Nathalie Jomard is a lot of things. She's a French author and illustrator with a master's degree in digital communication and a second diploma in political science, but above all, she's a mom. After having kids, Nathalie started illustrating her everyday life of being a mother and her funny comics are so accurate, it's adorable.
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You're Feeling Like A Balloon Constantly
"I have two children, a boy and a girl," Nathalie told Bored Panda. "I have been making cartoon drawings about their lives and motherhood on my blog Petit précis de Grumeautique since 2008."
No One Could Prepare You For The First Time Wearing A Bikini After Giving Birth
"My daughter is a nerd. A very, very smart, quiet, and somewhat clumsy girl. She's always reading a book and she's also a scatterbrain just like her mother. My son is a nerd too but in a different way than his sister. He is also very active and turbulent. He can’t stay still. He’s always jumping and running around, and he talks a lot. Really, he can't stop talking. A real chatterbox. He's always inventing something, making funny drawings and talking about them for hours and hours." Nathalie said the two of them are also very curious about everything around them, which is a great inspiration for her parenting comics.
The First Time You Breastfeed Is Unforgettable
"Since I had kids, my life has definitely changed for the better although I'm more tired than I used to be. But with raising kids, who isn't? They are, nonetheless, the best gifts life can give you." Now keep on scrolling to check more of Nathalie's painfully relatable comics below!
You Can't Find Peace Even When Sitting On The Toilet
Your Breasts Are Always Sore
When Books Don't Work Anymore You Try To Find Your Own Methods
Making Sure Your Child Is Protected From The Sun Is Very Important
You're Forced To Eat Broccoli Even If You Hate It, So You Set A Good Example For Your Kids
Teaching Your Child To Communicate Will Take Some Time
Nothing Fits Anymore
Bikini-Waxing When Pregnant Becomes The Greatest Task
Trying To Act All Put-Together When...
Ahh Those Sweet Weekend Mornings When Your Child Wakes Up At 5 Am
No One Can Prepare You For The Ways Your Kids Might Embarrass You
The Crisis Might Be Waiting At Any Corner
Intimacy Between You And Your Partner Becomes The Exception, Not The Rule
They Don't Care About Your Pain
You Never Know What To Do When Your Child's Pet Dies
Breaking The News
You Get Sick Way More Often
Getting Your Child To Go To School Might Be A Challenge You Did Not Expect
You Become The Ultimate Multitasker, Constantly Juggling Between Working And Being A Mom
And No One Told You The Best Toys For Your Baby Are Actually Random Everyday Items
You Never Imagined The Mess One Baby Could Make
Any Task That Involves Reaching Your Feet Is Impossible
The Phrase "Sweet-Tooth" Gives You A Whole New Meaning
Trying To Work While Exhausted Turns Into A Daily Thing
The Presents Your Child Gives You Might Not Always Be Pleasant To Receive
Birth Never Goes As Expected
Kids Will Make A Mess Everywhere They Can
I just love the art style. The expressions, the energy coming out of these adds so much to the humour.
I'm happy for you if pregnancy and children make you happy! But these comics just remind me what a nightmare motherhood would be for me and how happy I am to have the choice to not have children
This comic should be shown to every teen girl.. why any woman would want to get pregnant is beyond me
These are nice and all, but how many times do we have to have "honest cartoons" about women/parenting ? It seems like every day now at Bored Panda.
Now I re affirm my decision to be a childfree. F**k you, little brats!
Parents may like their kids, but they sure as f**k hate parenting!
Love the style. Tired of the topic, and that's a criticism of BP, not the artist.
I don’t know why so many awful-parenting-moments threads flood BP lately. Yes, raising children has a lot of frustrating moments. Guess what, so does having pets, having a significant other, going to work, having a hobby and almost everything else in the world. And all of these have their sweet moments as well. It’s life. (I am fine with threads like this per se, but it seems like lately there‘s so many threads about how children are embarrassing you or making a mess or being difficult, and there‘s just more to parenthood than that. And I don‘t even mean the heartwarming moments, I mean the simply funny moments that are a daily thing with children. Like your child watering a plant for the fifth time with genuine enthusiasm, like your child saying „Cheers!“ everytime anew they take a sip from their glass - because they heard you say it once. There‘s such an endless ressource of funny incidents when it comes to children, why focus on the hardships...)
I just love the art style. The expressions, the energy coming out of these adds so much to the humour.
I'm happy for you if pregnancy and children make you happy! But these comics just remind me what a nightmare motherhood would be for me and how happy I am to have the choice to not have children
This comic should be shown to every teen girl.. why any woman would want to get pregnant is beyond me
These are nice and all, but how many times do we have to have "honest cartoons" about women/parenting ? It seems like every day now at Bored Panda.
Now I re affirm my decision to be a childfree. F**k you, little brats!
Parents may like their kids, but they sure as f**k hate parenting!
Love the style. Tired of the topic, and that's a criticism of BP, not the artist.
I don’t know why so many awful-parenting-moments threads flood BP lately. Yes, raising children has a lot of frustrating moments. Guess what, so does having pets, having a significant other, going to work, having a hobby and almost everything else in the world. And all of these have their sweet moments as well. It’s life. (I am fine with threads like this per se, but it seems like lately there‘s so many threads about how children are embarrassing you or making a mess or being difficult, and there‘s just more to parenthood than that. And I don‘t even mean the heartwarming moments, I mean the simply funny moments that are a daily thing with children. Like your child watering a plant for the fifth time with genuine enthusiasm, like your child saying „Cheers!“ everytime anew they take a sip from their glass - because they heard you say it once. There‘s such an endless ressource of funny incidents when it comes to children, why focus on the hardships...)