A repost of an older post of mine… enjoy!
You know when you start that journey called parenthood, you should really be issued with a passport.
You don’t need a visa to become a parent (though seeing some mums and dads out there, you’d think there would be some requirements!), but there are so many stops, destinations, along the way… Wouldn’t it be great if you could get a special stamp for the different experiences that you manage to get through?I’ll start with a few… I’m sure you can think of others to add to the list.
- I survived the sleepless night stage! Matchsticks are helping the eyes stay open, but I’m still standing…
- I got pooped/peed on, while changing a nappy! Ewwwwws!
- I’ve experienced the projectile vomiting craziness! How the heck do they do that?!
- Crying stamp level 1 – I’ve cried when they didn’t eat that flavoursome gloop that it took me hours to make… Yet it took them 3 minutes flat to eat that readymade rubbish!
- We finally got them out of nappies! Yes the carpet needs a good clean from the accidents…and I’ll probably need a new mattress, but we did it!
- I survived a long distance journey in a car with kids…. And came out ALIVE!!! (And so did they!)
- Separate stamp for the same, but in an airplane!
- I coped with a tantrum in public, and didn’t look like a totally incapable parent! (A hard one to achieve!)
- I rushed my child to A & E… For no reason whatsoever! Paranoid parent stamp!
- Crying stamp level 2 – I sniffled through waving my kids through that school gate for the first time.
- I survived sending them to their first sleepover… handing the reigns of my child over to someone else!
- I came out of hosting a children’s sleepover alive. FULLSTOP!
- They pushed, they tried it on, and I still didn’t buckle. The testing limits stamp.
- The pre teen pretend hormonal tantrums of 7 year old daughters… Going through this right now… Not sure how I will cope!!
As they get older, there are still many stamps to collect.
- I managed to totally embarrass my offspring! Oh no could get this one dozens of times!!!
- I survived them walking in on us in a compromising situation, and managed to style it out stamp!
- We got through the that talk stage…. And even managed to field some pretty awkward questions!
- The teenage years… FULLSTOP!
- I teased my children through their first crushes!
- I sat nervously, waiting for my child to come home after their first time out, unsupervised!
- I managed to allow my child to go on a date! ( a hard one for dads and their daughters!)
- Crying stamp level 3 – Oh My God! My baby can’t be ready to leave me and go to college/University??!! Still. I managed to let go…
It goes on, through to their relationships, and marriage to them having their own children… There are so many more stamps to collect…
Which other Parenthood Passport stamp would you include?
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