4.22.09 Ten things about parenting

1. It's a good day when I go to bed and the house isn't messier than when I woke up.
2. An often thwarted child will retaliate.
3. Cleaning, cooking, organizing, talking on the phone, have no relevance in a child's mind. They just don't understand why you won't play with them.
4. A baby who eats everything can become a picky three year old eater.
5. I cannot begin pretend to do everything with out help. A willing, helping partner is the best blessing one could have. No matter what the circumstances you know that you're not alone and therefore can do anything.
6. Watching your children enjoy each other is the best compliment a parent could ever receive.
7. Just because you've already raised one baby doesn't mean that you know what you are doing with the second one.
8. Having an infant and toddler is very taxing (really having children in general is taxing) but when you look back at the photos it all looks so easy.
9. Poor me syndrome is easy to get when you are always giving.
10. It's hard to see the growth in your children when you're with them from day to day.