To celebrate my daughters 15th birthday I have been thinking about the things I have learned.
1-It’s very annoying when she borrows something of mine and it looks ten times better on her.
2-They change their minds a lot, quickly and without telling anyone. Mine loves fennel. I personally can’t stand it. Dutifully as a mother, I made space in my veg patch and lovingly grew some fennel for her. On proudly showed her what I have grown for her, her response is in a very matter of fact tone, she doesn’t like fennel now.
3-Just when you think you have this parenting thing under control, they do something that completely throws it all out again
4-The older they get the more they say “it’s not my fault” like it’s the get out clause for everything.
5-Asking a teenager to go across the road to get milk in the drizzle without getting changed or applying makeup first is like asking a for sunshine in summer.
6-I have learned that asking her to make me a cup coffee is the biggest gauge on her mood. If the coffee is strong she is a tad pissed off or tired. If it’s milky then she is happy. If she offers to make me a drink it’s my queue to be worried and brace myself, oh and hide my purse.
7-One bathroom in a house with a teenage girl just doesn’t work.
8-If I can’t find anything I now try her room first.
9-Life with a teenager is dramatic. The world is close to ending on a daily basis.
10-Every moment really is precious as 15 years has gone by in a flash.
11-No matter how cute they are, how dinky their little feet are or how snugly they are when they curl up next to you on the sofa; one day they are gangly, leggy things taking over the whole sofa.
12-Don’t wish away their childhood, don’t rush to their next milestone instead enjoy the now. They have the rest of their lives to be grown ups.
13-Those cute baby feet grow into smelly expensive feet.
14-Cherish every sticky-fingered hug and every “ove you mummy” moment as the hugs get rarer and the “I love you” are normally followed by a “can I have?”
15-There are brief and rare moments that they astonish you, they do something thoughtful or say something wise beyond their years filling you with pride and warm fuzzy feelings.
And whilst sitting thinking of 15 things about them they wind up and annoy their brother and world war 3 is looming yet again.
Really enjoyed this post – very comical and yet very true!
All very true, and I agree with number 12 about not wishing their lives away. They grow up so fast, and soon we will look back and laugh at the teenage years (I hope!)
I cant wait till I am old and carted round for Sunday lunch, I will sit their and tell my grandchildren lots of embarrassing stories about their mother lol
I love it! Your post weirdly reminds me of being a teenager! I was guilty of a lot of comment number 2s as a youngling!
I am probably guilty of all of them but I wont tell her that lol
really great, girls do grow up so soon, i have three teens myself, and time just flies by
It’s scary how quick they do grow up these days. I so wish I had a pause button, though a mute button would also be good sometimes.