A neighbor used to tell me when my daughter was a toddler and my son a newborn, "Little kids, little problems. Big kids, big problems." And I'd think darkly, "You've forgotten what it's like to be woken up three times a night to search for an MIA pacifier." But now that my babies are both well on their way to becoming full-fledged kids, I've been noticing there are definitely some things that used to drive me crazy that I no longer feel are such a big deal – that I actually miss and look back on fondly, even. Maybe it's Stockholm syndrome. Whatever the case, here are six annoying things that you might find yourself missing about your own kids when they're older.
1. How they follow you everywhere, including the bathroom.
Every mom has had the experience of sitting on the toilet, trying to do her business with a squalling baby in her lap or a needy toddler desperately wrapped around her ankles. Oh, not you? Well, aren't you grand. I've definitely had these moments and would think, "No one ever told me that having kids means never being able to pee in peace again." It turns out I was wrong, though. The time has come where I can once again shut the bathroom door and do my business all by myself. And you know what? Sometimes it feels a bit lonely in the bathroom.
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