When my DD is all grown up, pg or with a new baby, older baby, toddler, toddler & baby etc etc....

I WILL NOT SAY: "Just enjoy it. This time will go too fast. The cleaning can wait"


Unless it is immediately followed with "I know you must be tired. I'll watch baby/toddler/both/all while you have a sleep. I'll take them outside so you can have some peace. When you wake up, you can enjoy your baby/toddler/both/you time while I do some housework for you."


I WILL NOT SAY: "I'll watch the baby/toddler/both/whatever while you do some cleaning."

I might say something along those lines, but "cleaning" WILL be replaced with "sleeping" or "getting hair done".


These comments annoy to no end. The first might be true but how can you enjoy anything when you're sleep deprived? How does the cleaning get done if I don't do it? The cleaning fairy hasn't visited me yet. And sometimes it does need to be done. We all need clean clothes to wear, dishes to eat off, safe floors to play on, hygienic bathrooms to groom in. And I want to play with my children. I don't want to clean while you do it.



And I WILLprint out this thread to put in her box so when she is all grown up, I can open it and remember that I said these things.


What lines do you get that really erk you to the point where you wouldn't say the same thing to your child in the future?