Being mother to a toddler can get frightening a times. They have a world of their own with their own set of rules and compulsions. To adults these may sound too petty to abide by but then these are what define a toddler’s small world. Once you dive into their little world, you better be in line with their compulsions or be ready to lend an ear to their crying. Read on to uncover 7 truths that you will come across while parenting a toddler. The sooner you learn them the better it is (or maybe not)!
Cleaning Is For Fools
You want to get back to the good old days when your house used to be spic and span. But gone are those days now you are parenting a toddler who has messing the house as a hobby. Toddlers love to get things out of cabinets, spill juice from their cup and spit half eaten berries on white sheets. No matter how hard you try to clean the house off the filth you will end up cribbing about your incapability. It is best to accept a dirty house as your fate and save yourself from misery!
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Shoes Are Mysterious
Before you were blessed with this little soul, you had all the shoes in the right racks and never lost them. But parenting a toddler is all about bending on your knees and looking for lost shoes under the bed. Even if you remember putting them on the rack last night, they will magically emerge from the basket of toys in the morning. And you can’t convince your kid to wear some other pair, because hello, blue shoes are what he will wear!
Nuggets Are Everything
You know how your toddler reacts when you break to him the news that you ran out of nuggets. That’s right, they will get the house down with their crying! Despite the fact that you promised yourself that nuggets will be reserved only for special occasions and your kid will have to do with broccoli and spinach regularly, it doesn't work. You find yourself buying nuggets in huge quantities to prevent an other episode of crying!
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Lying Saves You
You are a good human with all your morals intact but get yourself a treat that you don’t want to share with your toddler and let the fun begin. When you open a pack of tasty treats within earshot of your kid, he will come running demanding his share. You are left with no option but to roll him in a fluffy quilt of lies that they will surely buy.
Share Bodily Fluids
You might never have been in close contact with so many body fluids before you became parent. But now changing diapers, cutting and cleaning nails, cleaning up running nose and wax filled ears of your kids has showered you with the blessing of cleaning it all up after you’ve felt them all on yourself!
Colors Are Important
No matter how hard you try you will end up picking the ‘wrong’ colored cup for your kid’s breakfast. He will come up with this truth through his crying only after you have filled it up with milk. Then you pour it into another one, the one in the ‘right’ color. In case you actually chose the right colored cup (rare possibility) you can still not find the matching lid. The color of the fork also matters, you never knew that, did you?
Childproofing Is Laughable
You spare no efforts to keep you kids safe from all the gadgets in the house and you spend a lot of cash to baby-proof your house. But your kid takes it as a challenge to prove that you wasted every bit of that money. He takes every pain to prove to you that all this was a waste. He will focus all his efforts to open that toilet lid you have locked so that he can push his bath toys in it. Accept that childproofing will add humor to your life!
You may be able to relate to some of these. Parenting toddlers is no easy task but adjusting to these truths will sort your life a lot!