Nobody ever said that being the best mom ever is easy. Yet until you actually become one yourself, it's hard to appreciate the emotional rollercoaster that is raising kids. As well as the joys of creating and nurturing a tiny human being and watching their personality blossom, there are the inevitable stresses and mental breakdowns that come along with being a mom. From trying to get the dear child to sleep and eat properly, to the tantrums, issues at school, a vast amount of parenting tips, and juggling extra-curricular activities, there are bound to be times when you wish you can just run away from it all!
Of course though, in reality, that's the last thing you want to happen when parenting. A little comic relief from funny memes, along with the knowledge that you are not alone, can be all that's needed to get you back up and ready to be a supermom once again. And that's where we here at Bored Panda come in. We have collected a list of relatable mom memes to put a smile back on your face, and have you nodding along in weary, but amused appreciation! Scroll down below to check the best memes out for yourself, and don't forget to upvote your favorite parenting memes!
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Hold My Hand, Please
When my daughter was 2, she refused to hold my hand when crossing the street. Then we saw a baby squirrel that hadn't made it all the way and was sadly flattened in the middle of the road. She asked what happened and I replied "He didn't hold his mommy's hand when crossing" - worked like a charm for the next few years! There was never a fuss about holding hands.
Falling Asleep
Picky Eaters
Sleeping Like A Baby
Why would you want to sleep like a baby? They wake up screaming every two hours XD
A Decent Picture
Meal Preferences
I ate what was put in front of me. My other option was to not eat.
A Sleeping Baby
This has literally just happened to me. Baby finished his milk and is sleeping on his nursing cushion so am just waiting to make sure he's fully asleep before making the transfer over into his cot.
Three Kids
you need to make more kids because if you drink 3 kids they wont last long
Busy Raising Kids
And that most of your old party dresses don't fit anyway :) oh the regrets
Family Portrait
LOL my son drew me as a super hero with super stretchy arms, he says im mrs incredible <3
That Look
Call Me Back, Please
Scientific Experiment
Ah yes, brushing the eyeballs. An important part of daily hygiene.
Alone Time
I'm guessing that cow is a dick. Babies are excellent judges of character.
Little Devils
Some days I literally tell my husband, "I kept the kids alive." That's the best I could do.
Working From Home
Morning vs. Night
Hero Of The Day
Parents:*Moan and whinge about how having kids ruined their social life, sleep schedule & just about everything else* Me:"Nah kids aren't for me" Parents & judgemental assholes:"WHATTTTTTTTT!!1!!!!!111!! KIDS ARE THE BEST"
A friend of mine says: "Children are the best and the worst we have in our lives." I love my daughter, she is, under a general view, a perfect child. Since newborn she always slept at least 6hours straight, is rarely sick, eats everything we put on her front, likes fish and salad/vegetables, I can count with one hand her child tantrums and she made only 2 in public (now at 14y we have arguments often, but are usually negociated, some days she ends upset but accepts my demands, others I have to give up some minor rules and trust her jugdement), is a great student, well behaved, helps random people she sees in need, and receives appraisal from her teachers and people around. When people ask me why didn't I had a second child, I always say: "Look at my daughter. I'm a spoiled mom. I'm afraid a second may come as "standard" or worst, and I'll regret my decision hundreds of times." I'm a lucky momma, but I completely understand people who don't want children, and that must be respected!
My girl is just like yours, and also the reason I didn't have any more for the same reasons as yours. We are lucky!
I had one like that. She started acting up when she was older.
having a 'perfect' first child always makes it difficult to entertain the notion of a second one! although i had 3 (glutton for punishment? lol), and they all turned out very well, i COMPLETELY agree, especially with the last sentence. never understood the 'shaming' of people who choose NOT to have kids.
Finally! You said it, everyone's opinion must be respected. I'm tired of my grandma, saying "Oh, you must have kids..." or "One day, you'll have to do the same for your kids...". Actually, I won't have to. I'm a short-tempered person, that wants to give something different, something great to the world. A kid would only slow down a person with my kind of character and ambitions. It would be cruel toward both myself and the child to have him/her. I realise many people feel the need to share their lives with kids, but I'd rather stick to dogs, as they make better side kicks most of the time for a person like myself. Even if I decide to have kids after all, I'd probably adopt an older child, as the average toddler or baby is fully capable of driving me to a suicide. You see, just like you, I'm afraid that if I decide to have children one day, they may be "standard". And I won't be able to take care of a "standard" young child properly.
