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Parenting has always been hard. All the meal planning, cooking, clothing, coordinating—the list goes on, but you get the idea. Thankfully, there are plenty of rewarding moments, too.

The Instagram account 'Neat Mom' perfectly captures both the highs and lows of this lifelong journey. As you might've seen from our first publication on this light-hearted online project, its feed is basically the epitome of the phrase "That's funny because it's true."

So continue scrolling to immerse yourself in the laughs and giggles that come from raising kids!

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Coming here and reading the comments is better than any anxiety medication. Thanks guys :)

Andrew Hall
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It was Christmas. Aged aunts, uncles and grandparents sitting around and my young cousin runs in and says very loudly, ' Is f**k a swear word?'

Michael Largey
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes, but what was the song? "She Blinded Me with Science", "Good Vibrations", "Soul Finger",...

Aria Whitaker
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

LOL..omg the image of that baby belting out "A WHOLE NEW WOOORRLLLDD!!" directly into a vibrator in front of guests has me in absolute stitches!! I would have ducked UNDER the couch!! lol

KindyKaiako
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm a kindergarten teacher, one of my three year olds walked in with a red circle on her forehead. Apparently she'd suctioned mums toy to her head and run around the house screaming "I'm a unicorn!"... Fyi, kids tell us everything hahaha

Norah Reilly
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Please tell me someone had the presence of mind to video this.

Tigger
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why would you leave it where a child can easily get it?. Thats a bit grotty really.

Wick E. Scratch
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just because a child was *able* to get to it doesn't mean the child *easily* got to it.

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Yoga Kitty
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What is humiliating about this? The wife has a husband and also owns toys, I'd assume she has a healthy sex life - nothing wrong with that!

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    Ingrid Smith
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    that's why babysitters are so terrifying. Where the HELL did mom go???

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    'Neat Mom' currently has over 1.1 million followers, but if all conditions remain the same, this number is likely to increase. Contrary to what many believe, the share of U.S. women at the end of their childbearing years who have ever given birth was higher in 2016 than it had been 10 years earlier.

    According to a Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data, some 86% of women ages 40 to 44 are mothers, compared with 80% in 2006.

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    James016
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We had a similar moment yesterday with our son. Just after he had his lunch, he blurted out "More butter please" After a few moments of laughter I told my wife that those 3 words make him 100% you.

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    Not only are women more likely to be mothers than in the past, but they are also having more children. Overall, women have 2.07 children during their lives on average – up from 1.86 in 2006, the lowest number that has been recorded.

    The recent rise in motherhood and fertility might seem to run counter to the notion that the U.S. had experienced a post-recession “Baby Bust.”

    (However, it's worth mentioning that each trend is based on a different type of measurement. The analysis here is based on a cumulative measure of lifetime fertility, the number of births a woman has ever had; meantime, reports of declining U.S. fertility are usually based on annual rates, which capture fertility at one point in time.)

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    One reason driving down annual fertility rates is that women are becoming mothers later in life. The median age at which women become mothers in the U.S. is 26, compared with 23 in 1994.

    This change has been caused in part by declines in births to teens. In the mid-1990s, about one-in-five women in their early 40s (22%) had had a child prior to age 20; in 2014, that share had dropped to 13%.

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    Deborah B
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The converse of this is there was no way to call them and tell them they'd forgotten to pick you up from your after-school debate club meeting.

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    Delays in childbearing have continued among women in their 20s: while slightly more than half (53%) of women in their early 40s in 1994 had become mothers by age 24, this share was 39% among those who were in this age group in 2014.

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    The Great Recession intensified this shift toward later motherhood, which has been driven in the longer term by increases in educational attainment and women’s labor force participation, as well as delays in marriage.

    Given these social and cultural shifts, it seems likely that the postponement of childbearing will continue in the near future.

    But will the recent annual declines in fertility lead U.S. women to have smaller families? It is difficult to answer, but comparing the lifetime fertility of women who just recently completed their childbearing years with those 20 years earlier suggests that postponing births does not necessarily equate with lower lifetime fertility.

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    Josh Tall
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    he had been waiting his whole life....for you to come along and order his Gyro!

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    Mirt
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am not pregnant and would absolutely still feel this way. It is atleast a 3 cookie minimum.

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    Speaking of neat moms, around 29% of all mothers living with children younger than 18 are at staying at home. This marks a modest increase since 1999, when 23% of moms were home with their children, but a long-term decline of about 20 percentage points since the late 1960s when about half of moms were at home.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I see what you did there :) (all star by smash mouth reference for those who don’t know)

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    2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a pack of resistors. When my kid falls asleep, I open them and put them in line with the speaker. Still makes noise, just very little noise :) The toys that is. Unfortunately no way to add resistors to kids yet.

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    2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    With an ten-minute ad break every eight minutes on commercial television these days that isn't a problem any more.

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    Mirt
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I still don't want to believe or even consider that a significant portion of indoor dust is made up of dead skin cells.

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    Kate Jones
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ...and they've been getting back together and/or she's been pregnant ever since. It's been the longest pregnancy in the history of time. She's going to be 70 and they're still going to be putting out stories that she's 'finally having a baby.'

