10 reasons why your're supermum
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so the first week of the new year is done. hopefully you aren't starting to flag and those new years resolutions are still firmly in place. so keeping up with the positive attitude here are 10 reasons you as a parent are doing a fab job. because its not easy. 2 and a half years in and i'm still learning the ropes! so heres 10 reasons why you are supermum.
1. you kid hasn't died! seriously new borns are scary especially when they decide to stop breathing just long enough for you to have heart palpitations and think FUCK! then they just sigh like it was nothing( fools) and lets not forget the acrobatic ways a toddler can get up on the skinniest surface high up and leap off! oh and the times they stick everything in their mouth, how my toddler hasn't caught some sort of foreign disease i don't know! but well done! their alive!
2.you haven't given up. remember those times where you child woke you up every 45 minutes for no reason. we try not to i know but you survived it. and the times they decide to throw themselves to the floor in the middle of the road because you're making them hold your hand and you want to die of embarrassment? you also survived that. countless times! you do this job everyday because we secretly love it and its amazing!
3.They have manners. so kids are a handful and are crazy and hyper and messy and noisy but that's what kids are! but if you don't have to remind them to say please and thank you then you're doing an alright job. manners do not cost a thing people!
4.you have an answer for every why? I wish i knew what was going on in a kids head when they are asking all these whys? but honestly if they are asking why they are thinking, they want knowledge and answers. "why the stars up there" from my 2 year old blew my mind. then again i get the "why?" every time i ask him to do something. which i obviously have to come back with a smart arse answer.
5.you attempt to use 'Time Out'. So occasionally your angel does something that you cant just laugh off and they need to know they've done wrong! but obviously its wrong to smack (clearly thats a new thing because im pretty sure i got clips round the ear a fair few times) but if your doing time out then your teaching them wrong and right so thumbs up to you! some parents still don't understand it and think its acceptable for their child to smack my child round the head and not tell their child off!
6.you put their need to eat,bathe and sleep before you. so its 2pm and you realize you still haven't eaten but yet your kid has had ginger bread men shaped pancakes with a raspberry coulee and a finger buffet fit for a prince for lunch yet your still in yesterdays pjs and have warmed up a cuppa 4 times already! but thats okay because when they go off to nap you can eat everything in sight! unless your organised like i try to be and have meals ready in the fridge ( i highly recommend this action). its okay its why they invented dry shampoo and bun days! and as for sleep ... you had your chance to sleep before kids thats it now sleep no longer matters you will have to learn to survive without it!
7. you have a magic kiss. you are the only person on the planet with a magic kiss that takes all pain away! and they believe it! don't ever stop kissing their 'owies'
8."its not fair" when you have a toddler that thinks they're 15 their favorite line is most probably "its not fair" but that only means your teaching them that life isnt fair and they cant have every single car in the hot wheels collection. if it was fair id be a curvy size 10 with my curls all down my back! but its not so suck it up sunshine!
9.people ask you how you do it? well done, you've managed to hide the fact that its taken you 4 attempts to leave the house,not one of you has a matching pair of socks on and that you have food in your hair. you clearly look like you've got your shit together and if thats what people think then great! it might of taken you an hour to get dressed but that doesn't matter you done and it will get easier as they get older. mason will be 3 in may and although the back chat and the tantrums aren't fun,playing with him everyday is. and seeing him happy is. and to me that means i've got my shit together.
10."love you too" if they tell you they love you then what more do you need. thats it you've passed the parent test! its hard, tiring but bloody rewarding. at 2 mason knows what love is and hes decided to love me! and thats all that matters!
as parents we can be so hard on ourselves. compare ourselves to the mums that feed their kids with vegan friendly food, and have activities planned out everyday. but you do you. if your kid is happy and healthy then so what if they haven't hand painted wrapping paper because you know they'll eat it. your doing a great job and will only get better because everyday your'll learn something new. just like they do! and remember you are doing the best you can do!
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