Parenting is....

[Heartofstrings]

Tidying bedrooms
Laundry
Making snacks

Anyone else?

when younger, wiping bums

when teenagers, negotiation, and getting stropped at and staying calm

Answering relentless why questions.

@Heartofstrings

Tidying bedrooms Laundry Making snacks

Anyone else?

I make mine do all that themselves now! I'm not their bloody maid.

Being permanently skint, but somehow not minding 😕

@HenryHooverIII I'm still in the thick of it with two preschoolers. To be fair, my eldest preschooler makes his own toast in the morning

Crumbs.

Relentless.

Unknown territory thank God.

Hard going but at the same time amazing

@squashyhat

Unknown territory thank God.

'... more interesting than it looks from the outside.'

Noise

Opening and eating a packet of crisps in absolutely silence.

Fucking hard.
For years.
And just when you think job done - relax, it blindsides you with a different set of bolloxisms.

Repeating yourself a million times
Little people innocently insulting your boobies
Feeling you need to hoover every day but instead staring at crumbs
Runny noses