10 things to be reconciled with when the baby started walking

The first rule for all who have a baby: this is your boss! You can not control the child, he controls you. The earlier you understand this, the better. Malysh does not think that you like order in the kitchen or clean clothes. The kid cares only about his own desires - basically about messing up your kitchen or wiping snot on your jeans.A photo: DepositphotosYou certainly have room for maneuver. You can try to gradually teach the child to your rules, but it is very wise to choose the tactics of military operations. Your main concern is for the boss to be full, healthy and happy, however these three tasks can not always be combined. Especially if the baby wants to eat a cake, while drawing on the walls. Here are 10 things that you should let into your world, as soon as your baby starts to get out of the crib.

1. Eating on the floor

Carpet?What a rug… From the moment your baby stops feeding from a bottle, you’ll be constantly scraping food off your dining room floor. And your kitchen. And your bedroom, of course. You live in hopes that it will go away, but it won’t. Food on the floor will be a constant companion until your baby gets older. You can try laying down a rug, but babies are smart and can throw food pretty far. You can limit feeding times and always do it in a specific room with easy-to-clean floors, but babies are sneaky and still manage to sneak food into a room with cream carpets. That would be pasta. In tomato sauce. Enjoy all the wet spot cleaning methods.

2. Public disgrace

Kids are just masters at this!There's a lot of information online about why you shouldn't publicly shame your kids, but not much about why they shouldn't embarrass you. Maybe it's because toddlers can't read or spend time on the internet? Toddlers don't yet understand boundaries and will take every opportunity to humiliate you. They'll pee on your pubic hair to the neighbor, tell the mailman you're constipated, and tell everyone at preschool about your tampons.

3. Rise at 5am

Photo: DepositphotosMalks like to get up early. You will be awakened regularly by the joyful clatter of running to you karapuza. If you have not woken up yet, the child will wake you up, jumping over the bed and at the same time along your face, chest and maybe even the perineum. It will hurt. It's even more painful when you realize that it's 5 am and there's no way to convince the baby to go back to sleep. You will not sleep until he grows up. Even the possibility of a little nap during the day will not help when your sleep deficit lasts two years.

4. Snot-caterpillars

This "decoration" will become part of your familylife. The snot-worms will be in every family photo for six months, greeting you with a kiss every morning, staring at you at the dinner table at every meal. You can try to fight them. You can wipe your baby’s nose every few seconds all day long, but the snot-worms will still be there. Sometimes you’ll think they’re disappearing only to reappear moments later. Just accept it as your baby’s best friend and move on.

5. Hysteria

Photo:DepositphotosYou can try to avoid tantrums. No, really, you can. You might think for a while that you have control over them. You’ll be one of those smug parents who explains that it’s just a matter of discipline and that tantrums can be avoided entirely. And you’ll feel great about it until one day your smug confidence is shattered! It’ll be the day you have to leave the park in a hurry, or you refuse to buy another toy at the supermarket, or you can’t guess what color cup your toddler wanted to drink from. Then you’ll curse the day you thought you could handle the elements. You can’t.