Being honest , were you fully ready for parenthood?

[Spinneret]

Yes or no

 

[luvnwdwgal]

Definitely no.

 

[ronandannette]

No - I don't think anybody really is, from an experiential point-of-view. Most of us had the practical issues buttoned down but you just simply can't know what you don't know, and the joys and tribulations of being responsible for a tiny, helpless, precious human person is one of those things.

 

[AdamDVCdad]

Nope. But I wouldn’t change it for the world

 

[Meriweather]

yes.....it was what I was meant to do

 

[Skywalker3]

Definitely NO , HUGE NO

 

[Ursula J]

Nooooooo no nope! Thought i was, but lol. Still, the greatest part of my life by far. Love being my girl's mom!

 

[Jeannie]

Yes! It was the 'job' I always knew I wanted to do, and I was 100% ready at 24. Between my confidence, my Dr. Spock book, and my mom's advice, I think I did a darn good job!

 

[fly girl]

Heck no! But like the majority we just went in blind and tried our best.

 

[TCRAIG]

Yes, we both were - which surprised us since we didn’t really want children…

 

[DLgal]

Yep, jumped right in at 25 and rocked it.

 

[disneychrista]

I was 2 weeks shy of my 18th birthday when I found out I was pregnant, though assumed I was for the 2 weeks since I missed my period. So to I was NOT ready for parenthood would be an understatement.

 

[donaldbuzz&minnie]

Of course not!

 

[TippyThomas]

I knew from a relatively young age I would not be a good parent so I have not sought out parenthood. I feel like I made the right decision, all things considered.

 

[TipsyTraveler]

The only thing that I can remember taking me by surprise was finding out that nursing was a 14-18 hour per day activity. I fully expected newborns needed to eat frequently and around-the-clock, but I thought you could nurse for 20 minutes and then move on to other things until the next hour’s feeding. I didn’t know they would become a semi-permanently attached fixture that stayed there for hours-long stretches, making it impossible for me to do anything but morph into a useless lump on the couch. Other than that, it’s been about what I expected, albeit less miserable than parents made it out to be prior to my having kids.

 

[PrincessShmoo]

Being honest , were you fully ready for parenthood?​

"Fully" ready? Probably not. But, having children at an older age (post 35 years of age) we were both pretty adaptable to most situations.

 

[mjkacmom]

No, I got pregnant after being married for 5 months (although we dated for 5 years), we weren’t planning on bring parents for several more years. We were 29 when she was born and since we started early we managed to squeeze in 4 more.

 

[Trap]

nope i was 22 my wife 19 but we made it work now son 1 is 37 son 2 is 34

 

[a1tinkfans]

No tho like most, thought I was

 

[Nolcrest]

Yes. Considering I never babysat and wasn't particularly ga-ga over kids in general I think we did pretty well as parents. We both worked full time and still managed to eat a homemade dinner daily as a family and we managed to raise our kids to be respectable kind independent & hard-working adults. Thank goodness for our common sense. We were 28 & 32 when 1st time parents.