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Either for work or fun, I have drawn every day for as long as I can remember. When in 2012 I gave birth to our newborn baby, it was very natural for me to reach for a pencil and do my funny doodles. It was a wonderful, magical, challenging, knackering first year.

Each day of being a mom seemed to bring with it a new challenge or breathtaking developmental milestone. I didn’t want to forget any of it, even the silliest everyday problems. I’d scribble things down as my baby napped. It was often cathartic to make light of situations that were often challenging at the time. By the end of the first year of having a child, I realized I had amassed quite a pile of funny drawings. Badgered by friends and family, I decided to try and get them published and tell my story of raising a kid.

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#1

Sweet dreams

Sweet dreams

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Faiza Manzoor
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8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hi I love your doodles. Can I share them on my blog ?

iraamam
Community Member
9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

it happenned and still happens for me and her mother too it happenned and still happens for me and her mother too it happened and still happening for me and her mother too. ;)

iraamam
Community Member
9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

it happenned and still happens for me and her mother too

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    #2

    Small victories

    Small victories

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    #3

    Sleep training: as baby drifts off, gently remove breast

    Sleep training: as baby drifts off, gently remove breast

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    #4

    Having a baby doesn't change you

    Having a baby doesn't change you

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    OlgavanBoltaringen
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I absolutely LOVE this one, it's exactly how I remember it ...

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    #5

    The joy of long car journeys

    The joy of long car journeys

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    LibbyLaing
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    oh....does that bring back memories! You nailed it, Lucy!

    LauB.Castro
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It drives me crazy to hear my baby cry... the guilt kills me

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    #6

    Guests are coming

    Guests are coming

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    ArchieMoore
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My place looks like that and I don't have any kids...

    McAlexis
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's five minutes after you just clean everything, lol!

    McAlexis
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's about five minutes, after you cleaned everything lol!

    #7

    Getting ready to leave

    Getting ready to leave

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    KatieTalbot
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And that's when you realize you forgot to put shoes on first!

    Shu Han Chen
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sometimes you have to cancel the trip because the baby isn't ready to leave for the rest of the day

    LaurynSawyer
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm like this and I don't have kids xD

    Enido
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What's that? Can't find the house keys? And your phone? Well then put all that on the floor and look for them! Wait I think I smell poop...one last diaper change..

    TinaHamilton
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Your very smart for doing this and funny but oh so true all of it. My son is 24 now but you never forget the things you are saying.

    KatieTalbot
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And that's when you realize you forgot to put shoes on first.

    #8

    Gender scan

    Gender scan

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    WonderGal
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    hahahah.....this picture has made my day.

    SeverineBoudignon
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ca c est sur la fleur avait soit disant un tres gros "bourgeaon genital" !!!!! Mdr vive les echos au 21 eme siecle

    Jenh_79
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Haha! My 3rd baby had his finger up in our ultrasound! What a first hello

    Pemberton
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to think gender scan is hormone test or something, but it's actually an image checked by your eyes. Sounds kinda primitive...

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    #9

    Date night

    Date night

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    LibbyLaing
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    not in my house...the hubby always made time for his friends and his beer (maybe that's why he's now the ex)

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    #10

    And the rest of the day is your own

    And the rest of the day is your own

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    #11

    A truly extraordinary poo

    A truly extraordinary poo

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    McAlexis
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I called that type of poop, the ten wipes level!

    FranWarner
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My kid did this once. All over the wall, the dresser, herself, me ... and of course, I was late for a doctor's appointment. Good times. :)

    JannProvencher
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I call them poonami, my niece had one when we where using the changing table in a busy mall bathroom it got on the walls, floor everywhere luckily I was spared from the poop wave because I was standing at her side. Needless to say we went straight home.

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    #12

    Slice of homemade cake?

    Slice of homemade cake?

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    #13

    Breastfeeding in public

    Breastfeeding in public

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    LauB.Castro
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Meh, I feed my baby wherever and whenever she wants!

    Juliana Ferraz
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Me too. We need to let society knows breast feeding is absolutly normal.

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    lessborednowbecca
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    this is so sad that women feel they have to do a perfectly natural thing in secret in nasty public loos :(

    LuisaVasconcelos
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always breastfeeding every where, inside a shoes store, without buy.in a hotel lobby without be a guest, in IKEA, sitting like I'm at home. Sitting in the bus stop. In a phone store. Wherever have a chair, I cover by breast and a little of baby mouth with a silk litle thing and relax.

    TheFeminist
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This should be a problem. We shouldn't have rights to breastfeed in public because of some button hurt people

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    #14

    Actual torture

    Actual torture

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    #15

    How early is too early?

    How early is too early?

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    sctntxtn13
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Staying single....as long as possible....

    SusanRamsay
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "It's 5:00pm somewhere!" What difference does the time of day make? I never understood that.

    KarinMorris
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yea this all makes me ecstatic that i never had any. Thanks!

    NicolaEvans
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Brilliant! Made me laugh a lot

    BarBagAllo
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nice to see you haven't lost your sense of humour.

    Leighton
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think these illustrations are beautiful in their simplicity, well thought through ideas are classics and so true, absolutely brilliant.

    HonoluluStorm
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    you can still make a baby when single....better to use birth control...all the time

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