one thing "nobody told you", that you wish they had. Simply post your answers to our blog for a chance to win. Competition closes 12.09.12. 78 Responses to "Why Did Nobody Tell Me" No one told me that I needed to book a seat at the doctors' surgery. Not only that, adults can get all the colds that the kids seem to do down with. And another thing -- be prepared to go to A & E loads of times. Nobody told me to have a shower in the mornings before hubby left the house when I had a newborn and that it was fine to eat chocolate for breakfast if you had been awake all night. Advise I give all my friends now before their first borns arrive! Why did nobody tell me that the amount your child will 'play up' is directly proportional to the amount of effort that you have put into the activity eg, booking a day's annual leave and rearranging meetings to go to Nursery 'sports day' results in child sitting crying under your chair and refusing to take part for the whole event! The more excited you are about something the more effort your child will put into hating every minute! Nobody told me that the child you almost took to A&E an hour ago because they were so ill and listless, but decided to take to the doctors instead because it was closer would suddenly make a miraculous waiting room recovery running riot