Parents - what do you miss most about being childless?

Threebabes

Sleep everytime, we were comatose for years.

Control over tv channels.

seven-day-weekend

notanewuser wrote: »

And up at the crack of dawn no doubt!!

DD is an owl. She generally goes down around 8:30pm nowadays, but between 1 and 2 it was more like 10pm. I'd have to wake her at 10am to go out to classes! :rotfl:

Yes, but I'd rather it was that way round

Gillyx

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

I would hate it, I would be embarrassed, but each to their own.

Now I've had a baby, stuff like that so doesn't bother me. Had a bit of a crap birth, and had what seemed like a million staff in the room, a doctor with his hand up my bits, and everyone running around like headless chickens.

I therefore have no shame anymore

R.e the toileting/showering in front of your partner, he's saw everything before, although I draw the line at anything more than a wee!

brunettifan

I have never understood those parents who say they can't go to the loo or shower/bathe in peace.

I never needed to take mine into the loo with me, some things are private, who wants to see someone else on the toilet?

And by school age most children need a 7pm bedtime so showers/baths can be taken then or before they get up.

notanewuser

daisiegg wrote: »

Don't babies/toddlers need more sleep than adults?

Generally, yes. But most children aren't naturally ready to sleep for 12 hours straight until they're well into toddlerhood.

As I was the sole carer for DD when DH was away I was shattered and wanted as close to 12 hours sleep as I could get myself!!!

seven-day-weekend

Gillyx wrote: »

Now I've had a baby, stuff like that so doesn't bother me. Had a bit of a crap birth, and had what seemed like a million staff in the room, a doctor with his hand up my bits, and everyone running around like headless chickens.

I therefore have no shame anymore

R.e the toileting/showering in front of your partner, he's saw everything before, although I draw the line at anything more than a wee!

Agreed, but the Doctor is a professional medic, he is not my son

And as for my husband seeing it all before, yes so he has, but I don't want him to see me performing bodily function necessities, any more than I want him to watch me puke. Sex is supposed to be romantic, seeing your partner have a cR£p is too much information, imho.

mcja

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

Yes, but I'd rather it was that way round

we valued (and still do) our time from about 730 each night. The kids don't have to be asleep, but even on Friday night when they both have a sleepover, they will all be in bed for 730 but I will let them watch DVDs in bed as a never known before treat.

notanewuser

brunettifan wrote: »

I never needed to take mine into the loo with me, some things are private, who wants to see someone else on the toilet?

A potty training toddler?

brunettifan wrote: »

And by school age most children need a 7pm bedtime so showers/baths can be taken then or before they get up.

School age is 5+ though.

notanewuser

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

Agreed, but the Doctor is a professional medic, he is not my son

What do they see though?! I'm not legs akimbo in the shower!!

Person_one

notanewuser wrote: »

That's really interesting. My parents never hid their bodies from us. They slept naked and would walk around upstairs naked. Despite at least 10 years of that I couldn't pick my parents' "bits" out of a line up. DD will go with either of them to the loo.

The human body is an amazing thing. I find the thought of hiding that from my daughter rather sad.

My mum still doesn't shut the bathroom door when I'm visiting and happily wanders round starkers. My dad doesn't, which I'm grateful for I have to admit!

I'm not too scarred, not that I can tell anyway.