What have you learned about yourself since becoming a parent?

Question

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Answer 1

I've learned that I didn't know that I could love that deeply.

Answer 2

I've learned many things.. here's a 'short' list.
1. Never teach a child under 4 how to use a microwave.. you'd be surprised what they'll attempt to cook.
2. If you don't want everyone to know something, don't let your kids find out! They tell everything.. and I do mean everything.
3. I learned I can cook, wash dishes, talk on the phone, bandage a knee for one child while giving the other advice about his girlfriend, at the same time.
4. I learned I can watch Bambi, ET, Titantic or any other tear jerking movie without bawling but my son hands me a dandelion he picked out of the yard and gives it to me, I cry my eyes out.
5. I learned that I can survive on 3 hours a sleep each night for years on end.
6. I learned I have an unending capacity for love and forgiveness.
7. The most important thing I think I've learned is that I am NOT the center of my own universe, my kids are. And I wouldn't have it any other way.

Answer 3

that i'm plenty greater affected person than i presumed i exchange into. That not each thing must be learnt appropriate away and often issues take time. that little ones are much greater resilient than I as quickly as theory. That toddlers prefer to push your buttons to get a reaction. That my coronary heart lives exterior my chest. That i think of roughly my daughter greater circumstances in an afternoon than i think of roughly myself. That my daughters well being and secure practices comes earlier something in mine or my husbands existence. That i could die for yet another man or woman. That staying abode all day with a baby and not having time to make the abode look teach-room appropriate isn't simply by fact i'm being lazy. That juggling marriage, a daughter, being pregnant, an at abode interest, a social existence and the housework is rather complicated. That cooking isn't complicated.

Answer 4

I became more loving, responsible, caring, sensitive. I started praying for my children in fact my wife puts a sign of the cross on their head everyday. I work towards providing them with everything they need, their education, their future etc etc
I sometimes think.... what a mess I made , I hope my kids don't do the mistakes in life that I have made. I have learnt that Kids will accept as much love as I can Give. They will learn from me and I will set an example for them, I will most likely be their role model & their Hero. I have a responsibility towards them so I will live my life right. I will love my wife dearly and not let anything come into our relationship. I have seen most of the children go astray because their parents went. Kids get into wrong relationships because the parents did too. Psychology has proved that if a young girl gets enough love and attention from her father she will not get into a wrong relationship. Likewise with boys

Answer 5

I have learned that the little things I thought I cherished....are really nothing but a speck of dust in time.

I have learned that I have more patience than I ever dreamed I realized

I have learned that those "horrid" people wandering through stores and parks with a screaming toddler..are real people...more frazzled than the toddler a great deal of the times.

I have learned that if I get wet...I won't melt...and besides its fun to splash in the puddles!

I have learned that everything I really needed to know...I learned in kindergarden...

I have that times moves too quickly...so why hurry?

Answer 6

Patience, yes. But I've also learned that there was a whole other area of my heart that was dormant until the very moment that my daughter was born. This type of love is amazing and deeper than anything I've felt before.

Answer 7

OMG, sooo much. I have more patience, and I learned that I really took life and every day things for granted. And I don't sweat the small stuff any more. It made me a better person.

Answer 8

Good question! Patience. I never knew I had so much patience and am thoroughly shocked. Former impatient person cured by motherhood, who knew? And the love thing. My gosh it might sound corny, but I thought I knew what love felt like. Now I know what love really is...I know, it's a cliche but it's true for me.

Answer 9

LOL I have learned not to really be shocked at anything anymore. When you hear the toilet flush and someone saying either bye bye or uh oh, call a plumber, my kids have taught me that there might be hope for this world and they might change things. And that we as parents need to realize we need to make a change in our lives for them.

Answer 10

Most of the time out in public you would laugh at those moms that have the kid that is screaming and crying and they are doing the oddest/weirdest things to make their kids laugh. Now I'm that mom:)

Answer 11

I learned:
*Im MUCH more patient than I could have ever thought I would be.
*Im remember how to play princess and pirates
*I learned I could make the most boring rainy afternoon more fun than I could have imagined.
*I learned that reading stories is magical.
*I learned that....ketchup goes on EVERYTHING ;)
*I learned that...things dont gross me out NEARLY as much as they should
*I learned that....a sick child is more terrifying than death.
*I learned that everyday is important. EVERYDAY is a chance for me to be a better mom than I was the day before.
*I learned theres nothing better than hearing my child say "I love you mommy"

I could go on for ages with everything being a parent has taught me about me.