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The Murphy’s Laws of Parenting

04/07/2011 by Kate P. 17 Comments

Today I have a GREAT post by Angie from Mama Insomnia. Today’s post is all about the Murphy’s Laws of Parenting…you know like when you stayed up too late the night before and you counting on the kid to sleep until his regular bedtime of 8, but then he’s up at 4 in the morning instead….yeah moments like those…. Enjoy! And stop by to meet Angie, she’s awesome!

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Murphy’s Laws of Parenting

I learned pretty early on, that parenting is pretty much a comedy of errors.

The only way to really survive this gig is to learn to laugh at it all.

Because when you combine sleep deprivation with the unpredictability of children you’re pretty much walking on a minefield of mishaps and follies.

When I was little I remember that my dad had a plaque in his office with Murphy’s Law written on it

“Anything that can go wrong, probably will”

Of course as a child I never really understood the meaning.

But today?

It’s pretty much my motto.

So without further ado, here are some of my Murphy’s Law’s of Parenting:

“No matter how many things you’ve packed in the diaper bag, you will always forget the one thing you need most”

A month ago, Kev and I were out running some errands. We weren’t planning on being gone long so we didn’t bother to check the inventory of the diaper bag. Then midway through the trip we got a call from a friend asking us to meet them at their son’s hockey game. Lo and behold Jack had a massively poopy diaper and what was the ONE thing we didn’t have in our loaded diaper bag? You guessed it. A diaper.

“The later you go to bed the earlier your child will rise.”

Jack sleeps until 7:30-8:00 am most days. Except the days that I worked until 2 am the night before. Then he is up at the crack of dawn.

“The frequency and length of your child’s naps is in direct correlation to your plans for the day”

When I have something to do, it never fails that Jack will either a.) fight his naps completely or b.) take the shortest catnap known to man.

Conversely on days when we are going somewhere and have to leave at a certain time he will sleep for 2-2 1/2 hours, making us late.

“You will search high and low for the perfect toys for your children only to realize that they are more fascinated with boxes, bottles and Tupperware.”

If I has a dollar for every oven mitt, Tupperware, or beer koozie I cleaned up out of Jack’s toy bin’s I could quit my job and become a full time blogger!

“Toddlers do not appreciate planned outings. Toddlers laugh in the face of plans”

Last Halloween I planned a trip to the pumpkin farm. I was hoping for fun family time and some great pics. Instead I got whining and a massacred pumpkin.

What are your Murphy’s Laws ??

 

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I'm a Spanish speaking, supper cooking, sporadic house cleaning, sometimes swearing, to do list making, stroller pushing, diaper changing, SAHM & skin care selling, God fearing, church going, independently thinking, family loving, not always perfect, hooked on blogging, husband loving, health food nut & junk food junkie, first & now second time mommy. Welcome to my world.

Comments

  1. Brittany {Mommy Words} says

    04/08/2011 at 1:23 am

    Amen! There is nothing that says Murphy’s Law like motherhood!

    Reply
  2. Kimberly says

    04/08/2011 at 4:47 am

    Love this! This is so true!!! I don’t know of many days as a mom that things HAVE actually gone right!

    Reply
  3. Jessica says

    04/08/2011 at 6:45 am

    I would add that on the days I have to get up really early one of the kids gets sick in the middle of the night.

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  4. Mommy's Paradise says

    04/08/2011 at 11:31 am

    So very true for all parents I guess. I have another one: When I prepare my little one’s favorite meal in advance because we have to go somewhere and I have no time for cooking, for sure he’s refusing to eat it and insists on something completely different. And he ends up eating something out of the panty or take away food.

    Reply
  5. MommaKiss says

    04/08/2011 at 1:04 pm

    My law? Just after you change a diaper, the kid will crap in it. Right in the clean one. Right away. Happened way too many times, so I tried to fake him. I’d be all “I’m changing you now!” PSYCHE! And I’d just put the same one back on. Till he figured me out. At 10 mos old. Little monster

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  6. Irina says

    04/08/2011 at 3:32 pm

    This is so true! We stayed up late last night, figuring LO slept for 5-6 hours for the past 2 weeks. Of course, last night he only wanted to sleep for 3 hours at a time and was up at 6:30 ready to party.

    Reply
    • Keshav says

      01/10/2014 at 5:57 am

      I watched it ten times, you and prkynaia are awesome in acting I love the story and concept of Barfi Movie,.. Thanks to the Director too for giving such a classy movie, I love Kamal Hassan Sir (Universal Hero), and i believe in indian film industry he is the only actor who’s acting on screens makes us feel real, After seeing Barfi, i saw an another actor Ranbir, You are very classy and awesome on your own, i don’t wanna compare you with any other actors, but you are my next hero after Kamal Sir, To be true after Pushpaka Vimanam from Kamal Sir, there was never a classy film, Untill Barfi Ranbir not only Rocks, He can “ACT”

      Reply
  7. Laura in Cancun says

    04/08/2011 at 3:57 pm

    I don’t have kids, but I can relate to the law about toys! When my dog was a puppy, we bought her chew toys, balls, etc etc. No interest whatsoever.

    Her favorite toy? Empty plastic bottles. Bonus points if they still have the label on them.

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    • Zeiad says

      01/12/2014 at 9:09 am

      BCL – congrats on using free sceeph to convince Uncle Ben’s to reconsider its advertising expenditures.As to the Controlls here, free sceeph? Are you f’ing kidding me? What’s all this about trying to shut down CBC? That’s your version of free sceeph, using the government to shut down alternative views to Sun Media, Postmedia, G&M editorial board, etc? You make me laugh with your lack of self awareness and hypocrisy.

      Reply
  8. Kate P. says

    04/08/2011 at 4:05 pm

    Thank you Angie for posting!!!

    I’m so with you on all of these!!!

    Reply
  9. KLZ says

    04/08/2011 at 4:58 pm

    The one that always irks me the most: the waking up early when I’ve been up late.

    Reply
  10. Angie@MamaInsomnia says

    04/08/2011 at 7:19 pm

    Thank you so much for having me Kate!!

    Reply
  11. 30ish Mama says

    04/08/2011 at 10:37 pm

    Sooo true! Another one: they will always have a messy poop after an early bath. I hate that.

    Reply
  12. Samantha says

    04/09/2011 at 4:41 am

    This was such a fun read for me! I can only imagine how motherhood is going to change my life when my little one arrives!

    Thanks for stopping by on my SITS day!

    Reply
  13. Carri says

    04/10/2011 at 1:08 am

    Baby will ALWAYS poop after you put on a fresh diaper! And the nap thing? So true. So so so true.

    Reply
  14. liz says

    04/10/2011 at 3:22 pm

    I TOTALLY agree about the late to bed, early to rise! Also? if i ever popped awake, I’d need to will myself back to sleep cuz if I was up, she’d stir within 5 minutes.

    Reply
  15. Jessica says

    04/11/2011 at 5:25 am

    How about after you take the time to actually cook (and not go through a drive through) and fix the baby a nice plate; they don’t want it. The want the exact same food that’s on YOUR plate.

    Reply

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