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Hello! Welcome to the deep innermost thoughts of my mothering experience. Sometimes serious, sometimes funny and hopefully occasionally relatable. Tell me it's not just me!

I started drawing these to keep my creativity alive while I was on maternity leave with my second child. It was a way to document my observations, my thoughts and the ridiculous things my kids did and said (because with the little sleep I was getting there was no way I would remember it all). It's now become a more public project with mums from all over the world nodding along and saying ‘me too’.

I hope these drawings bring a smile to other parents' faces and let everyone know that they aren’t alone.

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    Night Owl
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    6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    insomniacs and night owls are with you too (as well as other parents of course)

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    Melody Shanahan-Kluth
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    6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    this makes me so sad - it is exactly what life is like :( :( My children are all grown up and I miss them desperately

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

    "Take better care of myself" We always seem to put that on the back burner.

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    Ruth Beaty
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    6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Which is why little kids should have pockets, and moms should remember to empty them at wash time. Oh, the things I found...

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

    Don't forget documents, taxes and bank account managements. Those administrative things make me feel very much like an adult. Once I have to do these myself, I realised I took it for granted that my parents did it for us kids.

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    Helena Ruth
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    6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ditto, two kids in two years, no problem getting back in my skinny jeans

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

    After 1 bite of onion, he'll be asking "Where's that cake?"

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

    With the first baby, it's every "word" they utter, every new tooth, when you trim their nails, cut their hair...

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    Nikki D
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    6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hope you don't mind if I print this out to go on my fridge!

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    Amanda Ford
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    6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always locked the door. This has always been a line for me. I pee alone! Sometimes, with 4 girls in 5 years, it was the only quiet time I got all day! That 2 minutes of peace kept me going for another hour before I took another bathroom break.

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    snoozy womble
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    6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We are going through a meowing stage...he expects me to meow back...we're basically cats now

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

    You could have drank the whole bottle while you were reading all that.

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

    Whenever I get my nails done I always feel so much more put together.

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

    Many parents quickly feel the need to protect their newborn child, but that is not the same thing as bonding and loving. Many parents (mothers especially) feel guilty if they don't experience this instant love rush, that they heard so much about, but it's totally normal. It can take time to bond and start having true and deep feelings of love for your baby and that's OK.

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

    My oldest child's first words were Da Da Da Da Da..... I was at home with him all day while hid Da was at work.

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

    Leaving my son at daycare and he's be screaming, crying -- driving to work I'd have to pull the car over I'd be sobbing, call the daycare, "Oh, he stopped right after you left."

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

    I was NEVER going to let my kid in the bed......she spends half the night in our bed.

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

    I believe, kids have too much saying nowadays and I don't think it makes them happier, rather the opposite. Stressed parents with too much to do, too much to live up to, etc., don't have the energy to take a conflict with their child. They already have a bad conscience, wondering if they are good enough parents, and so they don't want to see their child unsatisfied and unhappy, so instead they do anything to please their child, but I believe a child will feel more satisfied by strikly set boundaries.

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