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Post by AussieMeg on Nov 30, 2019 20:39:46 GMT
At the new mother’s playgroup, one of the other mothers was talking about how special her baby was. I thought that she had no idea what she was talking about. It was obvious which baby was the cutest, smartest, and most precious. Luckily I had an epiphany that every mother loves her baby most. That came in handy as a teacher - I knew why parents were so defensive about their kids and I could take it into account during conferences. OMG that reminds me of another one, similar to yours. In my team at work, there were four babies due around the same time - me, another girl, then the wives of two of the guys in the team (hmmmm, everyone must have been "getting it on" over the Christmas / New Year period 9 months earlier  ). After all four of us had our babies, we decided to catch up for lunch one day. I actually had the thought while I was driving to meet them, that the others were going to be in total awe of my baby, even though they had their own new babies, because mine was clearly going to be the most beautiful of all the babies. (Truth be told, my baby was a hairy little monkey baby - she had hair growing on her shoulders and ears for crying out loud! But nevertheless, I thought she was the most beautiful baby ever to be born.) |
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Post by scrapngranny on Nov 30, 2019 20:47:51 GMT
I thought the second baby would be as mellow and happy as the first. WRONG!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2019 20:49:16 GMT
I thought it was wonderful that they could soothe themselves with a pacifier or their thumbs. Little did I know just how jacked up it would make their mouth/teeth and how much it would cost us in orthodontia.
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Post by snugglebutter on Nov 30, 2019 20:54:31 GMT
I thought she would take 2 long naps per day, right away. She barely let me put her down and was always a pretty short napper. (I read early on that needing less sleep was a sign of giftedness, so I clung to that tightly haha)
Our third was sooooo easy as a baby/toddler. We joke that we would have been the smuggest parents ever if he had come first.
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Post by J u l e e on Dec 1, 2019 0:19:45 GMT
I don’t think I had a new item of clothing until junior high. I wore hand me down or thrift store clothing and hated it so much. I had serious envy of store bought clothes and name brands. I spent stupid money in Gymboree and Gap Kids when I was the one choosing my daughter’s clothes, and no outfit was complete without the shoes and the hair bows and the jewelry. My daughter was going to be adorably trendy at every age and we were going to have such fun shopping.
That child had the nerve to have her own mind. And she voiced them early about her clothes. She hates new clothes and anything that might seem trendy. And shopping with her is painful. She shops in thrift stores and second had shops. It is completely her and I respect it, but man did she blow my shopping dreams.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Dec 1, 2019 8:57:38 GMT
I-truly thought that my siblings all fought so much because we saw my parents constantly fighting. Was sure my four would not fight, because they would not see me and XH fighting.
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Post by bdawnb on Dec 1, 2019 23:45:03 GMT
Before I had my daughter a co-worker said I was going to miss all my free time and I thought “what free time?” After had her I realized “oh, THAT free time!l
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Post by fredfreddy44 on Dec 1, 2019 23:53:50 GMT
That I'd just pop my baby on my boob and he'd eat.
HAHA!
One night I spent from 2-4am trying to get him to latch on, with he and I both crying the whole time.
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Post by zella on Dec 2, 2019 23:24:53 GMT
I thought not spanking would be easy. Not. Not with my first, who challenged me in every way possible.
I thought not yelling excessively would be easy. Ditto above.
I thought marrying my high school crush was a great idea. Got my two daughters out of it, but that's the only good thing. Turns out he's a psychopath and a pedophile. That was probably my most naive decision ever.
I thought loving my kids would be enough to keep them on the "straight and narrow." Not. Again with #1.
I thought being totally open and honest about sex would lead to coming to me prior to having sex for help/advice. Wrong again.
I will say, though, that #2 has been very, very easy other than my hurting for her due to her illnesses and lack of friends.
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Post by thwarth on Dec 3, 2019 22:20:08 GMT
I thought my kids came out with basic intelligence, and then I started potty training. I realized potty training is God's way of letting you know your perfect baby is a bit of an idiot. I remember rinsing out yet another pair of underpants in the toilet and wondering if my kid had half a brain. Turns out he does. I learned that the deepest rage in the world happens when potty training. When my now 16 year old smashed the family car...way less angry then when he couldn't just take a dump in the can.
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Post by homeschoolmom on Dec 6, 2019 3:49:25 GMT
I had 13 younger cousins. I was naive thinking I had it all figured out!
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Post by samantha25 on Dec 6, 2019 4:34:49 GMT
I thought my kids came out with basic intelligence, and then I started potty training. I realized potty training is God's way of letting you know your perfect baby is a bit of an idiot. I remember rinsing out yet another pair of underpants in the toilet and wondering if my kid had half a brain. Turns out he does. I learned that the deepest rage in the world happens when potty training. When my now 16 year old smashed the family car...way less angry then when he couldn't just take a dump in the can. No child has "intelligence" about potty training. It will come in time, whether it takes 2-10 years. I don't think God has anything to do with potty training or whether your baby is a perfect idiot. |
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Post by luckyjune on Dec 6, 2019 6:04:36 GMT
DH and I were NOT going to let having babies stop us from traveling, so we boarded a plane to the Big Island with two year old twins and a three month old.
What.the.hell.were.we.thinking?
There wasn't a whole lot we could do in Hawaii with babies. Our time outside was limited with a newborn. Our own bravado taught us a lesson...no more plane trips until everyone was done with kindergarten. Save for a trip to Texas for a family member's funeral, we kept to that promise!
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). After all four of us had our babies, we decided to catch up for lunch one day. I actually had the thought while I was driving to meet them, that the others were going to be in total awe of my baby, even though they had their own new babies, because mine was clearly going to be the most beautiful of all the babies. (Truth be told, my baby was a hairy little monkey baby - she had hair growing on her shoulders and ears for crying out loud! But nevertheless, I thought she was the most beautiful baby ever to be born.)
