Sometimes I just want to be able to…
There were some areas of your life that you just used to take for granted before having kids. Strange things which you would never have given much thought to, things which are not areas you would have expected to become your issues in the future but all things that once you may have subconsciously enjoyed. Parenthood opens up a whole new world of daily battles and here are a few of the things that us parents want to be able to do…
Pee alone
Why is it that as soon as I stand up and announce I am just popping for a wee the child has to drop everything he is doing to come with me? Do you know that if I lock the door he just stands outside screaming and crying? He’s three years old! I miss peeing with the door shut. Why are they so interested in our toileting activities?!
Sleep
Just sleep in general, I really want more sleep. I have experienced the newborn night feeds, the teething wake-ups, the battles at bedtime and the 5am starts. I am now in the process of trying to work out why he still wakes to come in with us at night. I may just resort to buying a king size bed!
Walk
Oh what I would give to just be able to walk somewhere and get there without stopping every few moments to look at a tree, or a leaf, or a lamp post or yet another bin lorry (he is obsessed!) And if it isn’t one of those it’s the sitting on the floor refusing to move because of a label bugging him, something in his shoe, he wants to be carried or he just likes to secretly wind Mummy up (I think this is always the answer if I’m honest!) Remember when you could walk and get to the destination in a few minutes? Nah, me neither.
Have a bath
Alone… without plastic toys being thrown in at me… without being stared at… without being begged at to get in. It’s MY bath, I don’t need any plastic crap and I certainly don’t need a little person throwing water over my head whilst I am trying to relax. I used to have candles, a magazine, a face mask and maybe a little music, now I get rubber ducks!
Watch a programme of my own in the day
After three years of Peppa, Paw Patrol, Bing, Fireman Sam and Mr Tumble, I think it is only fair that TV time gets a little shared out now. Just an hour of This Morning or a quick cuppa in front of Loose Women or even an episode of The Chase, please someone return my sanity!
Get around a supermarket without a strop
Oh, the days when a supermarket run used to mean in and out as quickly as possible, without speaking to anybody else and without arguing over what food to buy… remember those days?! Vaguely, I’d say. Now it’s the routinely battle of forcing a tiny contorting body into a trolley, the regret when you give up and let them run around the supermarket like they’ve had 2 bottles of coca-cola before you’ve entered and the stress of yelling ‘watch out for those people’ every few minutes. Why is a supermarket so much fun to them?! And then there are the epic strops because they can’t have the giant Peppa pig cake or the chocolate on every aisle end… you then become that parent who has that kid laying on the floor in the middle of Sainsbury’s – fan-bloody-tastic! All I wanna do is buy the food!
Eat my own food
Every meal time this is the scenario- he has his food, he takes forever to eat it, often moaning about eating it and it’s all a struggle. I have my meal and suddenly he swarms around me like he hasn’t eaten in days and regardless of the fact it is practically identical to what he’s just moaned about on his own plate, he is there picking my food off quite happily whilst making ‘yum’ noises. Don’t even get me started on the chocolate… Let me eat!
Go a day without a million questions
In the space of an hour this morning I have been asked about 25 questions… I am exhausted. There really is no need to ask why is that can there? Who put it there? Where did it come from? What is it? But why? and so on and so on. Sometimes, son, it is just because and sometimes Mummy doesn’t want to answer all of these questions, sometimes silence is really overrated.
Read a book
The last book I read (except for Hurrah for Gin’s hilarious one) was a crime novel when I was pregnant. I never finished it. To be able to take some time to have a hot cuppa and read a book would just be pure bliss.
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Great blog 🙂 I want to be able to…sit down. My five month old hates me sitting down and wants to be held all the time :/ haha
Oh no! I remember when Jake was pulling himself up on things and was always getting me up to help him walk around… that started at 6 months! Never encourage a baby to walk that young- my poor back!
drink a hot coffee! excellent blog and so true I’m sure many of us can relate x
Thanks so much for reading. Drinking hot tea is one thing I always make sure I do, I can’t stand a cold drink!
Listen to music (with swear words!)- not nursery rhymes
Watch TV – Not Cbeebies
Be spontaneous – like leave the country for the weekend without having to pack nappy bags, snack, entertainment etc
I think I could go on you know…you’ve opened a Pandora’s box!
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Hahahaha you have a prepared wish list there I see!
Oh Emma I am with you o each and every one. I share my meals with kids but boy do their little hands helping themselves to my plate irritate me. Oh what it would be like to shower without an audience or put some make up on without a toddler riffling through my make up. Oooh I took so many things for granted ore kids! It’s not forever..and repeat all day every day. Thanks for joining us at #familyfun
Thanks for having me xx
He he I totally get this! Although I’m becoming quite a fab hand at getting a private bath. I used to spend 2 hours easy in a bath but am content with 30 minutes, I’ve never timed it though. I just say I’ll go for a shower quick and end up in the bath, my other half doesn’t normally notice!! Thank you for linking up to the #familyfunlinky