53 Things You Swear You’d Never Do Before Having Kids

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October 28, 2025

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41. Buy them licensed merchandise

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42. Let them play contact sports

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43. Yell in public

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44. Let baby talk consume conversations

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45. Start a conversation with “my son’s poo yesterday…”

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Responses to “53 Things You Swear You’d Never Do Before Having Kids”

Spottsy7

April 25, 2014

There are about 10 things on this list that I actually have never done! Does this mean I fail as a parent??
1. Stay at Home Mum
  
  April 25, 2014
  
  Not at all Spottsy7 🙂

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