Tuesday, January 11, 2005

A few things they never tell you about kids, or you can't grasp the truth of until it happens:

  • Exactly how badly their poo smells
  • Everything you don't want grabbed and slobbered on must go three feet above the floor by the time they learn to crawl
  • The amount of clothes they actually get through
  • How far a child can vomit, and how much
  • How many times one child can ask "why?"
  • The importance of them getting their own room REALLY early on.
  • A baby's capacity for rolling off a given surface, no matter how wide it is
  • The Houdini-shaming speed they can release themselves from buggy straps by the age of two
  • How much more effective cuddles are than Calpol
  • The importance of teething remedies that can be used for under 6-month-olds
  • How easy it is to catch yourself enjoying playing baby games
  • How hard it is to stop talking in that high pitched pidgin babytalk, even though they're bloody five and looking down their nose at you

There's more but I'm tired.