{"id":9006,"date":"2013-09-17T13:12:39","date_gmt":"2013-09-17T13:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/?p=9006"},"modified":"2014-04-23T11:44:23","modified_gmt":"2014-04-23T11:44:23","slug":"5-things-i-love-about-babies-and-5-things-i-dont-miss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/5-things-i-love-about-babies-and-5-things-i-dont-miss\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Things I Love About Babies (And 5 Things I Don\u2019t Miss!)"},"content":{"rendered":"My kids are well beyond the baby stage now and, while I\u2019m generally glad that era is over, there are a few things I miss about those newborn months such as…\r\n\r\n1. Their gummy lil\u2019 smiles – but why is a toothless grin, so adorable in babies, slightly disturbing in grandpa?\r\n\r\n2. The smell of them – I spent hours sniffing the backs of my children\u2019s heads. Tell me it\u2019s not just me?\r\n\r\n3.\u00a0Their natural yoga-bendiness. I love the way babies are so flexible. If I could still put my toe in my mouth, my life would be pretty much awesome.\r\n\r\n4.\u00a0Their laughter – there\u2019s nothing quite like a baby\u2019s explosive laughter to set everyone else off. Sounding like a cross between a scream, a gurgle and a hiccough, babies will laugh at anything, especially you playing peek-a-boo with a cereal packet.\r\n\r\n5.\u00a0Their defenselessness – I miss the way babies let you dress them up as reindeers and elves at Christmas without protesting.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\"A_crying_baby__1540861a\"<\/a>\r\n\r\nAnd the top 5 things I love about NOT looking after babies anymore are…\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n1.\u00a0I can now have a bath in peace.\r\n\r\n2.\u00a0My children talk instead of just crying. What a relief.\u00a0 Instead of staring blankly into that tightly screwed-up screaming baby face, I simply ask my children what is wrong and they use words to explain. Brilliant! Much easier to fix things.\r\n\r\n3.\u00a0The end of toddler play groups. Yes! Unless I want to, I never have to sing The Wheels on the Bus in a freezing, strange smelling church hall with 30 other desperate women ever again.\r\n\r\n4.\u00a0Nappies. Just. Really. Glad. That\u2019s. Over.\r\n\r\n5.\u00a0Prams. I no longer have to negotiate my tank-sized pram into coffee shops and avoid knocking over clothes rails in Next. No more lugging \u2018the beast\u2019 as it became known up and down the stairs. At last I can use public transport without risking rupturing a disc.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\"DSC04754\"<\/a>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nYou see, there\u2019s a silver lining to every stage of parenting. What do you or did you love most about babies?","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"My kids are well beyond the baby stage now and, while I\u2019m generally glad that era is over, there are a few things I miss about those newborn months such as… 1. 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