# 20 Disgusting Things I Didn’t Know Before I Was A Parent

- Link: https://stayathomemum.com.au/family/parenting/20-disgusting-things-i-didnt-know-before-i-was-a-parent/
- Published: 2017-05-01T16:00:25+10:00
- Author: Clare Whitfield

## _Who thought parenting was a breeze? I did…and�perhaps you, too. Well, WRONG!_

> _But that is just one part of the question._

The other one (the more totally unexpected one) is… did you ever think that you,
for the life of you, will have�to sniff other person’s butt??? or catch spew and
poo??? Ugh!�But now that you’re a parent, you just have to do it (although you find
it weird that you do it instinctively)… and I�have to agree with you, that yes…been
there, done that!

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Before we were parents, we thought babies would complete our family, how their smiles
and laughs could bring joy to our lives, and how happiness could mean loving and
hating them at the same time. All true! Sounds great huh?

But, now, we realised, we were never taught how spew and poo define our very existence
as parents!

Anyway, if you’re just like me, don’t worry, there are others who are just like 
us who knew the disgusting (and funny) side of parenting. We asked our SAHM followers
about what they didn’t know before they were parents…and their answers were soooo
true! Here are some of them:

### 1. _“That I would have to catch vomit in my hands.”_ — Katherine Schiffmann

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### 2.�_“__That vomit wouldn’t faze�me as much as sharing my drink with a toddler that’s still eating.”_ –�Janelle Baker

### 3. _“__That someone could spew on you and you actually don’t care.”_ –�Kimberley Bunter

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### 4.�_“__There could be that much poo n vomit come out of a little thing.”_ –�Paula Farrer�

### 5. _“I would deliberately try and catch someones spew…or poo�__�”_ –�Nicki Walsh

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 Clare Whitfield is the Editor of Stay at Home Mum and a recognised voice in practical
home management for Australian families. Based in the northern suburbs of Sydney,
she balances editorial leadership with life as a stay at home mum to two school 
age children. Her background in home economics and more than a decade of experience
in recipe development, family budgeting, and household systems inform her work.

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