Parenthood Expectations Quotes

Having children is something we think we ought to do because our parents did it, but when it is over the children are just other members of the human race, rather disappointingly.

Having a child, that's always been my biggest fear. I want a child and I fear a child.

You hear so much awful stuff before you have a kid, like you'll never sleep again, we always knew it would be utter garbage. We're pretty relaxed people, the less stressed you are the more easy you'll find parenting.

When I first knew I was having children, I thought I wanted boys, but then I thought I'd be better with girls. I'm quite sensitive, and you get more cuddles with girls. And they like their dads.

There is no real way to prepare yourself for having a child other than just getting thrown in the deep end pretty quick.

Yes, I want children and I can't wait to have that closeness with someone - to bring someone into the world. But, I really don't know when.

Prior to having babies, I thought - I thought I was so busy, and now I realize just how ignorant I was.

Before you have a baby, friends tell you 'sleep now,' and you laugh because you don't think that all those stories could be true. But they are.

I'm the bad guy on the rest of Jennifer Love Hewitt's 'The Client List,' I'm the bad guy in Renny Harlin's 'Hercules 3D,' and I'm a movie star - finally - on Showtime's new series 'Ray Donovan.' But most importantly, I'm about to be a daddy, so I'm expecting some 'Dark Circles' for real.

I feel like if you told me I would be having a son, I would be like, 'Yeah, I'm gonna be a parent - I get that.' But when the doctor was like, 'You're gonna have a girl,' I was like, 'What? Who am I?' It's the craziest piece of information that changes who you are. It's sweet.

Having a child has been the most unexpected privilege, as I spent so long on my own thinking it would never happen.

I was so ready to become a mom. Actually, I was ready secondarily to become a mom. I was so ready to have the intimacy and commitment of marriage.

There was a time when I'd resigned myself to never having my own family, so to fall pregnant with Belle was overwhelming.

I think that having a baby is going to change my mind in so many ways. I have no idea how, but I'm looking forward to finding out.

Stop baby shaming people to make us feel like there's something wrong with us if we don't want children.

I just want a healthy, happy baby, so the whether it's a boy or a girl really doesn't matter.

It's interesting: when your wife is pregnant and you're expecting, everyone's like, 'It's incredible. Get ready. It's magic. It's the most life-changing experience you'll ever have. Brace yourself for heaven.' And then the second the baby comes, everyone's like, 'Welcome to hell! Ha ha ha! You fool!'

I was 20 when my daughter was born, and making all these plans during my wife's pregnancy. I was going to be the perfect father. Once she was born, it was suddenly, 'Oh, my God! I'm a parent!'

The baby's been way easier than everyone made it out to be.