I didn’t know that when I had children, I’d be turning our two bathrooms over to the kids, who would promptly fill them with the Magic School Bus, Little People, View-Master and Strawberry Shortcake.

I didn’t know how difficult it would be to navigate the bathroom at night after it’d been stuffed with the kid’s belongings.

I used to like to close the door and lock it when I used the bathroom. I didn’t know that after I had children I’d get accustomed to having the door wide open.

I didn’t know that when I had children I’d frequently have company on my bathroom trips. Agalia just wants to make sure I’m OK and not feeling alone.  Such a sweetie.

I didn’t know I could get good at diverting my children’s attention (or doing the “sit and tuck”) so as to keep my gender a mystery.