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6th June 2019
08:30am BST
2. Feeling totally comfortable naked
Don't get me wrong, of course I love my body (it works, it has given me two beautiful children, blablabla...), but I also wish I could take to the beach in my bikini and feel even half as confident as my toddler does when he streaks around the house (garden/friends' dinner party/sister's play-date) in his (pretty freakin' adorable!) birthday suit!
3. Just spitting out food they don't like
Eating food he doesn't like the taste of is incomprehensible to my three-year-old. Like, why?! When he doesn't like something, he has no problem telling me so – with the sounds and gestures that comes with it. Me, on the other hand, I would struggle to do the same if somebody served me something they had made, no matter how gross I found it. (Thank God for napkins!)
4. Just saying what they think
Toddlers have no filter, which, you know, can be totally mortifying in certain situations, but seriously, have you never just wished you could just tell someone how you really feel without having to be so PC all the time?!
5. Being carried when they just don't feel like walking anymore
When my toddler decides he is done with walking, and too tired to continue on, he more often than not has a buggy to climb up into, meaning someone will push his little royal behind all the way home. Failing that, someone (me, often) will pick him up and carry him, ignoring the fact that he is now close to 20kg. Don't you wish it was that easy for you and me?! I mean, just once, I'd love to get tired out shopping or whatever and have my other half go, "Here, love, get on my shoulders!"
6. They just help themselves to stuff
My toddler just sees something he likes (Cheerios, his sister's Barbie puppy, the last Rolo, whatever) and he grabs it. No asking, no explaining. Sometimes, like when my friend has a new Mulberry bag or something, I wish that just grabbing what you like and claiming ownership over it was as easy for adults...
7. Getting to celebrate all sorts of things
When you are little, life is one long celebration. Every little accomplishment, no matter how random, gets a clap and a cheer and possibly some cake and kisses too. I don't mean that I feel totally under-appreciated, but a little celebration when I have managed to empty the laundry basket or get hardened Wheetabix off the kitchen floor deserves a little clap, no?
8. Getting fed when they are hungry
Toddlers only have to utter the words 'Im hungry' or look over the fridge and someone will feed them. I WISH it it was that easy for us too.
9. It's their party and they cry if they want to
Toddlers never hold it in if they feel like bawling their eyes out. In fact, they will let the whole world know they are NOT happy with the current state of things. I dream of a world where I can do the same. Missed the luas coz it was too full to squeeze on? Zara out of the size I need in those boots? Some moron bumped into me and made me spill my morning latte? Cry. It. Out.
10. Getting to feel all the feels (and no-one thinks they are weirdos for it)
If my three-year-old doesn't want someone to leave him (even if it is just to go to the bathroom), he will just attach himself to that person's leg and Don't. Let. Go. If he is excited to see someone, he will literally squeal with joy (and possibly also lick their face). If he is angry with someone, he does not hold back (at all!). In other words, he expresses his feelings on every spectrum of the scale. Imagine if we could do the same? There would be less wine drank, I bet.
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