“I see you all, meeting and greeting at a local coffee spot after drop off, pouring life into one another. I see you sipping fancy lattes and chatting about summer vacation trips you took, catching up like old friends. I see you, the ones I know from word of mouth who look my way, then right back to your cozy, familiar circle. Do you reminder what it was like to be an outsider?”
‘To the established school moms, invite the new mom in. That small gesture may not make your day, but it will sure make hers.’: Mom shares heartfelt reminder ‘in a world where mom shaming is so real and frequent, lift one another up’
Instead Of Worrying About How A Mother Feeds Her Baby, Support Her
“It’s another instance of women being told what to do with their body, then being shamed no matter WHAT she decides.”
I’m Not The Mom You Think I Am
“I’m not the ‘mean mom’ who yelled at her kids when they wouldn’t listen. And I’m not the cute mom in the supermarket who looks all put together. Those were me only for a few minutes.”
It’s Time To Stop Calling Stay-At-Home Moms Lazy
“Being a mother is a JOB, yet I have spent my entire life listening to men complain about how their wives ‘do nothing.'”
Please Stop Judging Women For Complaining About Motherhood
“I’m always giving – my time, my thoughts, my body, my energy, my will. And when I dare say I’m tired, I am looked down upon, judged, and misunderstood.”
‘You are a bad mom.’ That’s what I was called today.’: Mom pens PSA on being a ‘good mother’
“It doesn’t matter how many times someone tells you, ‘You’re a good mother,’ all it takes is that one person to shoot you a look when you pick up your phone for one second at the park. One person to comment on your kids’ screen time. One person to look at you like you’re a monster for feeding your kids nuggets.”
‘Why aren’t you breastfeeding?’ My voice clipped from the wind punched out of my gut.’: Mom urges ‘you don’t owe anyone an explanation for how you feed your baby’
“The first time I gave him his first bottle I wept – with relief, with guilt. There were so many feelings. I never went back to that fitness group.”
‘I started getting texts from Mrs. Tina. ‘If you need a nap, just throw Emily over the fence and I will watch her.’: Struggling mom thanks neighbor for standing in the gap during pandemic
“My husband was an essential worker, working 6 days a week an hour away. I held down the fort at home, and did my best to nurture my pregnancy. So, here I was, alone with kids, pregnant, and in new house, in a new area where we didn’t know anyone. Mrs. Tina’s gestures of kindness saved me.”
I Used To Parent So Everything Looked Perfect On The Outside
“The fruits of our parenting labor are not in their grades or their accomplishments or their sports prowess or their clean rooms or their good looking wardrobes, but inside their hearts.”
‘Do you ever put that baby down?’ The question was unwarranted and filled with judgement.’: Mom urges ‘just hold the baby, you won’t regret it’
“You’ll blink and they’ll be walking. You’ll turn around and they’ll start running away from you. And you’ll wish you would’ve held them more when they let you. You’ll wish you could rock them to sleep again and watch those little eyes flutter as they’re dreaming.”