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    Owen Jarvis
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I see no problem with being named after R2D2. It was often the cleverest robot. :]

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    Mirt
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    After 17 years of marriage, all 3 kids are at sleepovers and we just eat wings in bed while watching TV and getting a good night's sleep. Getting a shower, getting dressed, putting on make up, leaving the house, spending money, and being hungover for what feels like 3 days after one glass of wine is no longer considered a good time.

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    Anonymous
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm with you on that one. And they're always right in front of whatever you need

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    eMpTy
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    An excellent example of how to describe the scale of frustration a parent experiences daily raising a toddler.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have 5... At this moment I have spent 10 minutes arguing with 5YO about brushing teeth and I really don't have the energy to go in to work tomorrow

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    Rita Lynn Lyman
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or just roll up in the driveway and fall asleep in the car before you get in the house

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    Owen Jarvis
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think i might be getting old, because my first thought was 'That's a pretty nice leaf blower.'

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    Carol Emory
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OMG! My mother got into a bad accident where they had to use the Jaws of Life to get her out of the car. She broke her left shoulder blade, right foot and three of her ribs. Do you know that woman, a week after the accident, is hobbling her butt into the kitchen after every sandwich I made for her to make sure there were no crumbs on her counter! Seriously lady! Sit TF down!

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    Kate Jones
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    After 35, you body stops cooperating with you so your brain compensates by enjoying little things in a weird amount. Like having a favorite spatula, or opening a package of new sponges, lol.

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    Abhorsen
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We used an actual map. When we were lost depended on stranger's kindness for directions

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    Amber.exe (She/They)
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love how she said "good." To your pain making sure you know she's enjoying her day off and your pain

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    ComfyPanda
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Only 32 minutes?! I'm lucky to get to 15 minutes then s**t starts getting real.

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    Maria Veronica
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I entered my bedroom and see my husband watching Severance, I was mortally confused for a second, but he was only rewatching an episode when he was sleepy and not undertand a word

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    Tina Girard
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Family not invited of course - they'd interrupt every 5 minutes to ask a question they can answer themselves by READING.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I want to be rich enough where I'm not personally offended by the prices at the gas station.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    5:40am. My husband was late for work one time like 10 years ago and now every single night he has anxiety that he won't hear his alarm so it is set at megaphone level volume.

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    Kate Ylst
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can't wait for low rise jeans to come back because I have a mommy belly that no high rise jeans can contain.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Something similar literally just happened to me. Thinking my son was sound asleep but then he randomly says, "mom, how do cucumbers become pickles?". This is what is going through his head at 10pm on a school night??

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's what I thought when I read the "I watched one of OUR SHOWS without her" post above.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's the duty of all parents to embarrass their kids. It's a subtle but just revenge for lack of sleep in their early years :)

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wait til they show you something from 20 years ago and you realize you were already an adult when it came out. That'll make you feel old

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I got new deodorant yesterday... The instructions said remove top and push up bottom. Now my a*s really hurts, but every time I fart the room smells awesome!

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    Kate Jones
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So true. I feel like no matter what my kitchen always needs to be cleaned in some way. And there's always so much trash. I am a single person and I don't understand why I always have so much trash. I just changed the bag, and -poof- in 20 minutes that baby will be full again.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Its really true. I don't like brick buildings but scattered in the house it's so beautiful.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, mine would get me to school before the doors were even unlocked

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reminds me of that great SNL skit with Chris Farley and Adam Sandler.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Relatable. My husband complains about his lack of drawer space yet he still has clothes in there from 2001. And the sock drawer! Don't even get me started. I don't put his clothes away because it gives me anxiety. Especially since I just Marie Kondo-ed (aka the KonMarie Method), every item of clothing I owned. Does this spark joy??

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm a Hufflepuff and a 40 year old with lower back pain.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't about feeling like a rotisserie chicken but I'm sure craving one right now!

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    Tina Girard
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The BEST sleep I ever got was when my oldest was a toddler and I was in the hospital for two days.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The original 3 way call. The see through phones were the best.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ah yes! The classic, “ I'm so sorry the house is so messy ” when it has been the cleanest you've had in weeks.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's pronounced "En-sync" for those of you who were wondering... (1 person...)

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    here is australia we had way too many avocados not long ago so they were being sold for less than a 1$ 😂

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hm... I'm 39 and my Mum eats stuff I cooked more often than the other way. I'm also an engieer and she's retired ... she just isn't into cooking that much. If we happen to cook together (more sophisticated meals needing more than two hands), usually I end up in command, not by wanting to command, or to degrade her, but because she, kind of, just accepted it as is, while there are only about 3 meals I really need to be in command to get them right. She also hesitates when it might hurt. I don't mind, not being broken constantly made me feel way too old for how young I still tried to feel....... Or something. Also, a nicely made cucumber salad, the oily type thereof, and a nicely boken (yeah, BOKEN!), fresh but dry bread ... are a better meal than 99 % of delivery, just sayin ... walnut oil and fresh Dill are key! NEVER settle for cheapass oil, never use olive for that one, or linseed, as that stuff can become bitter with certain other foods. Why am I typing this? Anyway ...

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, seeing as though many African Americans do not celebrate July 4th...yes. Yes, you are.

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