Downsides of Parenting: Please be Honest

[Liz]

with DS he can be the biggest turdface there is all day

PMSL! Yes, kids can be the most awful little people sometimes I'm sure there's plenty of complaints and whinges coming from me about the kids all over my facebook LOL, but I still wouldn't label that as a downside to parenting. I've been sitting here trying to think of an actual down side to it and can't think of any.. I think I'll leave it like that.. no point MAKING myself feel some downsides. I'm similar to another poster that I power through sleep deprivation and nappy changes. Neither affect me that greatly, and we've had TERRIBLE sleepers and little poo machines!

PZ - I've never been to a mums & bubs session at the movies. I just put bub in the HAB She's coming along to Mary Poppins in October too... I don't care what anybody says! Bigger kids take more forward planning than a bub I reckon. ETA: We don't actually go to a lot of movies, and I do try to go without bub.. but right now, if I felt the inclination to go, I'd just take her

I've always found time to myself when they're asleep (there's a tip - have kids that still have a day sleep at the age of 5 haha) but yes, as they're getting older, when they're all home, it's more full on.

OK - I have a downside It takes forever to get in and out of the car! And you don't actually realise this until you go somewhere child-free and you can just get out the car, lock it and walk away!

I just read the rest of the replies, and I guess I was nodding my head at some of them.. sleeping in, my now saggy baggy body LOL... but seriously, everything is worth it.

being a parent is awesome even when it feels like crap

That sums it up nicely