Before I had a baby I never thought I would....

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Come on, this will be fun! Before I had a baby I never thought I would:

Pick another human being's nose for them.....for example

Come on girls! Let's 'av em! :)

be headbutted constantly for fun...

Change a nappy
Get covered in sick and not vomit myself
Be able to survive on less than eight hours straight sleep

Melt inside when I get a gummy smile

LO is three months old so all of the above really seem to hit home. :)

Turn down a night out with the girls with food & cake & gossip & laughs in order to stay home in my pjs, flop out an udder to feed a baby and go to bed at 7.30!

Shrug my shoulders at 4.40am and lie down in bed with baby vom all over my pjs so i can get 20 minutes sleep.

NOT eat lunch because i dont want to disturb the angel asleep in my arms that i cant take my eyes off.

Put my hands out to catch vomit

oh and not remember if i have cleaned my teeth or not today...i just cant remember...ewwwwww.

Oh God, cant remember if i put deoderant on either..did i? did i not??

Norbert - did that before i was a parent

... hear such ear-piercing screams at such close proximity that I'm convinced I'll have tinnitus for life.

Lick medicine off his wrist....only to realise that it is, in fact, snot...

Be able to clean someone else's shit without vomiting

Survive on less then 8 hours sleep a night if I'm lucky

Laugh at getting a sloppy kiss mixed with snot

Be so interested in somebody else's bowel movements.

Or have an audience for mine.

Get a bit of poo under my fingernail and think "I'll get it out in a minute"

(DD was having a BF and I did the dressed nappy check!)

Sit out in the pouring rain holding a yoghurt because AT LEAST HE'S EATING SOMETHING and I don't want to break the spell.

Sit in a dark room for hours holding a baby

When said baby pukes over my shoulder, silently move baby to other shoulder in case dampness wakes him

Once baby finally goes in cot, fall asleep in wet puke covered pjs

That was just last night's excitement!

Bite someone else's nails
Cheer someone on doing a poo
Wee myself when sneezing (only a bit)
Co-sleep with a baby

Shout "for the third time, please do not lick your sister"

Go through years of terrible 1s 2s and 3s. Then do it all again

Pick toast/orange pips out of someone's nose.

Catch sick in my hands.

Wish I was deaf.

Yy to co-sleep.

And also pick the baby up and smell its' bum. Was adamant I wouldn't do that.,

Have baby vomit dripping off my eyelashes at 3am in the morning

Oh!! And.....

Become addicted to mumsnet!!

Have a scrubbing washing up brush just for poo covered laundry & casually store it under the sink after use,

Realise I'm actually swaying from side to side without my DD in my arms

Ah this has made me laugh. Mine are a bit different as I didn't think I would ever want a baby, so:
Feel so proud of someone for simply eating, walking, crawling, sitting, etc
Think that Friday night snugged up in bed with DC was preferable to girls night out
Family camping trip more fun than Glastonbury

Also all the snot and poo stuff too