Or is it just me they didn't tell?
Having kids physically hurt! I hear you laughing. I am not talking about the burning stinging pain of giving birth, I am talking about what follows after the birth.
Jeez, since having 2 children I haven't had a pain free day:
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My feet request that I wear shoes or slippers (with hard soles) at all times when walking around the house. They are fed up of the excruciating pain caused by all these tiny toys parts scattered around the house.
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My back forgot what it feels like to walk straight. I am constantly bending midway to either pick up a child or pick up the tiny toys making my feet's life a misery. Come bath time and bedtime and I need an assistant to help wrestling with Elliott and Victor.
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My legs and butt do not believe in justice anymore. If justice existed they would be considerably slimmer and firmer for going up and down the stairs hundreds of times a day. No matter how well prepared I am I ALWAYS forget something upstairs.
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My arms ache for carrying someone all the time.
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My whole head and face hurts for regularly being punched or headbutted when trying to contain a wriggling toddler while dressing him or simply when I need to restrain him in one place.
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I am lucky I still have teeth following a couple of close calls during recent wrestling sessions when trying to put socks on Elliott.
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My ear lobes almost saw the end of them not so long ago when a lovely new pair of dangling earings attracted Victor's tiny hands.
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My hair has never been pulled so much. Again I am lucky for not having bald patches.
Why don't they tell you that? The least NCT classes should do is teach you self defense techniques under a toddler attack or how to dodge the punches and headbuts!
Photo credit (Note the Drama Queen effect) Mac(3) Flikr
