According to Misery Guts the world has gone ‘bat sh*t mental’. He’s referring, of course, to the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States of America in the same year the UK voted to leave the EU. Oh, and the fact it looks like Honey G might actually win X Factor.
Everywhere I look there are dire warnings from the media, columnists and bloggers about what this means for the next generation (not Honey G winning X Factor, I mean Trump and Brexit) and how we should be shuddering for our children’s futures, but the thing is I can’t worry about it.
I don’t know if it’s something to do with being pregnant and self-preservation hormones raging, but there are so many other things to worry about within the confines of my sleep-deprived mind that I can’t worry about things I can’t change. If I did I’d go bat sh*t mental.
These are just some of the things going on in my head right now.
Weird things I worry about now I’m a mum
1. Is constantly being in front of, and distracted by, my laptop damaging the kids? I’m there to wipe faces and bums, pick them up from nursery and school and cook their tea, but in order to do that I spend the remainder of the time glued to a screen working instead of playing.
2. Are cheerios really that bad? Sugar is the sixth ingredient listed and they’re banned at nursery, but don’t the ‘5 whole grains’ that come before the sugar make up for it?
3. Is letting the kids watch Topsy & Tim giving them unrealistic expectations about family life? I’ve never once seen Topsy & Tim’s smug mum lose her sh*t (just one of the reasons she makes me want to scream), and as for the dad, how can any parent be so perennially cheerful?
4. Sneezing and accidently weeing just a teeny tiny bit is normal when you’re six months pregnant and have already given birth to two babies…isn’t it?
5. Does it matter if they don’t brush their teeth for the full two minutes? Is one minute enough? What happens if it’s not?
6. Is me doing most of the household cleaning setting a bad example? Will it make BB think it’s her job when she’s grown up, and Little B that it’s not his?
7. Will Little B ever stop touching his willy? Misery Guts says now he’s found it ‘that’s it’, and he’ll never stop touching it ever again…
8. When will Little B stop groping my boobs? It’s been four months since I stopped breastfeeding him but it might as well have been yesterday.
9. Will my linea nigra ever completely disappear? And how much bio oil am I going to have to slap on to get rid of it?
10. When all this baby making, breastfeeding and child rearing malarkey is done, how much, exactly, will motherhood have aged me? Five years? Ten? Fifteen?
So you see there just isn’t room in my head to worry about Trump and Brexit as well.
I realise these are mere trifles in the grand scheme of things, but this is what keeps me awake at night, not whether Barak Obama will bother flushing the loo before the Trumps move in or whether Brexit means we’re all doomed.
Do you worry about the nutritional value of breakfast cereal and whether TV is messing with their heads? Or is Trump and Brexit more of a concern? I’d love to know what you think!
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I’m so glad you wrote this about trump as I’ve not worried – what’s the point? We can’t do anything!! Ha I worry about cheerios and the teeth thing too! And tv time, shouting now and then…the mother worry list is big!! X #marvmondays
I say they can eat all the cheerios they want! Whole grains definitely cancels out sugar, especially when sugar is the sixth ingredient. #bigpinklink
I’m totally with you and while we were both watching the news this morning we both agreed we couldn’t give a f*ck about Trump and just like Brexit- it’s happened, deal with it. More importantly, what’s for lunch, how many nappies are we going to get through today and what are Ella and her “boyfriend” aged 8 going to get up to when he comes round for tea tonight? Should we be worried?! Oh and toothbrushing- 2 minutes is a LONG time!! Thanks for joining us for #marvmondays
I tend to worry about a lot of small things a lot of time too, I like to say it is just a way I’m trying to better prepare for things! Everything always turns out okay though, and I survived eating sugarry marshmallowy cereal when I was a kid so I am sure cheerios are at least an improvement on that!
Its been a tough week here in the States for many of us, and I have spent a lot of time worrying about the direction of the world. Then my daughter somehow managed to cut her cheek with a scotch tape dispenser of all things and was reminded that I need to keep my own house in order before worrying too much about the rest of the world #bigpinklink
As I am now leaving the all consuming baby days behind me, I definitely have more head space to worry about the above, but generally it’s now filled with blogging stuff! Do I have my photo ready for instagram, have I written my post coding correctly, what do I need to order for my next vlog etcetcetc but I do worry about the above too! Thanks for linking with us! #bigpinklink
As a chronic worrier, I could find myself worrying about every single one of these things, AND the state of the world, and the problems of my next door neighbour’s mother-in-law’s cousin’s cat! But sometimes I just have to step back from it all and just focus on the things I can do and the difference I can make in my little patch of the world, and my little family.
P.S. My kids eat Cheerios! #BigPinkLink
I worry about almost all of these things! I worry about almost everything. I wasn’t actually worrying about Cheerios but my daugher does have a few sometimes so now I’m worry about those too… Hmm… Maybe I’ll get bran flakes again next week.
I worry about the cleaning thing too! My husband does do some but he can’t do anything when our daughter is around because he is incapable of multi-tasking. So our LO never sees him doing anything. Should remedy that.
Isn’t it a mum’s job to worry? I love that we are all worrying about whether we worry about the right / wrong things… It’s a vicious circle… #MarvMondays
Number 1 is in my mind pretty much all of the time, as is the Cheerio debate. I no longer worry about number 4 though as I have made my peace with the fact that yes, it is entirely normal, (and is not limited to whilst being pregnant in my experience!) I honestly worry if I have nothing to worry about sometimes! #MarvMondays x
I may not have completely all the same worries as you with one child and nothing to come yet but I totally agree in really not worried as I’ve got loads of other things to think about. I’ll just plod on in this little corner of my world thanks! #bigpinklink
I think every mums worries about these at some point! Numbers 1 & 2 are definitely on my worry list! #MarvMondays
Oh yes, I’m with you on that one! Although the trump and brexit thing left me feeling some dread as to the kind of world our kids will grow up in, on a day to day basis there are other things to worry about. Currently,
– will my son wet himself today? We’be been potty training, it’s a nursery day, what will happen?!
