Children change our lives in many wonderful ways, but parenting also presents challenges that can be hard to handle.

 

At The Little Gym in Pembroke Pines, moms Lisa Reyes and Lori Maziarz reacted to some of a survey of 26,000 women by Today.com and Parenting.com, which gave insight the way moms are really feeling.

 

Some surprising results included 45 percent of moms said they would choose to weigh 15 pounds less over adding 15 points to their child's IQ.

 

Neither mom at the Pembroke Pines center agreed with that result.

 

”I would love to weigh less, don't get me wrong, but no I think I would go for the child” said Reyes, who has a 1-year-old son, Tyler.

 

“It seems in society today women are very concerned about being very thin and very attractive for everyone else instead of what's important - family, child intelligence,” added Maziarz.

 

In the survey, nearly 18 percent of moms confessed to medicating their child for a long plane or car trip.

 

“Cooper's flown several times” Maziarz said talking about her 17-month-old son. ” I've never had to medicate him”

 

Reyes said she recently took her son on a six-hour flight “and he was awake until the pilot said, 'Prepare for landing. Please put your tray up.'"

 

"I think there were some people looking at me probably about to offer me medication for him," she said.

 

About 43 percent of moms surveyed admitted they judge others who still breastfeed their toddlers. Maziarz still breastfeeds Cooper and has experienced that first hand.

 

“Just the 'Oohs' and the looks and then maybe not even being invited to the next play date,” she said.

 

When asked to choose between sex and sleep, 53 percent of moms chose an uninterrupted night of sleep. Only 4 percent said their sex life is the thing they miss most.

 

Reyes is happy to share that her sex life has never been better.

 

“I talked to some of my girlfriends the other day who were saying it's been six weeks," she said. "I don’t know if we can go six days.”

 

Another 23 percent of moms surveyed crave alone time. Maziarz can relate.

 

She is 43 and was with her husband for 10 years before Copper came along.

 

“We had a lot of going out, a lot of wine and a lot of fun, and that's been the biggest adjustment ,I think is not having any alone time,” Maziarz said.

 

Because this survey was anonymous, a lot of moms were candid about something they would never openly admit,14 percent said they do have a favorite child.