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I’ve always been an introvert with a generalized anxiety disorder, something which took me many years to figure out. You would think if you struggle with something your whole life, it would be easy to know what it is and how to fix it. But Bruce Willis spent all of The Sixth Sense not knowing he was dead, so maybe not.

When I became I mother, I found myself spending a lot of time on the internet, seeking advice and becoming friends with other moms who were also up at 3:00 am, frantically googling how to make their own baby shampoo out of coconut oil and the pine leaves in their backyard because apparently, commercial shampoo has too many toxins for a baby’s cristal skin; and I finally decided to start a blog and share my own experiences with the world, like an angel.

These are some of the things I’ve discovered in my first two years as a mom, while attempting to balance motherhood, work, and family, and keeping all the crazy on the inside, like a lady.

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*me*
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Darn water. I WANT A REFUND!

Turtleturleturtle
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

..do you understand that tantrums often happen because the kid is overwhelmed? Even little things can be VERY overwhelming and hard to deal with

Stille20
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Seriously! Their brain is exploding as it rushes to make a person. Like no one is expecting me to explain why I'm crying during PMS... accept my BF... he still doesn't get that logic doesn't apply....that's another story

Leo Domitrix
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Me as a kid to my mom: "Tell gravity to stop being so mean to me!" Yep. She never tires of telling that. Never.

BluEyedSeoulite
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My 3yo had a tantrum tonight because she didn't want to grow a beard like a grandpa... Somehow facial lotion would do that lol

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    Amery
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    YEP, my youngest, @17, rarely speaks to me & still lives here!!

    Anonymousplease
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't commu ucate with my parents and I'm a girl

    Lindy Mac
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My friend's kid is 40+....she is still waiting.

    A Cat Named Dragon
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah I think this is unfair. Perhaps it used to be more true and very likely it was because girls were socially conditioned to share our feelings whilst boys were conditioned that feelings should be disregarded. If you are patient and listen to a child, that child will talk to you, irrespective of gender.

    SumoNinja
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hur hur... boys dumb, girls smart. Am I funny now?

    Commander Rex
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    WHEEZE WHEEZE WHEEZE HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH 10/10 FUNNY HAHAHAHAHAHAHHEHEHAHHAHAHWHEEZE! All seriousness, can we stop with this type of thinking now?

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    LuckyL
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My boyfriend said he was traumatized by the birth of our daughter because I was in such pain. Even a year later he still doesn't want to talk about it.

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    *me*
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, I’m glad I’m male

    Stille20
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yea, my fiancé wants kids... and I agreed.... but also... would he want kids less if he had to birth them.

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    Lindy Mac
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What I don't understand is how woman ever decide to have a second child. You'd think one time contact with chainsaw would be sufficient.

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    Night Owl
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I guess small kids are like cats in that way (only that cats prefer the boxes)

    Amery
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ....or the wrapping paper, bow, & box(es!)

    François Carré
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Things like this are just training time for when your kids have left home and you consider having a cat.

    dxmxx
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't think I'll ever have kids but I always imagine my "parenting style". One of those is never having any sort of party until the kid is old enough to have a memory of it/or at least enjoy it. Same thing with travelling to Disneyland/other countries etc. with your kids.

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    *me*
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you forget to eat you’re a madman

    Dest
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I forget to eat all the time. I don't feel hunger often, so I only remember when I feel dizzy

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    Amery
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ^^^^ Well, your kid will be slender (like mine) and unlike mama (like me) who can't keep the weight off and doesn't eat abhorrently~!! LoL.... Just saying.

    François Carré
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You'll miss that when he grows up into a teenager boy who eats like he's a bottomless pit.

    ethan simpson
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    1. I eat when I'm bored 2. Im always bored (meme)

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    Night Owl
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A great reason to have an extroverted kid around :D

    Aaricia
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Turned around for me. I'm the anxious one and my mum is the extrovert. I've learned to talk on the phone without starting to shake.

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    Aaricia
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I was a kid I would stay up all night if you let me nap. My parents wouldn't let me nap so I would sleep at night.

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    *me*
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, yes that is important

    Amery
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yep, fully masked with their balaclava (sp?) on ... sure!

    Ilaria Della Casa
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why do kids need phones to start with?

    Virgil Sanders
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    same reason adults "need" phones: entertainment, communication, and easy access to knowledge

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    Stimpy
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would also panic, if someone tried to drive a shirt through my head. What technique are you using? Do you Push the shirt through one ear using a knitting needle, and then pull it out of the other as soon as the tip pops through?

    Amery
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    IKR?!?!? I caught that TOO, 'Stimpy.' Maybe I'm Ren in disguise ?!?!? LOL !

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    Sofia Monteiro
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My 2 year old used to freak out when we dress the sleeves. I had to explain that the arms just don't disappear forever...

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    Night Owl
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And they just *have to* show you the dead squirrel

    Leo Domitrix
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And, as my mom tells everyone endlessly, even tho' I am now flipping well fifty, ask what the body parts are.

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    *me*
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Aw crap. Teacher:what color is that? child: rojo. Teacher:damn it you’re in fifth grade

    M O'Connell
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Are you sure it's not ৰঙা?

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    Duncan
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have been doing 'this little piggy went to market' on my daughter and i tell her every time afterwards that they are also called toes.

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    Virgil Sanders
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    lol, my mom said similar things when i was younger (not that last bit tho) XD

    François Carré
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can't figure out how toddler-powered energy plants haven't been designed yet.

    Fidgets McGee
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've heard from many moms this "long pooping" habit the husbands adopt, particularly right when its chore time. Odd phenomenon

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    Mark Howell
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    After my wife gave birth, I used to sleep with a stab vest and on a different continent, for good measure ;o)

    Night Owl
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've been cutting my own bangs for years - but than again, I'm not the most stable person either

    Amery
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bangs aren't cool anymore, anyway . . . so ?!?!?!?

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    My s-i-l is working on 28 years maternity leave and her baby weight. 😂

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    Amery
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yep, pennies for dinner is BETTER than that Gerber Squash Shxx . . lolol!

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    Amery
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, Bill and Melinda ARE getting divorced; just saying~! ;)

    A Cat Named Dragon
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am not sure what that has to do with this? But I was so shocked when i saw that news, and kinda sad too.

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    Night Owl
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ahh, *now* that movie makes sense ;D

    Sofia Monteiro
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My most important task during the two confinement periods we had in my country related with covid19 was making sure my 2 year old was safe at all times, insidethe house. Their imagination for crazy stuff is just endless

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    SumoNinja
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "AmITheAdultNow"? Apparently not.

    VeninTheRogue
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I pronounce his name(I know it’s wrong) M Night Shakalaka 😂

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    Shelby P
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I had my daughter and I went to breastfeed the first time. The nurse (we'll call her Ratchet) kept shoving my daughters head into my boob saying "she needs to latch on" and I'm pretty sure I could tell that she *was* latched on...

    LuckyL
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I tried to breastfeed my daugther directly after birth, nurse asked if she's latched on. And I could only say - I think so... - an hour later she really latched on, another thin I wasn't prepared for ^^

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