5 things we vow to never do when we become parents but do anyway.

When you think about one day having children in the future you imagine what life would be like as a mother and all the great adventures you and your bundle of joy will embark on. You watch other mums out with their children and you think my child will not be doing that or that and definitely not that. we've all done it, vowed that our children will not be doing this in that but in reality after several months you finally give in and do all those things that you vowed not to do! Here are 5 things I vowed to not to do when I had a baby but have already done in the first 6 months.

1. Watching programmes like Peppa Pig, Telletubies and In The Night Garden-  I swore I would never expose my child to the absolute rubbish that is them programmes but Alice isn't even 6 months old and I have watched the Peppa Pig series on Netflix a 100 times. Total fail.

2. Sleeping in our bed- Another thing we swore we would never do is let our child sleep in our bed but that didn't quite go plan. Some nights Alice is up a 100 times in the night and we are exhausted and the only way to get her to sleep is to put her in our bed. We shouldn't but when we are that tired we cave in.

3. Let her watch the Ipad- Yet again something else I said I wouldn't do but some mornings the only way to get her to stop crying is to let her sit in bed and watch Peppa Pig on the Ipad. I know I shouldn't be exposing her to screens at an early age but its unfortunately just the way modern generation are these days.

4. Let her stay up late- Some nights she stays up as late as 9pm. Bad I know. I vowed that she would always be in bed and settle by 7pm but sometimes life doesn't always go the way you planned it. Some nights she's just not tired or over tired and screams until I pick her up so I give up and let her stay awake until she falls asleep.

5. Food- I have recently started weaning Alice and I was adamant that I would never feed her anything bad like junk food until she was old and today at almost 7 months old she had a McDonald's chip, a bite of a chocolate muffin and a lick of my strawberry milkshake. Mum police come at me.

We all have expectations of things we will and won't do when we have children and sometimes we get so adamant that they are not going to do this and that but when the time comes and your child is screaming for Peppa Pig or a McDonald's chip I say give in. Life is too short to argue with a toddler. If they want it then they are not going to stop until they get it. Comment down below some of things that you said you would never do as mum but have given into it will be interesting to know.

The Honest Mum 

xox