Motherhood - There are no words

Motherhood is hard. All mothers know this. I have heard mothers say that motherhood is easy. I believe these people only have one, very easy child or they have a full-time babysitter. I read all the baby books when I was pregnant with Tinkerbell. They were very helpful with telling me how to swaddle a baby, steralise bottles and change a nappy. What the baby books did not tell me was:

• what to do when you need to be somewhere and your child won't get dressed
• how to interpret toddler speak
• how to explain to a young child why those two men are kissing
• that no matter what you do, your child will tell you they hate you at some point
• that the only meat your child will eat is mince
• that your child will get an american accent from watching american tv shows

I am sure there are more that I have forgotten about or not yet encountered.

I am sure toddlers are in contact with each other and discuss ways to drive their parents crazy. My kids have succeeded many times. I am sure I am loosing my mind some days.

• Mate will ask for an apple. I will get him an apple. He then yells and tells me that apples are "yuck"
• Pirate Monkey will like meat one day and hate it the next
• Tinkerbell loves her brothers one minute and wishes she was an only child the next
• Tinkerbell loves having her own room one day and wants to share with someone the next.

Motherhood. There really are no words for it. You can have every emotion in one day, even in an hour and you can feel like running, screaming from the house. It can be emotionally draining, tough and exhausting. And I wouldn't change it for anything.