This much I know, or think I do, if I could remember…..
- Sleep deprivation
- Polarn Y Pyret addiction
- The difference between a pram and a 3 way travel system
- Happiness
- Tolerance of the smell of sick. And poo.
- Jedi awareness of toys on the floor (takes time and highly variable following repeated times standing on sharp edges in bare feet)
- Sub- Redcoat style cabaret skills
- Empathy
- Tiny skulls are surprisingly rock hard when they headbutt you
- Magic kisses work better than the magic sponge
- Time is precious
- You’re nowhere near as important as you thought you were; that’s not a bad thing
- Dante missed out the level of Hell which is soft play on a Saturday
- How important it is to say ‘I love you’ every day. At least.
- The kids’ disco on holiday is better than any club you’ve ever been to
- Dora, Diego and Handy Manny don’t actually give you a functional level of Spanish
- Some kids are just arseholes (never yours)
- Grandparents are shining stars, even if they would have never let you away with half of what they do now
- Early mornings can beat late nights
- Juggling (mainly metaphorical, sometimes literal)
- Pride
- The John Lewis nursery department are invaluable
- Mum knows best
- You’ll be an embarrassment before you know it
- A trip to A&E’s not the end of the world; they break, they mend.
- (Some) parenting books are written by the delusional. Or liars
- You have a legitimate excuse to eat fish fingers
- All the sounds you’ve every heard are like a distant, discordant din compared to the laughter of your child.