Hehe. I can imagine. I take comfort from the fact that no child is the same (I have 3) and they often like different things, so every time I have had to find a “new” thing that works. haha
But what does go hand in hand is that they have all taken comfort from feeding and rocking and singing to sleep. 🙂
Though at the moment naming “all the animalz” is a big hit…that and travelling to the moon…. haha
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The tot liked being rocked to sleep too. For the next pregnancy I’m going to lift some weights before hand. My limp noodle arms weren’t cut out for bouncing his newborn 9 lb around for hours on end.
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🙂 Thank you!
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So accurate! I was just thinking of this the other day when I was tired and fed up and needing a moment to myself and asked my husbandfriend to take our son out. The minute the stroller went through the back gate I missed him and felt at odds! Amazing how these little people make us feel 100 emotions a day! #brilliantblogposts
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At least 100, maybe more.
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This is so true.. all those myths about parenting are not true.. it is the hardest and most confusing job in the world.. #brilliantblogposts
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So very much agree!
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Fabulous! I parent by contradiction, seriously. And I swear my son KNOWS when I need him to have a short nap as we have plans, he can’t be woken for love nor money. Yet when I could do with him having a decent stretch…!
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I know. This morning was my day off. Every other day the Baby wakes up between 6.30-7am, after I’ve already left for work. Today? 5.30am. Naturally.
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So true and I feel this way about my kids, I want them to sleep and when they do I feel sad. Thanks for linking up to #brilliantblogposts
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I usually miss him the most on the days I’ve been counting down until bedtime for hours. Very strange. Thanks for hosting!
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Nothing! Sounds like you are right on track of crazy parenthood. And then there are the curveballs! 😉
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I don’t know how anyone could hope to write a book on how to deal with parenting when it changes every hour.
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Haha I think every mother get relate to this! Great post!
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Thank you. I’m glad it resonated with you 🙂
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This is so funny and so true! The contrary and absurd nature of our smalls makes us all contrary and absurd! I do enjoy your take on things…
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Thank you so much. It does! Not to mention how often I change my basic parenting ideas.
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This is so true! My son is 22, soon to be 23, and he is so exasperating to me, so I want him to move, then he is gone overnight at a friends and I can’t wait to see his face again. it never ends!!!
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Oh no! I thought we be well past it by that age. Mothering with contradictions until the grave I guess, 🙂
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Absolutely true and still so totally worth while 🙂
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Very worth while. It’s a good job all the lovely parts feels soooooo amazing.
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Agree
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But we wouldn’t change it for the world! xx
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I dunno, I’d definitely change some parts. Like the poonami parts, and the fussy eating parts 😉 x
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you celebrate their first words then wonder if they shall ever shut up and stop asking questions ever again
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Haha! So true. My parents told me they tried really hard to teach me to talk but then when my brother came along they were like ‘No! Don’t speak to him!’. I have no doubt that, as a child, I took annoying to whole new heights.
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