There are a lot of things I expected with parenting. Poop,
various smells, sleepless nights. There were also a lot of things that I heard
happened that I thought couldn’t possibly happen to me: tight knot in the
stomach every time you hear a sad news story about a child, talking about your
kids with your non-breeding friends.
2) You'll feel like a failure
There will be times when no matter how hard you try, your
kids are never happy. You feel you're telling them “no” too much, constantly
harping on them to clean their room, or dashing their dreams of lowering their
brother down the staircase on a rope. While they may complain they don't have a
Wii or that “so and so's” mom let's them see PG-13 movies, you need to stick to
what you believe in and what you feel is best for your kids.
4) Not going to the bathroom by yourself
When your kids are babies, the bathroom is the only place
you can get your head together. It's also one of the only places you can actually
read. I read ESPN's Bill Simmons' entire book over the course of the week in
the bathroom when my youngest was a baby. And then he turned two. If he's not
forcing his way in to watch “how it's really done” he's banging on the door
screaming “let me in!” or sliding all his books underneath. There is no peace
with toddlers.
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