“People are constantly telling you how you should feed your kids. When does it all stop? I felt the need to please everyone, all the time. I became a pleaser. For the fear of letting anyone down, I did whatever I could to make everyone happy. Meanwhile, I was losing myself.”
‘Why are you still nursing her? Isn’t she too OLD for that?’ Mom shamed for breastfeeding 1-year-old daughter
‘I spent my whole life wanting time to speed up, wanting to be somewhere else. Now, here I am. Laying in my 2-year-old’s room, staring at him with tears rolling down my face.’
“In high school, I couldn’t wait to get to college. When I got to college I couldn’t wait to be a working adult. When I fell In love, I couldn’t wait to get married. When all of that happened, I couldn’t wait to start a family. Now, it’s just my baby in my arms. I rock him for ME.”
‘I love you. I’m sorry I can’t give you everything you want.’ My daughter sat on the bed, pouting. She was upset I wouldn’t take her to get a new toy. ‘Only because you won’t let me.’
“‘I love you enough to NOT give you everything you want.’ She rolled her eyes, clearly unwilling to accept this truth, and asked to be left alone. So, I walked away and closed the door behind me.”
‘I tiptoed into my daughter’s room to play tooth fairy. I saw a note from her big sister. ‘Why do fairy’s not show themselves? Could you please take a selfie? My iPad is in the room. Swipe right!’
“She hijacked our little one’s fairy visit, asking for proof. I couldn’t stop laughing. My husband and I talked about me putting on a wig, wings, and adding a bright light behind me to actually take a selfie, but that just made the lie even worse. I went with a letter because a note from Tabitha the Tooth Fairy totally isn’t lying.”
‘No, mommy. You obey ME!’ My son was LOSING. HIS. MIND. Tears were flowing, arms flailing. He threw his sandwich on the ground in protest. All I could think was, ‘I’m failing.’
“Mom shamers lined up with judgemental eyes. The grocery line was never-ending. My friend and her sweet, well-behaved daughter began quietly cleaning up their lunch. ‘If you do it this way, they wouldn’t be acting like that.’ Within five minutes, I raised my white flag.”
‘Most children develop an obsession at some point. A favorite animal or sport. My 4-year-old is obsessed with birth videos.’
“I wanted her to be prepared for the home birth of her little brother. I showed her a birth video and asked if she had any questions. ‘Mommy, can I be your midwife?'”
‘For the woman who is mourning the loss of a pregnancy that nobody else knew about.’ These are the reasons we cry in the shower
“For the woman who gives to her family all day- everyday and just. Needs. A. Break.”
‘To the mom hiding in her bathroom, needing peace for just one minute, as the tears roll down her cheeks. . . ‘
“To the mom who is so tired she feel likes she can’t function anymore and would do anything to lay down and get the rest she needs.”
‘I had to trade in their momentary happiness for a lesson I hope will last a lifetime.’
“I made sure my children knew, once and for all, that I am not their friend; I am their mother.”
Mom of autistic son praises TSA in touching post: ‘She treated him like a person with feelings, a voice and worth’
“He’s 13 and has autism. When we walked through your doorway at 5 a.m., there were people everywhere.”
