As any parent will tell you, looking after a little one is no walk in the park.
There are times when mums and dads are left frustrated by all the challenges thrown their way. But sometimes their experiences are downright hilarious.
Now mums have shared some amusing things "people forgot to mention about parenting". On a Mumsnet thread, one said: "Mine at the moment is just how many times you can be expected to watch the same f****** movie over and over and over and over. I want to peel my eyes off."
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The writer then urged other Mumsnet users to share their own experiences. Here, we have listed 20 of the best comments.
1. Holidays
"DO not go on holiday with a two year old. I repeat, do not go on holiday with a two year old."
2. Daily tasks
"You will not be able to pee in peace. Or brush your teeth before midday with a newborn."
3. Danger everywhere
"How as soon as they can move, there is danger EVERYWHERE".
4. Constantly calling you
"The incessant ‘can I have, can I do, can you do, can we go, I want this, that, everything, now, not now, but you said I could, mummy, mummy, mummy, he said, she did, that’s my one, I don’t want it, it’s mine. On and on and on and on and on forever and ever and ever infinity."
5. It's like having a drunk mate
"Having kids is like permanently having a drunk mate... you have to clear up puke in odd places, they do bizarre things and eat strange food combinations."
6. Can't have a meal in peace
"You will never get to sit down for the duration of a meal again. Fair enough I've got three aged 7 and under, but still - the minute I've sat down from getting one of them a drink, someone else spills something or needs a clean fork or wants ANOTHER BLOODY DRINK."
Another mum says: "For at least a year, you won’t be able to drink a hot drink while it’s still hot."
7. Endless unwanted advice
"People will give you endless stupid unwanted advice."
8. Nappy changes
"When you’ve changed and washed your baby/ toddler, dressed them nicely and are about to go out, that is a signal to them that they need to do a vast, smelly poo."
9. Toddlers
"Toddlers are f****** savages!"
10. Crumbs everywhere
"Crumbs. Everywhere. All the time. Kids can’t even drink a glass of water without generating crumbs."
11. Cartoon theme tunes in your head
"That moment when you realise the tune you’re bopping along to in your head is actually the Fireman Sam theme tune. Or worse, Paw Patrol."
12. Too many questions
"You will wonder, for the first time, if it's possible to die from Being Asked Questions. Then you will wish that it was."
13. Teenagers
"That having teenagers is so much more difficult and frightening than toddlers". And another mum adds: "That when the baby toddler school years are over and you start to relax a little the teenage years start and that's a whole other world of s***."
14. Food
"You have to think of 3 meals every single day for the fussiest being you could imagine." Another adds: "They are ALWAYS HUNGRY."
15. The most annoying person you've ever met
"That it's possible to give birth to the most annoying person you've ever met. And you then have to live with them for a minimum of 18 years. But you still love them and want only the best for them. Doesn't make any sense!"
16. Why?
"But WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYY? To every f****** answer you ever give to every f****** ridiculous question they ask. A thousand times a day. But WHYYYYYYY?"
17. Sibling arguments
"The sibling arguments over nothing at all. 'Muuuuuum! He's looking at me! Tell him to stop!' Another mum wrote: "That you will condemn them to a life of misery if you dare give them a sibling- the amount of refereeing I do on a day to day basis is one day going to lead me to the bottle (I'm teetotal) or drugs."
18. Night terrors
"Sometimes you’ll wake up in the middle of the night and you’ll have someone’s toe up your nose or have to peel a sweaty forehead off your arm!"
19. Listen to them count
“Mummy do you want to listen to me count to 500?”
20. Phrases you never thought you'd say
"The number of phrases you never thought you'd say in your life, but have now become an important part of your daily vocabulary. 'Please don't hit your brother with a tractor', 'stop sitting on the dog/cat/sibling/treacherously balanced cushion on the edge of the sofa'. And my personal favourite: 'No, mummy isn't soft play', usually uttered after the cheer of 'soooofffft plaaaay, chaaaaarge."
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