Dear Parents you are not alone. No one could have told me, even though they tried, how hard being a parent would be! My son just slept through the night for the first time in 3 years. In that time I have been 100% at attention! No breaks, on duty, full on dad mode, every minute of everyday! And my wife, doubly so. It has taxed every single aspect of our lives to the absolute maximum. Our sanity Our marriage Our Patience Our Confidence Our belief in ourselves And our dedication to our Child. Every preconceived notion of parenthood has been challenged revisited and chucked right out the window. Everything we said we would not do and things we never thought of have turned our sense of control upside down. There are no more assumptions of what parenting should be like or comparisons to how others do it. Each child, each family and each situation is absolutely individual and that fact cannot be taught. That unique fact cannot be planned for. You do not prepare for parenthood. You imagine parenthood from a glib place of naivety. When you become a parent you realize you never had a clue and rightfully so. This journey is supposed to be one of a kind. It will and has tested people and lives to the brink before, and you are next. Now, I can surely say that I am out of judgements, I am out of naievity and arrogance. I am out of selfishness and I am most assuredly out of Fucks about how anyone views me or my parenting. . . . . . . . . #parents #newparent #raisingchildren #raisingtoddlers #life #lifequotes #toddlerlife #baby #parenting #parenthood #parenthood_moments #lifewithkids #lifewithchildren #wtffunfacts #inspirationalquotes #inspiration #inspirational #motivation #parentsupport #parentingsupport #stayathomemom #stayathomedad #stayathomemoms #stayathomemum #sahd #sahm #sahmlife #motivationalquotes #kids #newparents https://www.instagram.com/p/B6RxRg7BAqp/?igshid=m40ul0iaqei9
