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Why didn't anyone tell me ...

misssurlymisssurly
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- There would be SO much laundry!

- Everyone around me will tell me how I should be parenting and what they think I am doing wrong... re: sleeping/CIO/training, coddling, co-sleeping, solids, breastfeeding (especially annoying when it's my child-free friends who think they know better!)

- That a shower would feel truly luxurious, even 4 months later

- Grocery shopping would be considered "me time" when I go alone, thanks DH

- Cooking dinner (or completing any task!) would be near impossible

- Filling a baby's day... every day... can be daunting

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  • campbaby76campbaby76 member
    - that I could know someone for such a short time but know them as well as I know my self. - that I wouldn't really mind having spit up on my shirt. - that I would be "that mom" who talks about her baby all the time and is sure Everyone she meets wants to see all 4 billion pics on her iPhone. - that I would connect w so many people over the Internet, enough that I could lose sleep thinking about someone elses baby.
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  • AB&TBAB&TB
    - that a shower would feel luxurious - even 3 years later!  And it is considered "me" time as well.
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  • TwirpleTwirple member

    -That I would be fine with going to work with spit up in my hair.

    -That I would be able to function fine on 5 hours of sleep.

    -That I would forget to leave the house with my work computer after working from home, but be OK with it because I remembered everything that LO needs. 

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  • SandiaPinaMamaSandiaPinaMama member

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    - that I could know someone for such a short time but know them as well as I know my self. - that I wouldn't really mind having spit up on my shirt. - that I would be "that mom" who talks about her baby all the time and is sure Everyone she meets wants to see all 4 billion pics on her iPhone. - that I would connect w so many people over the Internet, enough that I could lose sleep thinking about someone elses baby.

    -This!  

    -that being a mother would be so natural to me

    -that all that hard work wouldn't always feel like hard work

    -that I would become so "crunchy" as a momma


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  • htuzzi324htuzzi324 member

    -that baby laughs are the best things in the world, so I'll do anything, no matter how ridiculous, to get him to keep laughing.

    -That it was so hard to find a babysitter! 

    - how I know LO better than I know myself

    - That they grow up waayyyy too fast! 

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  • shaindelrshaindelr member

    *That I would survive weighing what I weigh now. Honestly, I was a dance major in college and "jokingly" had a "suicide weight." As in, I'll kill myself if I ever weigh over x lbs. I'm 17 pounds over my suicide weight and haven't done it yet Stick out tongue

    *That babies aren't so bad. I didn't think I'd know how to do anything with someone who couldn't talk and read already.

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  • PinkGirlInCaliPinkGirlInCali member
    -That I would become a music composer. With LO I turn nearly everything I say or do with him into a song. His favorite being, "We're gonna wash your hair"
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  • BerlinMumBerlinMum member

    imagePinkGirlInCali:
    -That I would become a music composer. With LO I turn nearly everything I say or do with him into a song. His favorite being, "We're gonna wash your hair"

    Haha...this exactly!

    I sing more than I talk lately...heh. 

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  • PAmiler82PAmiler82
    imagemisssurly:

    - There would be SO much laundry!

    - Everyone around me will tell me how I should be parenting and what they think I am doing wrong... re: sleeping/CIO/training, coddling, co-sleeping, solids, breastfeeding (especially annoying when it's my child-free friends who think they know better!)

    - That a shower would feel truly luxurious, even 4 months later

    - Grocery shopping would be considered "me time" when I go alone, thanks DH

    - Cooking dinner (or completing any task!) would be near impossible

    - Filling a baby's day... every day... can be daunting

    I second all of these!  Drew's almost 2 and a long shower (like the one I took last night after bedtime) still feels like a major luxury!

    In my case, I didn't know how hard it would be to deal with baby blues.  I don't think it's something anyone could have told me though.  I couldn't know until I experienced it for myself just how the hormones and the sleep deprivation and the demands of an infant would affect me.

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  • maddie789maddie789
    That I would not get grossed out by picking a giant boogie out of someone else's nose. And that I would finally find someone to take more pictures of then I take of my dog. Big Smile
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  • TotalyuppieTotalyuppie

    -That I would be okay with putting a hose in my mouth and then sticking the other end into my baby's nose to suck out the boogers (babycomfynose)

    -That even blindfolded in a room full of crying babies I could find LO by his cry alone

    -That I would be relieved/happy to see poop

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  • shellpep3shellpep3 member
    imagemisssurly:

    - There would be SO much laundry!

    - Everyone around me will tell me how I should be parenting and what they think I am doing wrong... re: sleeping/CIO/training, coddling, co-sleeping, solids, breastfeeding (especially annoying when it's my child-free friends who think they know better!)

    - That a shower would feel truly luxurious, even 4 months later

    - Grocery shopping would be considered "me time" when I go alone, thanks DH

    - Cooking dinner (or completing any task!) would be near impossible

    - Filling a baby's day... every day... can be daunting

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    LOL - I feel all of this!  

    And today is Grocery shopping day .. :) 

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  • nugget0411nugget0411

    imagecampbaby76:
    - that I could know someone for such a short time but know them as well as I know my self. - that I wouldn't really mind having spit up on my shirt. - that I would be "that mom" who talks about her baby all the time and is sure Everyone she meets wants to see all 4 billion pics on her iPhone. - that I would connect w so many people over the Internet, enough that I could lose sleep thinking about someone elses baby.

    this

    - loving something this much so soon!!

    - loving my DH even more knowing he is a part of this little creature!

    - how many freaking toys they "need" and the lack of floor space we now have!

    - how fast they go through a box of (the giant box) diapers

    - how freaking expensive babies are! - diapers, wipes, breast pads, lotions, bathwashes, toys, soothers,

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  • CurlGurl1CurlGurl1

    - That going to the gym would be a luxury.

    - That I would still get a workout by running up and down the stairs, lifting a baby/carseat, scrubbing surfaces.

    - That our house has more sharper corners, electical outlets and glass than a hardware store.

    - That watching a video monitor would replace watching TV. 

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  • schenkertobeschenkertobe

    -That I would be totally fine walking out of the house in puked on/peed on clothes

    -That I would miss adult conversation and work so much. 

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  • kmcrobbie11kmcrobbie11
    imageshaindelr:

    *That I would survive weighing what I weigh now. Honestly, I was a dance major in college and "jokingly" had a "suicide weight." As in, I'll kill myself if I ever weigh over x lbs. I'm 17 pounds over my suicide weight and haven't done it yet Stick out tongue

    *That babies aren't so bad. I didn't think I'd know how to do anything with someone who couldn't talk and read already.

     

    I used to dance as well and an extra 10 lbs isn't killing me. 

    If I had known I'd be ok with sooo much slobber and spitups and think it's normal.

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  • misssurlymisssurly
    Love all of these... thanks for sharing!!
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  • amyedwards0713amyedwards0713

    -Oh look, there's poop on my shirt...eh I'll stain stick it later...

    -Being doused with pee can actually be funny 

     -STTN doesn't last.  Count your blessings and get ready for the 4 month wakefuls

    -That a blanket and ceiling fan are great toys that can offer hours of enjoyment for everyone in the room

    -A secretary is needed just to keep the babysitting schedule on track

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