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What are the things you never thought you'd do before becoming a parent? Tell us for a chance to win a copy of YOU'RE SO MUMMY + a YEAR'S SUPPLY OF BOOKS!

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UrsulaMumsnet · 22/02/2016 11:52

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Tell us the one thing you never thought you'd do before becoming a parent for a chance to win a copy of You're So Mummy by Alex Manson-Smith and Sarah Thompson plus A YEAR'S SUPPLY OF BOOKS

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What are the things you never thought you'd do before becoming a parent? Tell us for a chance to win a copy of YOU'RE SO MUMMY + a YEAR'S SUPPLY OF BOOKS!
What are the things you never thought you'd do before becoming a parent? Tell us for a chance to win a copy of YOU'RE SO MUMMY + a YEAR'S SUPPLY OF BOOKS!
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booked83 · 04/04/2016 15:27

I never thought I would still get time to read... I miss sleep some nights but to finish the chapter/book it's got to be done

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Shaler · 10/03/2016 11:20

I never thought I'd catch sick in my hands!

Booklover123 · 09/03/2016 19:21

Bit soppy I know, but I never thought that my dc could bring me such joy and contentment but also such worry!

LibertyBelles · 09/03/2016 15:24

I never thought I'd have so much respect for other mummies

burwellmum · 06/03/2016 22:17

I never thought I would become a football and rugby mum. I was useless at games and thought my children would follow in my ponderous footsteps. I had only ever been to one football and one rugby match in my life before children, to humour a brother and future husband respectively. But I have spent the last 18 years watching admiringly while my children (both DSs and DD) have demonstrated an ability at these sports I would never have thought possible.

Mrscog · 01/03/2016 10:25

YY throwingpebbles I actually don't know what else you're meant to do! You can't leave a baby unattended and I couldn't hold on for a minute longer!!

scrivette · 29/02/2016 21:52

Never thought I would be so interested in the undigested food that comes out in a nappy!

throwingpebbles · 29/02/2016 20:11

Haha mrscog I have done similar Blush

Mrscog · 29/02/2016 16:40

Never thought i'd wee in to a nappy but was desperate in the swimming pool cubicle dripping wet with an equally wet and slippy 12 week old baby (and a 12 week post partum pelvic floor to match!

Milkand2sugarsplease · 28/02/2016 21:03

Having always been a stay up late and lie in late kinda girl I NEVER thought I'd regularly be in bed by 9 and up with the lark!!

AnotherStitchInTime · 28/02/2016 21:00

Suckling snot from someone else's face somehow became acceptable when my baby had a cold and I was up for the umpteenth time in the middle of the night.

Gisla · 28/02/2016 20:29

I never thought I'd have to say things like "its not very kind to feed your sister's toes to the diplodocus. She doesn't like it and Diplodocus don't even like toes. They are herbivores."

throwingpebbles · 28/02/2016 15:16

I never thought I would sleep curled up in a cot on a hospital ward Blush (only way I could get my babies to sleep was to feed them lying down! )

BibbidiBobbidiBoo1 · 28/02/2016 13:17

I never thought I would know that sound of pre-sickness and be able to stop eating a meal, catch the vomit, wipe up, check dd is ok, wash hands and return to eating meal. There's a lot that involves bodily fluids from a small human I never thought I would do things with!

Bostin · 28/02/2016 08:39

I never thought I'd be excited about spending 8 hours on a plane...alone!

Bicnod · 27/02/2016 22:02

I never thought I'd consider grocery shopping without children in tow an actual leisure activity.

Also never thought I'd continue functioning on so little sleep for such an extended period of time.

Theimpossiblegirl · 27/02/2016 21:41

I never thought for a moment a day would come that I'd be sucking out someone's snot!

I also never knew how much I'd love being a mum, snot sucking and all.

Whatdoidohelp · 27/02/2016 20:44

I never thought I would consider dry shampoo and a baby wipe all over as an acceptable way to start the day.

I never thought I would cancel plans at the vvvveeeerrrryyyy last minute due to being covered in sick/poo.

I never thought I would be so unconditionally in love with someone who could leave me so exhausted.

SellMySoulForSomeSleep · 27/02/2016 20:09

That I'd pick someone else's nose

HookedOnHooking · 27/02/2016 18:26

Eat pre-chewed cheese.

spanky2 · 27/02/2016 17:39

I've just remembered the most important thing. Being a mum made me realise how abusive and toxic my mum is. Being a mum saved my life, as I realised I didn't have to put up with the abuse and everyone else's mum's aren't like mine. It opened up my life to love and be loved. My dcs really are the best thing that has ever happened to me. I didn't even realise that there was anything wrong in my childhood until I realised how different my relationship is with my dcs.

spanky2 · 27/02/2016 17:29

Pick bogey out of a baby/toddler's nose.
Say 'You're not going to the soft play party until you've done a poo. It's been three days and I'm not going to look for it in the soft play climbing frame.' Ds1 was reluctant to be potty trained at three.Blush

BellaVida · 27/02/2016 15:25

I never thought I would one day look back at my life B.C (before children!) and be genuinely puzzled at how I used to fill my days!

Now with 4 DC I'm lucky if I can go to the loo without interruption. Hmm

NorbertDentressangle · 27/02/2016 15:18

I never thought I'd catch vomit in my hands.

In fact the reality is I've now done that not once, but twice .