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| No one ever mentions how hard it was at the beginning. It's all the joy and miracle of birth....yeah, you're forgetting the constant crying of the first couple of days as they get use to their new bodies. |
| posted by Jaxon on 10/15/2007 08:57 AM |
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I know each child is different but I always figured that by 6 months she would be sleeping through the night without any problems not 2 years later and still waking up 5 times a night. There are so many things I wish I knew before hand but I would never trade anything now. I love being a mother however it is the most exhausting wonderful thing in the world.
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| posted by Crystal on 10/16/2007 03:17 PM |
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| Once I stopped listening to other people (who'd say silly things like "your baby can't sleep with you" and "you have to put that baby down SOMETIME") and started listening to my instincts (and then followed that with research to shut up the people saying the silly things), I discovered parenting to be a wonderful thing and have some of the sweetest kids on the planet. |
| posted by Indigo Ottyr on 10/19/2007 02:53 AM |
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| Just realizing that you are a parent 24/7.When you are sick,when you have a bath,when you are supposed to be on a relaxing vacation,you are always a mom first.Its so fun and so changing.I wouldnt change my mom role for anything. |
| posted by Amanda on 11/05/2007 09:01 PM |
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| my mom didnt tell me that is it a FULL time job u get no breaks.everyone just told me who cute the baby will be and how cute the clothes are but like i said it is vey hard i had my first child at 19 got married at 19 and oh boy it is hard |
| posted by charmaine on 11/10/2007 02:20 PM |
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| I work in day care for along time and helped raise my brother but when i had my own kids it was like i had never been around kids..everything is so hard at first and stressful but well worth it in the end. |
| posted by Amber on 11/20/2007 06:27 PM |
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| It's definitely more difficult when your child comes into the world prematurely is colic and suffers from asthma. Only to learn that he's also learning disabled. No child rearing book could have prepared me for this... |
| posted by Michelle on 02/03/2008 10:15 PM |
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| It was more difffult then i ever thought. Raising a child doesnt come with an how to book, so you learn as you go. |
| posted by on 03/21/2008 06:42 PM |
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| I never knew how much worry it was to be a mother. You just never stop worrying about so many things. |
| posted by katie on 06/14/2008 08:18 PM |
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| My daughter is slightly autistic so things are never as expected. |
| posted by Elizabeth on 11/24/2008 01:37 PM |
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| I had no idea how little sleep I would get. |
| posted by Brandy on 05/13/2010 07:29 PM |
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| Well it makes a difference when you have help. My baby has been sleeping through the night for about 2 months. He is 6 months old. I love being a mom and glad that I waited until I was ready to devote all my time. |
| posted by Linda on 07/31/2010 11:06 PM |
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| I did not have a lot of help when my children were born but, as they get older, it is definitely rewarding! |
| posted by Maria on 09/21/2010 08:49 AM |
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| My husband helps a lot but I have to think that I was blessed with a fairly easy child. You hear horror stories of babies screaming when they wake up in the morning and their still screaming when they go to bed at night. I have to say we only had like 3 weeks of that and the rest has been cake |
| posted by Ashley on 02/03/2011 11:10 AM |
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| My mother and father always said I would have children just like me to make-up for what they went through. Curse them but it has been true he is a willful, independent, mischievious, darling child. Although maybe the next one will be a bit easier. |
| posted by Amber on 05/25/2012 06:19 PM |
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