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What you should appreciate before you have your first child

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bumperlicious · 02/10/2007 14:54

folling on from the 'what you are looking forward to...' thread i thought we should have a 'things you should appreciate before you have your baby thread. i don't want to scare you or be negative i just really want you all to make the most of these things

ok here goes:

-reading the newspapers at the weekend
-being able to hear people on the phone
-typing with both hands & using capitals
-being able to finish a mn post in less than 20 mins

I have more but see above point!

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bumperlicious · 02/10/2007 16:54

sorry to panic you claphamlauren! ooh dear, regretting starting this thread now

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ClaphamLauren · 02/10/2007 17:16

It's just a shock for a naive first timer like moi to see it all in writing! Carry on though, better to be prepared and all...

bumperlicious · 02/10/2007 17:19

don't worry, i had several melt downs when i was pg!

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NAB3 · 02/10/2007 17:20

Lie ins
Hot meals and drinks
Being able to go out when you want
Watchng a tv programme all the way through

BroccoliSpears · 02/10/2007 17:24

Sleeping until you wake up, instead of sleeping until you can no longer ignore the indignant squawks of "...Mama? Mama? Dada? MAMAAA?..."

ChippyMinton · 02/10/2007 17:25

LOL at phdlife's prairie...so true

pointydog · 02/10/2007 17:32

All the TIMe you've got. You ahve no IDEA how much free time you have till you have kids.

beeper · 02/10/2007 17:33

Yes but what will you be able to do.....

Wee your pants when you laugh

Find solidified breastpads all over the place.

Get angry as the dust turns to snow on your furniture.

Realise that your body has changed shape...forever...

Have the revelation that sex only causes bundles of work...but then forget and end up in the same situation 18 months later (grin)

dal21 · 02/10/2007 17:35

LOL at this thread! The irony is that this needs to be read before you even fall pregnant - but I only discovered mnet once preggers. ClaphamLauren - please do not worry. It looks harsh in black and white but remember 2 things

  1. each baby and mother is different, so not everything will apply to you
  2. despite all the above, you will have you little baby and although you may get tired/ never have a moment to yourself, it really is worth it!

i would say - make the most of lie ins - be decadent, have brekkie in bed with the papers. forget all the pre baby stuff that needs doing (and can overtake every weekend before the baby is born). if you have money, get a few weekends away at the most decadent family unfriendly hotels...

bumperlicious · 02/10/2007 17:35

lol @ the breast pads! so true.

but i do wonder what the heck did i do with my time before having dd? nothing much worthwhile really...

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daisyandbabybootoo · 02/10/2007 17:56

Staying up half the night....because you WANT to!

spontaneous sex.

spontaneous abandoned sex (you always have one ear open for the DCs)

and everything everyone else has said

lololol at phdlife...IKexactlyWYM

annobal · 02/10/2007 20:06

LOL at this thread.

I don't miss anything pre-baby. It's cos I'm so sleep deprived I don't remember ANYTHING

Jamantha · 02/10/2007 20:13

Having a chance to put on nice clothes and a bit of make up when going out. (Just went with my parents and siblings to afternoon party this weekend and they all got changed and brushed hair, did make up (well the girls did) etc, but by the time I'd got DD and her stuff together there was only time for me to do a very quick change of t-shirt and drag a brush through my hair).

faylisa · 02/10/2007 20:36

Being able to walk into the lounge without nearly breaking your neck as you fall over abandoned duplo, stuffed upsy daisy characters, discarded socks, ....

Being able to leave a pen on a table and come back to it without finding scribbles all over your diary/gas bill/table/wall

It not being so difficult to organise DCs to go to the corner shop for some eggs that you'd prefer to change your entire meal plan for the evening rather than going out to get them

Being able to read a magazine in peace

Being able to eat the whole of your lunch/biscuit/piece of chocolate without having to share

Not feeling absolutely knackered by 9pm every night

Having space on the Sky+ for things other than Night Garden and Peppa Pig

Not having 'crepey' skin on your tummy

peachygirl · 02/10/2007 20:42

Going to the theatre.
Especially since two shows I studied at uni (and are rarely performed) have been staged -one pretty much opened on my due date, the other now I have a baby GRRRR.

Sleep
Reading the newspaper
Nipping to the shops
wabdering round looking at clothes

paddyclamp · 02/10/2007 21:26

I don't think it's as bad as people make out! And it does get better as the kids get a little older.

Lie-ins you just have to take it in turns with your OH. You will get your body back it just takes time.

But to keep to the point I wish i'd appreciated the freedom to be spontaneous, like last minute decisions to go out and do whatever. Also wish we'd had more fancy trips eg goin on safari that won't be possible till the kids are much older.

You won't want your old life back tho

InMyHumbleOpinion · 02/10/2007 21:41

Sleep.

Having your head to yourself.

Being number one priority in your own life.

Going to the toilet because you need to go, not because you get a chance.

Sitting on the toilet without having to talk to anyone about Superfast Hotwheels - Beat That!

Getting wasted drunk, and phoning in sick.

Getting ready and leaving the house in 20 minutes flat - including lipstick!

Eating when you are hungry, not just because you have the time or are about to faint.

Washing your hair, conditioning it, blowdrying it, then doing it all again just because it's not sitting right. (As opposed to scrubbing some shower gel through, and ponytailing as you skid out of the shower - to be dealt with 2 days later when you next get to think about your hair.)

Only being responsible for your own bodily waste.

Not feeling particularly guilty at any given time.

Not talking yourself out of every single self-expenditure with 'Oh but baby really needs another organic fair trade hand woven hemp massaging robe, so I'll forgo a coat this year'.

Being a perfect parent and having the answers to most things.

Self assurance.

Sitting with your back to the room (give it a year)

Not being afraid of sudden silence.

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