Ludicrous Parenting Lies

It doesn't take long to realize you have to throw your list out the window and just go with it. The moms over at Kids Activities Blog have compiled all the “I'll never” lists and other parenting lies they told themselves in one hilarious list.

Here are some of my favorites:

1. ” I looked at my baby and thought “there’s no way I’m ever going to find anything annoying about this sweet child”…bahahaha” -Mandie
2. “Before I had my daughter I always thought people who co-slept or breastfed past a year were creepy and nuts. Then I had my daughter lol! Just goes to show!” -Caitlin
3. “I’ll never be a parent that has their kid out in public with food on their shirt, dirty clothes, etc. Toddler boys play hard, eat messy, have fun… They’re dirty… Oh well. He’s happy and loved, what else matters?!” -Lynette
4. “Makes a different meal for my kid… Then came #3, the world’s pickiest eater, who would really starve herself before eating something she doesn’t like.” -Sandra
5. “I will never bribe my kids. I use going out in the canoe to force them to nap, and i use cereal bars to get them to leave the park” -Emily
6. “I said I’d never be the parent who co-slept with their baby. But it sure made breastfeeding so much easier during the night.” -Sara
7. “I swore I was never going to sound like my mother… Now every time I open my mouth my mother comes out” -Jade
8. “Watch tv before two years!!….now at four he’s hooked on Scooby Doo!” -Elizabeth

I'm sure I said all these things. It's nice to know I'm not the only one.  Check out the rest of the list at Kids Activities Blog.

Funny thing is, all the years I spent as a nanny in college and with my three younger siblings didn't prepare me for the ludicrousness of absolutes in child-rearing.

These days, I know better. Baby #2 is on the way and I'm not making many promises. We'll see what happens when she gets here. If there's one thing I have learned, it's never say never!