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<\/p>\nThe saying ‘the years are short but the days are long’ couldn’t be any more true when you’re talking about parenting. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, you’re either new to the game (like you JUST had a baby), live in a cave or live in a fantasy world (and please can I join you there). But for everyone else, lets be honest… you just can’t win at parenting. At least not always. Here, for your amusement or for nodding pleasure, are some of the things that I can never win at as a parent.<\/p>\n
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The hardest thing you’ll ever have to try to do as a parent is put your tired, often exhausted, child to sleep! They’ll just refuse it. It’s a six sense… they can smell the crib and they know that hold, and don’t even try to rock them. Also, don’t even bother trying to put them to sleep early. They’ll end up falling asleep LATER than they normally do.<\/p>\n
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No matter how hungry they are, they won’t eat what you made them because a) it’s too healthy, b) they don’t like the colour, c) they don’t like how it feels or d) you cut it wrong!<\/p>\n
You’ll always be late because your young kids will always want to do everything themselves, even though they can’t. Then they’ll cry for 20 minutes because they can’t get their shoes on properly but NO, THEY DON’T NEED YOUR HELP! Your older kid will insist that you help them, even though they are completely capable of getting ready by themselves. You will stand your ground, and they will stand theirs. Nothing will happen until YOU give in.<\/p>\n
Your kids never seem to have anything to tell you about their day until you’re busy speaking to another adult or it’s their bedtime. All of a sudden it’s like you’re in a middle of a therapy session and they can’t shut their mouth.<\/p>\n
Your kids are happily content, playing and having fun until you’re on a phone call or need to use the bathroom. They somehow ALWAYS need you when either of those two things happen. Or they just want to be with you!<\/p>\n
Don’t ever buy your kids clothes. Let them select it themselves. They will hate the colour, the design, the style, the length, no not stripes… they want dots! You know I hate stripes mom! Same goes for selecting their clothes for school. Just let them wear what they want, even if it is winter and they want to wear a summer halter dress over a turtle neck and long underwear.<\/p>\n
Also, don’t try to dress your kids according to the season. If it’s winter, they’ll refuse to wear a hat and gloves, but come Fall, they’ll be all over those accessories. Same for summer… don’t you dare put away the coats. They don’t care if it’s 30 degrees… If they want to wear their favourite blue, puffy, down-filled jacket, THEY WILL, g-d damn it!<\/p>\n
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You can never read them a book in its entirety. If you do and ever try to skip a page, or even a few words, they will know you did and they will be MAD!!<\/p>\n
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Your kids say they want to walk, so you don’t bring the stroller or the wagon or the bike. DON’T TRUST THEM… you will end up carrying them the whole way and back! Of course, when you do bring said mode of transportation, they will ultimately walk the entire time.<\/p>\n
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Forget teaching them to put the toilet seat down. Right now I’m focusing on teaching them how to flush the toilet and ensuring there isn’t any sprinkle of pee on the toilet seat.<\/p>\n
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When your kids are young, they always seem to want to help you do everything, even though it ends up being more work for you. Like cooking, baking, laundry, cleaning the floors and unloading the dishwasher. When your kids are older and are actually capable of doing these things and you ask them to help, they look at you like you’re an alien!<\/p>\n
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