A carol emery - I'm not having kids not because I'd be a lousy parent (I wouldn't) it's because there are too many people on this planet, and in the next 10-15 years things are going to go tits if people don't change their consumption habits and the way we live our lives, drastically. So why would i want to have a kid to leave it to all the crap we have coming. Climate wars, mass migration of people from flooded countries. I would call that being responsible, not lousy.
Yeah I was this daughter almost exactly. Mom also didn't want to risk a dud so only child. But I went too far off the reservation from about 18-25, only recently course corrected. Now mom likes to joke about how maybe she should of had a second one.. I jus always reply Too Late! Muhahaha!
I look at it this way..I praise the people that don't want kids because they are fully aware they'd probably be lousy parents. And I also want to tell the people that say they got the perfect kid.."let's correct that..you raised the perfect kid." But the thing that irritates me is the people that say their kids are a burden, yet pump out 5 kids and all of them are out of control. If the first few months you spend with your first newborn leads you to believe that having a child is an unrelenting pain in the butt, then stop having more kids. Children aren't miraculously perfect by chance. They're perfect because the parent(s) put hard work and effort into it, led by example and laid down rules and guidelines from the beginning. Applause to those that raised the perfect kid,
Ah it's all in jest, don't take it so literally.
Lol I am a parent and I say that kids are NOT the best and you would be making the best decision of your life by not having them! Believe me these parents u speak of feel the same they just don't wanna admit defeat because society is a piece of shit!
That's sad that you don't like your kids.
they’re annoyed that you have a free life. they’re truro suck you into hell with them 😉
At least one other person understands!
My aunt, mother of two, grandmother of four, once said something very wise: being a Mom or a Dad is easy. Because when they come into the world, you immediately love them like you love no one else. But it's far harder to be a PARENT. That requires the ability to say "No" and mean it, to fight those picking up the room/eating the broccoli and carrots/doing the school project battles. I couldn't have any of my own due to a couple of physical issues, but I've been an educator for 30 years. I am grand auntie to five, auntie to nine nephews and a niece. I agree absolutely with the comment above that kids are the best. And I KNOW they're hard work, they can make you crazy, and suck the life out of you. Just because they're amazing doesn't mean it's always fun to raise (or teach) them. Sometimes the bad days make you despair. But hopefully, for most of us parents, teachers, aunties, uncles, and grandparents, it's worth it in the end.
Oh no! When people tell me they don't want kids, I nod and say "I so understand you!" I love my daughter to pieces, but the whole parenting thing is so hard. I understand why people don't want to do it and never even bring the topic up with my friends who don;t have kids.
I never had children because I was poor and I would not breed what I could not feed. So now other people's children seek me out so they can complain to me about their parents and ask for help in dealing with grown-ups!
You are aware that parents are individuals and not a monolithic group, right?
Every. Single. Time! #childfreeforlife
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whine
I refuse to have children simply because of most of these things. I don’t think I could be a good mother with all of these things on my plate, stressing me out more than I already am. Children are a lot of work, and I’m definitely not going to put that burden on myself.
I have 2 nieces and a nephew. I love them and I’ll take them to the zoo or whatever but after 1 day (or even several hours) I’m exhausted and glad I can just drop em off at my brothers when we get home. They always say it’s different with your own kids but no thanks. Too much work and stress. Not going to put that burden on myself either.
I have a niece and nephew myself. I love them and care for them. But it’s not for me.
Sometimes I think about not having kids and it looks very very good, but then I see my twin aunts, which are 60 now, living together without kids and they are very lonely despite having each other and enough money and time to do what they want and love. AND I DO love my children to the moon and back, despite their "devilish" ways. Nevertheless I understand and respect women who decide for themselves not to have kids. Its a decision everyone should make for themselves and nobody has the right to tell them what they should or should not do. Some just do not like/ want children or they know they wouldn't be good parents. Better not to get any, than to be a bad parent.
exactly! people who