Being a parent IS an emotional job. Being happy & playful with a toddler when you've had 1/2 the sleep in 2 nights, that you would have gotten in 1 night pre-baby, is pretty demanding. I want to curl up & sleep, she's tormenting the dogs with a cheese stick
The "job" itself, if I were given a list of tasks for "parenthood", yeah, I knew what to expect. Completing those tasks while sleep deprived, with a cranky, sick, not sleeping well, teething baby, is another story. Without the nicer emotions & happy baby times, it would be extremely difficult.
I guess I'm having trouble seperating the emotions from the job. To me, they go hand in hand. That's wht makes it so much better or harder than I expected.
(p.s. I did vote above
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