So, here goes. My list of ten things I said I'd never do as a parent:
1. Make empty threats.
2. "Let" my child become a picky eater.
3. Become obsessed with my child's bowel movements - colour, size, consistency, frequency... obsessed.
4. Allow my child to run wild in a restaurant.
5. Be "that mom" who sits back, totally uninvolved, playing with her phone while her child plays on the playground.
6. Buy anything Dora-themed for my daughter.
7. Let my child run around with a snotty nose and/or food on her face.
8. Perpetuate gender stereotypes.
9. Bribe my child with sweets.
10. Be that parent with the badly behaved child on an airplane.
Apparently I was a much better parent before I actually gave birth to a child. What's on your list?
LOVE that last line!! And, um....all of those things apply to me as well. Great list!
ReplyDeleteAnd also, a cruise?! So jealous!!
ReplyDeleteObssesed with poop? at least, theirs are (sometimes) odourless
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Yep, more things I had said I'd never do, and do now that I'm parent! My list could go on forever! Can't wait to hear how your trip went :)
ReplyDeleteI deleted five items - I could write 50! Say yes to bribery!
ReplyDeleteHaha! That's hilarious! My list would look a lot like yours, actually! :P
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A cruise? How wonderful! hopefully we'll hear more about that.
ReplyDeletebut as for your list, well the last line is just perfection!
That last line was fabulous! I get a lot done with #9!
ReplyDeleteMmm-hmm! All of those things are on my list too, and I too was a better parent before having kids! Welcome back. At least it's not -27 degrees there. :D
ReplyDeleteI was absolutely a better mom before I ever had kids. Now I totally let the TV do a little babysitting time, and I've been known to bribe the kids...daily.
ReplyDeleteYep, I was a grand mom before giving birth too. In fact my husband and I were totally on the same page! Great list and welcome back!! As for snots and poo and running around and all of them really-guilty as charged!
ReplyDeleteBuggy got a Dora skateboard for Christmas, which when she opened she exclaimed:
ReplyDeleteDOWWAAA SKAPEBOARD...
i definately do not recall ever seeing a skateboard and discussing anything skateboard related with her, so I take it that she learned that from watching too much Dora while I am feeding my internet addiction prior to which i probably told her that she is not allowed to watch TV because she did not eat her dinner....blah, it will probably be all my fault in therapy no matter what I do :P
I was amazing mom before kids. There are so many things on your list that I said I would never do that I do all the time!
ReplyDeleteI've done every single one of those annnnd I'm a third time mom. You think I would have learned by now!
ReplyDelete#9 is a personal favorite.
Haha! Yep, I was also a much better parent before I had a child too!
ReplyDeleteHa ha ha ha! I was a much better parent before i had a child! Love your list!
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