Comments on: No One Told Me There Would Be Days Like This http://gnmparents.com/no-one-told-me-there-would-be-days-like-this/ Giving New Meaning to Parenting Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:51:45 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Littlemummy.Com » Blog Archive » Littlemummy News Roundup http://gnmparents.com/no-one-told-me-there-would-be-days-like-this/comment-page-1/#comment-10189 Littlemummy.Com » Blog Archive » Littlemummy News Roundup Fri, 15 May 2009 17:36:03 +0000 http://www.gnmparents.com/no-one-told-me-there-would-be-days-like-this/#comment-10189 [...] as a work-at-home-mother has plenty of tips and advice that can be applied to most home businesses. A warning about toddlerhood. I’m [...] [...] as a work-at-home-mother has plenty of tips and advice that can be applied to most home businesses. A warning about toddlerhood. I’m [...]

]]> By: Kimberly http://gnmparents.com/no-one-told-me-there-would-be-days-like-this/comment-page-1/#comment-3644 Kimberly Fri, 04 May 2007 20:31:54 +0000 http://www.gnmparents.com/no-one-told-me-there-would-be-days-like-this/#comment-3644 Ugh. Well here's more bad news. A friend of mine with a teenage daughter has been telling me absolute HORROR stories that make what I'm facing with a 2 and 4 year old seem like a gentle walk in the park on a warm spring day. As hard as it is right now, I fear these actually might be more of the "easy" days. The thought terrifies me completely. Ugh. Well here’s more bad news. A friend of mine with a teenage daughter has been telling me absolute HORROR stories that make what I’m facing with a 2 and 4 year old seem like a gentle walk in the park on a warm spring day. As hard as it is right now, I fear these actually might be more of the “easy” days. The thought terrifies me completely.

]]> By: Binky http://gnmparents.com/no-one-told-me-there-would-be-days-like-this/comment-page-1/#comment-3643 Binky Thu, 03 May 2007 17:30:59 +0000 http://www.gnmparents.com/no-one-told-me-there-would-be-days-like-this/#comment-3643 That's the truth. The only redeeming factor for me about the terribleness of my daughter's twos (actually, she's not even two yet, but she appears to be ahead of the times) is the fact that at least my hormones are a little more in check than they were during those first few months post partum. That’s the truth. The only redeeming factor for me about the terribleness of my daughter’s twos (actually, she’s not even two yet, but she appears to be ahead of the times) is the fact that at least my hormones are a little more in check than they were during those first few months post partum.

]]> By: Damselfly http://gnmparents.com/no-one-told-me-there-would-be-days-like-this/comment-page-1/#comment-3642 Damselfly Wed, 02 May 2007 19:40:56 +0000 http://www.gnmparents.com/no-one-told-me-there-would-be-days-like-this/#comment-3642 When does toddlerhood end? When does toddlerhood end?

]]> By: Christina http://gnmparents.com/no-one-told-me-there-would-be-days-like-this/comment-page-1/#comment-3641 Christina Wed, 02 May 2007 18:42:24 +0000 http://www.gnmparents.com/no-one-told-me-there-would-be-days-like-this/#comment-3641 No kidding. There are days I can't get enough of Cordy, and there are days where all I can do is count down the time until bedtime, when I can get away from her. It's a secret "they" don't tell you, but should be a part of every new parent initiation: you will always love your child, but you don't always have to like them. It's totally OK to not like them now and then, and toddlerhood can really bring this out in full force. No kidding. There are days I can’t get enough of Cordy, and there are days where all I can do is count down the time until bedtime, when I can get away from her.

It’s a secret “they” don’t tell you, but should be a part of every new parent initiation: you will always love your child, but you don’t always have to like them. It’s totally OK to not like them now and then, and toddlerhood can really bring this out in full force.

]]> By: Wendy http://gnmparents.com/no-one-told-me-there-would-be-days-like-this/comment-page-1/#comment-3640 Wendy Wed, 02 May 2007 16:29:44 +0000 http://www.gnmparents.com/no-one-told-me-there-would-be-days-like-this/#comment-3640 What you need to remember is that it is not personal. I would take my kids as toddlers over babies. I dont have any guilt ignoring a tantruming toddler. I do have guilt whenever I would set my crying baby down and just cried myself. What you need to remember is that it is not personal.

I would take my kids as toddlers over babies. I dont have any guilt ignoring a tantruming toddler. I do have guilt whenever I would set my crying baby down and just cried myself.

]]> By: Binkytown http://gnmparents.com/no-one-told-me-there-would-be-days-like-this/comment-page-1/#comment-3639 Binkytown Wed, 02 May 2007 14:15:29 +0000 http://www.gnmparents.com/no-one-told-me-there-would-be-days-like-this/#comment-3639 AMEN. I think I'm losing my mind over here. I was driving to work thinking how badly I want to be someone else. Just for one day. AMEN. I think I’m losing my mind over here. I was driving to work thinking how badly I want to be someone else. Just for one day.

]]> By: Amanda http://gnmparents.com/no-one-told-me-there-would-be-days-like-this/comment-page-1/#comment-3638 Amanda Wed, 02 May 2007 13:18:24 +0000 http://www.gnmparents.com/no-one-told-me-there-would-be-days-like-this/#comment-3638 Yes, there is searing pain indeed as they push away. Yet it is so tenderly balanced by the intimacy of their burgeoning desire to communicate. I am up here in the Adirondacks going through the same tumultuous love affair, with my second already flirting with her own toddlerhood! Yes, there is searing pain indeed as they push away. Yet it is so tenderly balanced by the intimacy of their burgeoning desire to communicate. I am up here in the Adirondacks going through the same tumultuous love affair, with my second already flirting with her own toddlerhood!

]]> By: Melissa R. Garrett http://gnmparents.com/no-one-told-me-there-would-be-days-like-this/comment-page-1/#comment-3637 Melissa R. Garrett Wed, 02 May 2007 12:35:15 +0000 http://www.gnmparents.com/no-one-told-me-there-would-be-days-like-this/#comment-3637 I agree with the person who said every stage seems the worst at some point. I have three aged, 21 months, 5 years, and 7 years. My youngest is sly and mischievous. My middle is uncooperative and obnoxious. My oldest is whiney and tempermental. We're sleep-deprived and short on time and patience. But then, in the midst of a tantrum or sibling squabbles, one of them will do something to send me into an hysterical fit of laughter. And it's the most wonderful thing. But there are days when I fondly recall the newborn moments, before they were vocal and mobile! I agree with the person who said every stage seems the worst at some point. I have three aged, 21 months, 5 years, and 7 years. My youngest is sly and mischievous. My middle is uncooperative and obnoxious. My oldest is whiney and tempermental. We’re sleep-deprived and short on time and patience. But then, in the midst of a tantrum or sibling squabbles, one of them will do something to send me into an hysterical fit of laughter. And it’s the most wonderful thing. But there are days when I fondly recall the newborn moments, before they were vocal and mobile!

]]> By: Cherylann http://gnmparents.com/no-one-told-me-there-would-be-days-like-this/comment-page-1/#comment-3636 Cherylann Tue, 01 May 2007 15:45:32 +0000 http://www.gnmparents.com/no-one-told-me-there-would-be-days-like-this/#comment-3636 Just wait until three! Three is definitely worse than two with my daughter. Just thought you should know. Just wait until three! Three is definitely worse than two with my daughter. Just thought you should know.

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