Weird things that happen when you have a kid

A number of weird things happen when you have a kid.  Some are totally awesome.  Some are not so awesome.  There is no way I can hit them all in one blog post, so I am going to just hit a few.  Some of these weird things might be just because we ( Dave and I) are weird.  Who knows. You tell me.

Very soon after your kid arrives you start imagining what they are going to  have for a career.  Odd isn't it?  You just have a child and you immediatley imagine them out of the house! Every thing they do, makes you ponder their future.  The silly part is, its stuff that EVERY kid does!  For example.... Ollie kicks his legs ALL the time.  So we think he might be a soccer player.  He loves water and animals so maybe he will be a marine biologist.  He likes music and climbing all over everything so maybe he wants to be a circus performer.  He also likes to dance so maybe he will be a backup dancer.  His agility likens him to a cat burgler.  Maybe he is practicing to be a fireman when he...........

You meet random people when you have a baby.  EVERYONE wants to touch your child.  I hate it.  I'm glad Ollie is social and smiles and babbles at people, but it doesn't mean he wants you to touch him.  Also, even if he wants to grab peoples hand and have them tickle and play with him, does NOT mean we want you to.  Believe it or not, when I am shopping in a store, it is not my life's dream to take five times longer to get groceries just because you want to say hi to a baby. 

EVERYONE gives you directions on how to raise your child.  If you don't follow it, it is immediately assumed that you a) are a bad parent and b) will eventually come to agree that they are the wisest person on earth and will regret not agreeing with them.   Also, babies crying drive people crazy.  I get that most of the time when babies cry its because they need something.  God created them like that for a reason.  That doesn't mean every time my baby cries means I need to do something about it.  For example, Oliver a cries when he wants to chew on the tv control and I won't let him.  Obviously we don't just give him whatever wants..........

I'm sure there is more.