http://allmumsaid.com.au/parenting-isnt-quite-what-i-thought-it-would-be/ Reviews · Giveaways · Life Tue, 27 Jun 2017 01:43:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.2 http://allmumsaid.com.au/parenting-isnt-quite-what-i-thought-it-would-be/#comment-167299 Tue, 27 Jun 2017 01:43:52 +0000 http://allmumsaid.com.au/?p=12315#comment-167299 So true! We got a puppy about 2 years before our first child was born. I remember my husband and I thinking we’d have plenty of experience by the time the baby came along because we had to get up in the middle of the night to let the dog out. Ummmm…not quite.

]]> http://allmumsaid.com.au/parenting-isnt-quite-what-i-thought-it-would-be/#comment-167296 Mon, 26 Jun 2017 21:10:59 +0000 http://allmumsaid.com.au/?p=12315#comment-167296 I had worked in childcare for couple of years before I had children, so much definitely had an idea of what it was going to be like… the shock of 24/7 having this dependent child though and no privacy was all too real!

]]> http://allmumsaid.com.au/parenting-isnt-quite-what-i-thought-it-would-be/#comment-167283 Mon, 26 Jun 2017 04:12:08 +0000 http://allmumsaid.com.au/?p=12315#comment-167283 Ha ha, I’m sure lots of parents can relate! I had kids a bit later than a lot of my friends so I had lots of time to build up my presumption that I knew EVERYTHING about how to discipline kids. I knew nothing. And the fully organic diet lasted about 2 weeks with my first baby. And my ‘no terrible plastic Disney toys’ rule seems like a bizarre dream these days! I love the line ‘every toy in the house is plastic, loud or lost’ – great post 🙂

]]> http://allmumsaid.com.au/parenting-isnt-quite-what-i-thought-it-would-be/#comment-167282 Mon, 26 Jun 2017 03:56:24 +0000 http://allmumsaid.com.au/?p=12315#comment-167282 I had different ideas about how I would parent, but all that changed once I actually became one! I do really love being a parent though. It is so rewarding!!

]]> http://allmumsaid.com.au/parenting-isnt-quite-what-i-thought-it-would-be/#comment-167280 Mon, 26 Jun 2017 01:37:48 +0000 http://allmumsaid.com.au/?p=12315#comment-167280 I am with you, I had all these ideas about what sort of parent I would be and I am nothing like that! Just got to do the best you can do.

]]> http://allmumsaid.com.au/parenting-isnt-quite-what-i-thought-it-would-be/#comment-167278 Sun, 25 Jun 2017 22:00:05 +0000 http://allmumsaid.com.au/?p=12315#comment-167278 Just wait until they’re older girl! Watch your best efforts go belly-up then! ;D Teens are absolutely horrendous and their mess is beyond anything they dished out as youngsters. So is their noise…

]]> http://allmumsaid.com.au/parenting-isnt-quite-what-i-thought-it-would-be/#comment-167275 Sun, 25 Jun 2017 21:01:41 +0000 http://allmumsaid.com.au/?p=12315#comment-167275 I never thought I’d be great, but as a parent of teenager, I’ve made decisions that I consider bad parenting but they’re the right decision for risk management ease of family life…it can take a while to get your head around that…

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