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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I loved hearing that for the first time. That a part of my babies has always been inside be!
Load More Replies...It's metaphorical. It worked better with the sentiment of my cartoon than "I shared nutrients and oxygen from my blood via the placenta"...
Load More Replies...Same with dogs (no, I'm not saying babies are like dogs, there was a similar comic here with a dog)
Eheheeh well, babies are not like dogs, but they do share some similarities. ♥
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Load More Replies...this makes me so sad - it is exactly what life is like :( :( My children are all grown up and I miss them desperately
I live in the same city with mine,, so I see them more. But I still miss them when they aren't with me, and all the things I missed when they were little and I had to work.
Load More Replies...Which is why little kids should have pockets, and moms should remember to empty them at wash time. Oh, the things I found...
I just had a horrible vision of accidentally washing a toad!
Load More Replies...I say yes, but then you have to ride your scooter because I am not an octopus!
Took me some time to realize, that I only THOUGHT I heard them. It was like a mom-tinnitus.
I'm not a mom yet, but I know I was a horrible baby/child in terms of sleep (nights). For about the first 3 (I am ashamed!) years of my life, I began crying as soon as my parents fell asleep at night. And began sleeping as soon as my dad (early in the morning) had to leave for work. They could sit up with me all night long and I would play and be happy (they tried a few times, by being with me in the room). But as soon as they started to drift off at night, I began crying. I feel terrible for this still! I hope when my significant and I are (hopefully, you'll never know) able and ready to have a child, the child will be a much better sleeper than I was!
First shower I had when my daughter came home from the hospital. Was her in her swing in my bathroom because I had no clue I could actually leave her alone in her crib.
New generations will rather have an old, long bearded wizard leading a hobit leading a group of dwarves. Oh, and let's not forget the gold! ♥
Load More Replies...Only with the first baby. Or, as I like to call her, "The Practice Baby". She finds it funny now that she has kids of her own.
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.
I just got a 401K and life insurance. Definitely makes me feel like I've lost my youth
Load More Replies...But, those things that make you feel like an adult are things that comes with the things that should make you feel like an adult. With the house mortgage comes spare light bulbs and weed killers, with giving birth comes packing lunches, with marriage comes matching pj's, etc.
I just act like he can't have them because they are mine. Suddenly a toddler runs off with a whole carrot to the other room and eats it like a hamster so I can't have it back. Cute, unless I am actually trying to utilise it for part of dinner!
Ditto, two kids in two years, no problem getting back in my skinny jeans
Two kids in 2 years keeping me busy and two times "mom, what are you eating? Can I have some?" and I cannot relate to that problem.
would i be a bad mum if in this situation i told my kid to 'go ahead & eat the onion'
Same here. Our iron and ironing board collect dust. Whoever want to wear ironed cloths should iron them themselves.
Load More Replies...My mom used to pay me to do her ironing, lol. I don't now, wrinkled is good enough for my skin it's good enough for my clothes.
Since I have a lack of energy because of my diseases, I only iron when it really needs to be ironed. And not after washing and letting it dry, but just before I put it on. Way less work! Just saves me so much time and energy! And really convenient in winter time!
That reminds me of the Mothers and Children song from the Sesame Street movie Don't Eat the Pictures! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0D_yIC10B1c#
Load More Replies...I learned most of it by watching those wholesome pictures on Bored Panda...
Load More Replies...Reminds me of when I was a toddler. My Mom told me that sometimes if she gave me a sippy cup of regular milk and not strawberry milk, I'd throw it at her! In return, she'd pretend to cry and I would immediately burst into big crocodile tears and scream "I SORRY, I SORRY!" She passed away 5 years ago this month. I would give just about anything to hug her again. *Sorry for the long comment.
My mother in law is already asking why we don't pictures of the second one like we did the first *oops*
They actually have "clothing hacks" articles that show you how to distress your jeans. Saves you $100.
Load More Replies...this is my favorite I was told as a young woman "Never judge your insides to anyone else's outside."
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.
With 4 girls in 5 years, when did you ever find time for a 2 minute bathroom break? Lol
Load More Replies...When my oldest first slept through the night after a bad bout of colic I kept getting up and checking on her.
When your baby starts sleeping through the night, the milk pumps don't get the memo and continue to leak milk all night.
Load More Replies...But with them, must be chaos. Gosh it's impossible to live with and without kids....I guess
Load More Replies...Eww, not me, had to shave all the way any time I shaved. Too scratchy otherwise.
Brilliant, the English titles in Greek characters: "Porky and Bess", "Garbage", "Don't make me read it"
Me too! I'm not even a Mom (yet, maybe someday) but I love these!
Load More Replies...We are going through a meowing stage...he expects me to meow back...we're basically cats now
Whenever I get my nails done I always feel so much more put together.
I think this is about the mother having all the focus on the birth and the child itself and when the child is born she becomes overwhelmed from people around and all their questions about stuff she has never even thought about.
Load More Replies...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.
Depression and anxiety run in my family, and I struggle with both currently. I'm on medication, but it barely helps. I'm 27, in a committed relationship, but nowhere near ready to have a baby. I'm terrified that I'll go crazy after having a baby, and that I'll never have that intense love rush everyone speaks of. My Mother, my Aunts, my Grandma, they were all supermoms. I could never live up to them, especially now, and I'm running out of time! :(
Load More Replies...I found out a really interesting fact recently; in most languages from way way back into history, a baby will describe its mother as "ma ma" because it means / sounds like, "mine, here with me". And fathers "da" because traditionally they were out hunting / gathering / working so they are the one over "da" or "there" So "ma" means here (mine) "da" means there Cool huh?
I thought my kids first word was going to be Mummy, he was really going for the Ma ma ma thing but it turned out to be milk...followed by strawberry...well fine then XD
If you want to sleep, don't be on your phone, computer or TV. The bright light from the screen messes with your head. Read a book instead.
Blue light filter apps can help with this problem, at least on phones.
Load More Replies...Thank goodness I had a helpful mother-in-law, couldn't have made it through the first one without her.
Load More Replies...My couch cushion won’t come off. But if they did, damn rights they’d be on the floor all the time and I’d be wondering why?
Sleep? Gotta be a typo. She means 'suffer' lol
Load More Replies...I can remember holding my overactive third toddler down so I could grab a 15 minute nap when I was pregnant with my fourth. Sooo tired!
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.
I just want to clarify that I'm not blaming the parents for the children being needy and spoiled, at least not entirely, but the society. It's hard to be a parent today, with too much pressure coming from too many directions.
Load More Replies..."Don't let the peas touch the macaroni" "Cut the crust off the bread I want the crust not the bread" "I can't eat this sandwich you cut it the wrong way (crying)" "I don't need a napkin" "I don't need a fork" "I can't drink this the straw doesn't bend (crying)" "I will help you cook (eats green beans off cutting board."
