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    16 (& 1/2!) Lessons I Learned From Motherhood

    Published: May 9, 2014 · Modified: Feb 18, 2021 by Kim This post may contain affiliate links. Leave a Comment

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    16 ½ Things I Learned Since Becoming A Mom

    1. Childbirth hurts. Every part of it. Every after part of it. Breastfeeding hurts too.
    2. Driving with your children in the car is more distracted driving than cell phones.
    3. Spaghetti is a meal only to be fed to a toddler who is wearing nothing but a diaper.  Extra napkins are a must.  A hose would be handy.
    4. When telling my children I am going to fly to Hawaii if they don’t stop arguing, beware one may take me seriously.
    5. Potty training stinks.
    6. Little kid potties are a disgusting form of nastiness.  Especially if you get sidetracked and forget what is in there.
    7. Toys multiply at night.  So does laundry. And dishes.
    8. Snot on clothes can be a lovely accessory, you just have to have the right frame of mind. And a child who can wipe in a pattern-like fashion.
    9. Avoid reading the books that have too many words before bedtime. Hide them behind other books.
    10. Watching tv was forbidden with the first child.  It's not with the fourth.
    11. Floors that a freshly mopped are just asking to have food spilled on them. Every time.
    12. While not wanting to be “THAT” mom, you allow your children to play with playdough at the table.  While scraping playdough off of your child’s hands, feet, rump and chair, you wonder if being “THAT” mom has a bad rap.
    13.  I have to force myself to get out of the shower.
    14.  If a child doesn’t interrupt me during shower time, I wonder if something is wrong.
    15.  God gave children the need to take naps.  He did because He loves us.
    16.   At the end of the day, if everyone is fed, loved, smiling and cared for, the day was a success.

    16 ½ .  I always knew I wanted to be a mom.  Now it is official.  I wouldn’t trade being a mom for the world.

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