When you read the parenting books before your first kid arrives, there are a lot of things you are simply unprepared for. Sure, the diaper-changing and the constructive playtime are all covered, you think you got that shit down. But when the kid has been around for a while, you slowly start to realize that you are spending most of your parenting time doing things that no book warned you about. Vote up the stuff you spend the most time doing, and make sure to add any missing things.
list ordered by
1
225 27
Laundry
2
160 38
Explaining "Why"
3
154 42
Daydreaming of bedtime
4
156 49
Eating whatever the kids didn't eat
5
152 49
Looking for shoes
6
139 44
Andrés Mauricio Moreno Zopó added Goofing Around and Having a Good Time