– cheerio’s are on my list too…:those little O’s can’t be that bad can they? Little L prefers shreddies but likes dry Cheerio’a as a snack.
– we don’t watch T&T…Peppa Pig is big in our house at the moment and I hope L won’t think it’s okay to be as obnoxious as that little porker.
Just a few worries! Lol. There are tons. We worry as soon as they stick themselves in our womb and don’t stop worrying forever. Parenting is great isn’t it?! #TwinklyTuesday
I think it’s better to worry about things we can change and control rather than things we can’t! Trump is an arse though. #MarvMondays
Your husband is right. The world has indeed gone bat s**t crazy but I agree with you that that here’s nothing we can do it about it. Before I had my kids thelse issues would have kept me up all night too but like you I worry more about whether I’m doing enough for the kids. Is it my fault that here’s hey ant ride a scooter yet? Should I take thatheresheyhem out more often? Is it bad that they spend all weekend naked? Is it fair thatheresheyhemheyhat I put them thatheresheyhemheyhat bed at 7pm just because I can’t thatheresheyhemheyhatoake any more of their fighting and the list goes on. It’s hard to care that much about Brexit and Donald Trump being president when there’s so much mum guilt whirring about in my head.
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I worry about ALL these things equally! Oh and cheerios and Topsy & Tim are my entire life! x #TwinklyTuesday
Tipical mommy worries:)). No matter how absurd or unnecessary they are, you can’t lose them. They stick with you I guess forever!:)
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So many worries! I think about sine of these things too..like the breakfast cereal and screen time. I’m not worried about Trump or Brexit as there’s nothing I can do to change it xx #twinklyTuesday
Send Topsy & Tim’s Dad to stay with trump for a few days – Soon wipe the smile off the fecker’s face! Daughter currently addicted to that horrendous programme! #MarvMondays
mama worries are a never ending trip into slightly crazed! I sometimes think i have lost it with all the worry that runs through my head! #twinklyTuesday
This was a brilliant read! You had me giggling! I agree it’s difficult to find time to worry about the big stuff when there is so so much of the little stuff constantly taking up space in one very sleep-deprived baby brain! In the end I think it’s about staying positive, hopefully the world will come to its senses eventually! xx
Particularly relate to numbers 4 and 5 … heavily pregnant and very concerned about sneezing in public at the moment.
Also I’m pretty sure we don’t manage two minutes of tooth brushing each time and I do get quite worried my daughters’ teeth will fall out. #twinklytuesday
Hah yes! All of these things! Particularly the children brushing their teeth, it keeps me awake at night worrying about them rotting from too many cheerios! #TwinklyTuesday
My kids choose chocolate hoops over cheerios, man I wish they’d eat cheerios! Amy x #TwinklyTuesday
I have no idea about anything political and until our life durasticallh changes I don’t think it will ever really be a great concern of mine.
I’m with the cereal thinking. And I also worry about the teeth brushing and screen time! #MarvMondays
I am with you worrying about all the things that make our small world go round at the moment and not the bigger picture – that can wait for another day. #bigpinklink
lol all of these worries are totally normal and I share them with you x
This is brilliant you’ve hit the nail on the head – I think we all have these worries but all we can do is the best we can! Loved reading this xx #coolmumclub
Oh I think this is the feeling of so many mothers – I worry so much about my children’s welfare and what I can hopefully have an impact on. I am very much a believer that things will not be as bad as people envisage – that may be a wrong approach but it’s working for my state of mind today! oH and the teeth thing – yep ramped up to 2 minutes when teens as they eat far more rubbish than when I had control over their little tummies! #CoolMUmClub
i could comment on them all. But, no, cheerios are fine. You could be giving them a lot worse!! He will never ever stop touching his willy! And no, i’m sure the odd 1 min toothbrushing is fine. They have tiny teeth!! I’ve always thought i’m really good at it. Then when we got married and i went on a push for white teeth, and started counting. my god 2 minutes is forever!! #coolmumclub
Totally universal thoughts! These and so much more. I think if we let our minds run away with themselves we could literally just spend the whole day worrying about all of these and more. Ahhh to be a mum #mumproblems. Thanks for linking up to #coolmumclub lovely xx
I worry about the exact same things! Especially what me not really playing with the kids does to them! I do everything for them just nit so good at the playing part!! #coolmumclub
There’s certainly no use worrying over things we cannot change and all your other worries are totally normal parenting fears that we all have. Life’s too short, all we can do is our best at any given moment x
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Oh I love this! These are the worries we all have – especially the cheerios and teeth thing! Zach blooming loves cheerios! I haven’t worried about the Trump thing either. What’s done is done! Thanks for linking up with #TwinklyTuesday
I completely worry about all these things. As you say I can’t change Brexit or Trump but I can worry about mundane things. Like how many bowls of Shreddies my daughter consumes a day and whether I will ever get through a day without eating cake or chocolate or chocolate cake. Hugs Lucy xxxx #MarvMondays
I definitely worry more about the immediate concerns of the kids than Trump or anything “worldly.” I worry that my kids eat so much processed junk that I am slowly killing them with preservatives. (But it’s not like they’ll eat the regular food I prepare!). I worry that they watch too much TV and play too many video games; but oh my word when I take them away they drive me up the wall! When I lie awake at night worrying and obsessing you can be sure it has nothing to do with Donald Trump!
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