“I've succumbed to the idea that I should pack things that are healthy, but I know they won't eat.”
Making sacrifices for your kids is part of being parent. But as Kylie Kelce admits, that doesn’t mean you don’t miss the things you used to be able to do before welcoming children into your world.
During the “Not Gonna Lie” portion of her podcast “Not Gonna Lie,” Kelce went down the list of the top 10, or 11, things she misses since becoming a mom of four.
“I am unbelievably grateful to have my tiny humans. It is a privilege, but I'm gonna get real honest about this. No one tells you this, but when you become a parent, there's many small joys you may have to put on hold,” Kylie explained.
And she came to this realization while sitting on the beach with her four girls.
“I was down the shore over the weekend, and as I was sitting there, absolutely covered in sand, trying to keep my eyes on all four children, as three of them are running in opposite directions, trying to build a sand castle from my chair because I'm holding the four month old, but also trying to stay in the shade, trying to sunscreen them, so that we don't end up with sunburn on tiny humans opening snack bags, but also trying to get the sand off of their hands while their hands are still wet, and then they try to get up off the sand with their hands in the sand,” and it was in that moment, while looking at the ocean water in front of her, that Kylie realized, “I miss swimming in the ocean.”
In addition to missing the freedom to swim while relaxing on the beach, Kylie also misses:
“Sitting down for extended periods of time”:
“I don't want to come wipe your butt. I want to sit my butt in a spot and I want to stay there, okay?”
“Two, I miss wearing two air pods”:
“This is actually, this is a little bit of a life hack. If you are doing things with your children, if you put an air pod in, you will be able to hear your phone dictate your text messages. You'll know that you got a phone call. The important things will still happen, but you can leave your phone in the other room so that your tiny humans don't steal it.”
“I miss showering whenever I want for however long I want”:
“Now I, of course, if at any point needed to shower, could tell my husband, or whoever is with the kids, ‘Hey, I'm going to go shower,’ right? But it's not that simple,” Kylie explained. “I need to plan it around when I work out. I need to plan it on feeds for the child. I need to plan around the tiny humans having eyes on them. I just want. I just want to take a shower. I want to take an everything shower on a more regular basis.”
“I miss giving people my undivided attention”:
“I want to have a conversation with another grown adult in my house without having ‘Mom. Mom. Mom. Mom. Mom. Mommy. Mom. Mom. Mommy. Mom. Mom. ‘Scuse me. Mom, ‘scuse me, ‘scuse me. Mom, ‘scuse me. Mom, ‘scuse me. Mom, mom, mom, ‘scuse me.’ It's that bad.”
“I miss leaving the house with at most my phone and my keys”:
“I don't want to have to have diapers, wipes, hand sanitizer, an outfit for every single person in the car.”
“I miss not having to plan aggressively around outside temperatures”:
“Do you know what I personally wear when it's raining? Exactly what I wear when it's not f**king raining.”
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“I miss watching movies and TV shows that I want to watch”:
While there are some kids shows that she truly doesn’t mind watching with her daughters, “sometimes you just wanna re watch new girl for the 72nd time and not be argued with.”
“I miss getting to actually play games at an arcade”:
“So this one, this one is a little niche, but we have an arcade that we go to at the shore,” Kylie explained. “And I love arcade games. I am a competitive human being. Do I want any of the prizes? Not really. Do I want to win? You're f**king right I do, but I can't do that if I have a child hanging on my leg and another one in my right arm.”
“I miss sitting down to an uninterrupted meal”:
“If I'm lucky, you want to go a step further, doing that with my husband.”
And finally, Kylie misses “getting a full 8 hours of sleep”:
“This is the most self explanatory. I miss it,” she said.”
