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Parental Happiness Is….

Parental Happiness is…

Exiting the house before 9am without suffering a sore throat from all that shouting.

Struggling into a pair of size twelve jeans without a five year old asking why don’t you buy clothes that fit?

Finding a pub with a beer garden with a park on a sunny day.

Waking up before the children.

Waking up the children (just for a change)

Feeling a grubby paw reach for yours and hearing a little voice say I love you.

Watching a baby shuffling along the floor clapping and whooping with delight when you come in from work because she can’t say I love you yet.

Getting through a day without cleaning up anyone elses bodily functions.

Drinking a cup of tea when it’s hot.

Going to the toilet, alone.

Eating cakes your children have made you.

Not having to clean the kitchen after eating the cakes your children have made you.

Hearing someone that grew inside you say mummy.

Having a couple of hours not hearing someone say mummy.

Being told you look beautiful when mascara is glued to your cheeks and you are wearing your dressing gown.

The relief that flows through you when you realise it wasn’t your child who made another kid cry.

Feeding your almost toddler without being bit.

Knowing you have labeled all the school clothes before term starts.

Going to bed in a tidy house.

Waking up to toys strewn everywhere and the sound of children playing.

Sleeping without anyone waking you up.

Comments

  1. PoorParenting says

    August 24, 2011 at 5:20 pm

    The glass of wine you sip on once the kids are in bed…

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      August 24, 2011 at 6:54 pm

      sip on?

      I tend to head straight for the shots….

      Reply
  2. Elsie Button says

    August 24, 2011 at 6:26 pm

    hear hear! Pubs with a beer garden on a sunny day – yes!

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      August 24, 2011 at 7:42 pm

      friggin bright idea no!

      Reply
  3. Bod for tea says

    August 24, 2011 at 6:37 pm

    Yes to all the above!!

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      August 24, 2011 at 7:42 pm

      amen sister

      Reply
  4. Boatwife says

    August 24, 2011 at 7:17 pm

    Lovely list. Nodding along with all of these. Kisses to make it better from my 3 year old when I clumsily hurt myself.

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      August 24, 2011 at 7:42 pm

      ooh thats a nice one!

      Reply
  5. Crystal Jigsaw says

    August 24, 2011 at 7:49 pm

    Great post! So agree with all your points. But we wouldn’t be without them!

    CJ xx

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      August 24, 2011 at 8:16 pm

      very true! x

      Reply
  6. ChocOrangeCityMum says

    August 24, 2011 at 8:54 pm

    “Hearing someone that grew inside you say mummy.

    Having a couple of hours not hearing someone say mummy.”

    Too true!!

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      August 24, 2011 at 9:06 pm

      ha!

      I try…..

      Reply
  7. Chris Mosler says

    August 24, 2011 at 8:55 pm

    Sugar puffs in your bra/on your socks/in OH’s eyebrow/on the cat

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      August 24, 2011 at 9:07 pm

      You clearly like sugar puffs at your gaff!

      Reply
  8. Multiple Mummy says

    August 24, 2011 at 10:05 pm

    I also think a baby/ toddler just out the bath all clean and shiny is delightful, and snuggled in a baby grow at night ready for story time. A lovely list that made me ahh and giggle at the same time. x

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      August 25, 2011 at 8:00 am

      That’s a good one! And thanks x

      Reply
    • lifeloveandlivingwithboys says

      September 27, 2011 at 9:49 pm

      That is a good one. My toddler is so rarely clean, it is lovely when he is all shiny and fluffy-haired 🙂

      Reply
      • janeblackmore says

        September 28, 2011 at 7:00 am

        Awwwww

        Reply
  9. Mcai7td3 says

    August 25, 2011 at 2:31 am

    Sleeping more than 4 hours in a row….. Aaaaaahhh!

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      August 25, 2011 at 7:59 am

      Oh the mother of a newborn! X

      Reply
  10. mothersalwaysright says

    August 25, 2011 at 4:27 am

    Completely agree with all of the above. Can I also add – having a snotty nose laid on your shoulder and a little person say “aaah” because she can’t yet say “I love you”. And – waking up at 7.30am to find out you’ve had a full 9 hours unbroken sleep because the baby’s slept through.

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      August 25, 2011 at 7:58 am

      Nice. X

      Reply
  11. Alexander Residence says

    August 25, 2011 at 8:15 pm

    The tears you cry over seeing your first born in a school uniform for the first time? (me today!)
    Such a lovely mix of heartfelt and humorous Jane x

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      August 25, 2011 at 8:38 pm

      Oh I remember that day 12 months ago! X x x

      Reply
  12. Mammasaurus says

    August 25, 2011 at 8:26 pm

    Aha so true – I dream of the days I can go to the toilet alone once more…nothing quite as horrific as wakling out of a public toilet cubicle with a child who announces in tannoy volumes for all to hear the exact details of your pooh !

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      August 25, 2011 at 8:39 pm

      Oh aren’t children lovely x x x

      Reply
  13. sarsm says

    August 26, 2011 at 7:28 am

    🙂

    Experience has taught me to be a little scared of food prepared by my children.

    My youngest has recently started force-feeding me bread with half an inch of butter. Then there was that time my eldest thought it a good idea to add oregano to my fried egg. Don’t try – leads to nauseousness. And don’t do what I did and be all polite and pretend to like it. Because you are served it again and again and again and …

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      August 26, 2011 at 7:37 am

      Wicked! Egg and oregano.

      I love your kids x

      Reply
      • sarsm says

        August 26, 2011 at 7:49 am

        Any time you wish to borrow them, just ask… 😉

        Reply
        • janeblackmore says

          August 26, 2011 at 8:33 am

          will you cover the flight so I can come get them?

          Reply
  14. Emma @MummyMummyMum says

    September 4, 2011 at 11:52 am

    Going to the toilet alone…a girl can dream….

    Fab list!

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      September 4, 2011 at 5:09 pm

      Ta x

      Reply
  15. lifeloveandlivingwithboys says

    September 27, 2011 at 9:47 pm

    I love this list and would add:
    thinking you’ve woken the little ones up then they sigh and curl back up to sleep
    and just generally when they are sleeping and you find time for a cuppa or a Corrie catch-up

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      September 28, 2011 at 6:59 am

      Sleeping children are a very good thing! Thanks for popping over x

      Reply

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