Monday, July 29, 2013

The Thing About Parenting...

You know, you read eight million books while you're pregnant + ask all of your mommy friends for advice so that by the time your sweet peanut comes into the world you think you're super prepared. Too bad you were wrong. The thing they don't tell you about parenting is that really you are undergoing more vigorous activities than Olympic athletes. No really, parenting legitimately should be an Olympic sport. Let me give you some examples why.
1} You give up sleep. Like for 18 years. Even if you're blessed with an angel baby in the sleeping department, guaranteed you will never sleep as well as you previously did. In the early days its out of fear/nerves. When you reach toddler-Dom it's because after the little one goes to sleep you have to be productive and REclean the house that your wildabeast destroyed all day or anything else you had high hopes of doing during waking hours. I'm not even going to breach teenage years, I know how bad I was so I am bound to suffer through some hellacious years with BK.
2} You get way more physical activity than you used to pre-baby ( even if you don't go to the gym anymore). I am constantly on the go with BK. For one, she has the attention span on a peanut so we are constantly changing activities. For two, she has the ferocity of a hurricane and creates similar paths of destruction that I continuously run around trying to clean up. Lastly, when IF you eat it is usually a much more wholesome meal. I cook better for BK. Toddler eating is a fight of its own, but on the days that she does eat I have to be sure to get the best food possible in her. Therefore you eat better too.
3} Changing a diaper 100% should be an Olympic sport. Once your child surpasses the age of four months they no longer lay sweetly and coo at you while you change their diaper very easily in about 30 seconds. They start kicking + bucking + rolling + arching, pretty much doing anything that makes it impossible for you to smoothly and efficiently change a diaper. You're forced to resort to extreme tactics. Bribery works well. The "evil eye" is hit and miss. Sometimes i enlist extra help so i dont get hit by a flailing limb. But at least once a month, at least in the summertime, you have to add in he dreaded diaper cream to equation. It's cold, it's thick, and its messy. Sounds fun right? It's not. Well not until I was introduce to Dr. Smith's Diaper Ointment. It has been our saving grace this summer, especially with all of our time on the go. We keep one in the swim/beach bag and one in the diaper bag. I highly recommend it!
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4} Children make EVERYTHING better. Literally everything. Though things may take more planning, the joy you get in return is SO worth it. I have never been happier. And hey, winning an Olympic medal must come in pretty damn close to parenthood.
So tell me, what were you surprised to learn about parenthood?

This post was sponsored by Dr. Smith's but all thoughts are my own.

17 comments:

  1. I absolutely love the idea of it being an Olympic sport - it is SO tricky when they are not cooperative!

    xx
    Kelly
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  2. Chapstick!! and SO true about kiddos ;)

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  3. this made me laugh so so true! I have discovered huggies slip on diapers help a lot w. the changing

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  4. I must have wipes!

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  5. Best post ever! You couldn't be so right about everything! And with having a toddler now, it's even more difficult. We're potty training so are keeping the going bye-bye to a minimal, which is so hard because she's a go-go-go baby! And planning ahead is crucial! Being a momma is definitely comparable to being an Olympic athlete! :o)

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  6. That you will have no energy (no matter how young you are), and that you will be up for most of the day . (there will be days of no sleeping)

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  7. It surprises me every day how flippin smart kids are. I mean, one day they are struggling to master something and the next, BOOM! They've got it down pat. Their brains are amazing. :)

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  8. How much they learn just from watching you.

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  9. How very different your children can be!

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  10. Colic threw us for a loop... but I was still shocked at how much I could love another person.

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  11. I use the dr. smith small to go packets religiously. My nurse actually gave me a whole box and i love this cream for go away fast action for diaper rashes. I feel like the most surprising thing about parenting is that they always learn faster and more than you think they do and when you look around you are amazed at the new things they are doing........livivua

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  12. I was surprised that it feels like I never have time for myself since my baby was born

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  13. I felt like I was never going to be alone♥

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  14. Oh I was surprised how fast they grow and change! So glad to have lots of pictures!

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  15. I am always surprised by how many things there are to do in one day -- with a baby, the list in never ending.
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  16. that the bond could be so instantaneous!

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