things you can do wiht a baby you cant do wiht a toddler

[FluffyMummy123]

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visit childless friends and not have to worry about their expensive glass vases of flowers, delicate ornaments etc.

ditto espensive gift shops

Go to friends house with baby and moses basket, stay out late without worrying about bedtime routine

Go on any kind of boat without them trying to climb over the side all the time

Open the kitchen cupboard and take out some chocolate and eat it (without having to stick your head in the cupboard to eat it secretively)

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go out of the house without bucketloads of snacks/drinks/toys

do something without a small person clinging to your leg/having tantrum in the street shouting NO

being able to pick them up and cart them off without giving yourself a hernia

you can get away with stuff
when dh comes home from work and says "what have you been up to today?"
you can say "oh ive done a ton of housework then played all day at jigsaws and educational stuff"
without small child piping up "no mummy you sat and read a big magazine all day in front of jeremy kyle"

have a cappuccino in a cafe without someone grabbing your spoon and hoovering up the froth

Not have to read/watch/hear about Thomas the Tank Engine or fairies or princesses or whatever ad bloody nauseam.

Go out for the day without constant "I want an ice cream, I want to go on the train/bouncy castle/swings/donkey, I want an upsey daisy kite etc etc"

or bitch about people to your dh
"god that woman is a cow"
without small child saying "muumy says youre a cow"

Nailpolish

That's genius.

oh yes and swear when you drop the saucepan on your foot without a little echo behind

Go out in middle of the day

Instead of watching Doctors because LO needs his nap

Go up and down the stairs without having to open and close a gate all the time.

leave your razor by the bath instead of on a high high shelf

moan about your weight without worrying about giving someone an eating disorder

Go to the doctors, discuss personal stuff without ds broadcasting it to everyone he meets.

Mumsnet without having to take turns with small child using CBeebies website

Go to the hairdressers

Eat an apple/biscuit/whatever without having to share.

Put it under the table in a pub.

Actually eat your lunch without a small person begging for it.

Paint your nails without child grabbing it.

You can put them in one place and when you come back they are still there! God i miss that.

or at least you can get a head start dashing to the loo before they realise and start crawling after you

also the crying is MUCH quieter