There are many things that, pre-kids, seem like basic human rights: sleep, for instance, and going to the bathroom without somebody barging the door open. It's often only once kids come along that people realize how many day-to-day things they took for granted in the days before diaper bags and upturned toy baskets. It's all worth it, of course, but there are still plenty of things that parents look back on wistfully as they hunt down a missing shoe for the fifth time that day. Ready to get real?
Click through this gallery to discover 30 things people take for granted before having kids.