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I Took These 22 Brutally Honest Photos Of Moms To Show What “Mother’s Day” Really Looks Like
Everyone talks about how special motherhood and parenting are. The bond shared with a child is unlike any other; it’s a magical journey that is rewarding and satisfying, and I couldn’t agree more. I love being a mom, and it’s the best job in the world. I am a mom of two boys and love them to pieces, but Raising kids is not always all rainbows and butterflies.
Motherhood is not remembering what it’s like to get a whole night’s sleep and wiping more poop than you ever thought you’d see in your life. Raising kids is no longer having privacy, never peeing or showering in peace. Motherhood is using your shirt to wipe runny noses and dirty faces. Life with little children is learning how to do everything with one hand while carrying a baby in another. Motherhood is waking up with a bit of butt or foot in your face. Motherhood is breastfeeding whenever, wherever. Motherhood is yoga pants and bad hair days. Motherhood is no longer shopping alone. Motherhood is a filthy car all the time. Motherhood is not being able to call in sick because it’s a 24/7 job without a paycheck, and the list of everyday problems goes on. But in the end, I wouldn’t have it any other way. Having young kids and being a mom means being completely overwhelmed by love, joy, responsibility, and selflessness.
With the help of my mommy friends, I created this little intimate photography project just in time for Mother’s day, to remind everyone what motherhood really looks like. Some might find these interesting pictures raw, but that's how it is in real life.
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When The Kids Go To Sleep
Sleep Never Lasts Long, They Find You
Motherhood Is Never Sleeping In
Now my kids are adults my dogs do exactly the same now, theres no winning.
Sometimes Moms Need A Time Out To Have A Sip Of Wine And Check On Their Phones
hahahahaha! love it! I remember when bananas in Australia cost heaps ($12.00 AUD a kilo), I would have to sneak away from the kids to have one.
Motherhood Is Breastfeeding Whenever Wherever
Probably an unpopular opinion but if a kid can ask for the breast they are probably too old to be breast feed.
Motherhood Is Never Ending Laundry
Motherhood Is Never Showering In Peace
Motherhood Is Being Kicked In The Face At Night
Gah this is terrible but something about that little snuggly baby beside you makes it worth it
Motherhood Is Cooking With One Hand
Motherhood Is Not Being Able To Call In Sick
Motherhood Is Being A Nurse Or Wiping Kids' Noses With Your Shirt
Motherhood Is Having No Privacy
Honestly, all of these will be misses for the while i have kids but i can't wait... i want children even more now! i love this post!
Motherhood Is Having Little Helpers To Help You Cook
'Uh..oh..don't do that, go away, watch tv or something' there,that's more like my mom..she is such a good cook but so perfectionist that she didn't allow me to help when i was little..
Motherhood Is Being A Housekeeper
My mum taught us to pick up after ourselves, even at that age - otherwise we'd feel the wrath of dad. And once she had cleaned it was expected to stay that way - as she put it .... "you can play, but we're not pigs so we will not live like pigs" The same with closing doors to keep the heat in "were you born in a barn...no...then shut the door" (never understood the barn. But I always shut the door)
Motherhood Is Trying Not To Lose Your Mind
kids need rules and boundries ofc.. but you also need patience and let your kids be kids.
Motherhood Is Being A Maid
For a lot of reasons, saying that Mom is a maid really raises my hackles. We all do a lot of things for our kids. I don't know, but when it gets said like that it's almost like an expectation or a task. I willingly did all those things when the kids were little, but I wasn't a maid! Not for my own kids.
Motherhood Is Breastfeeding On Demand
I love this mom. She doesn't sweat the small things, and looks to allow her children to be little and enjoy life.
teeth have a lot to do with it
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Aww ma, cotton branches and half an avocado for dinner again?!
Too bad if the food splatters up and hits her bare skin or even worse the child - do they make splash-guards for such occasions????
Looks like it might be something that wouldn’t matter except the fact that it MIGHT get them a little dirty. Why is everyone being so negative and pointing out every little problem you see? Some of y’all enlarging the photo to see what you can find to b***h about. Geez stfu
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I'm more concerned about the kid say high up. There's no way she'd catch him with a kid on one nipple.
No, no & no. No pre-schooler sucking a nipple...definitely not while I'm cooking. No other preschooler getting his grubby little hands in the food I'm cooking that other people have to eat..........and definitely no hairy little rodent in proximity to my food.
Moms must be always ready; reminds me of my dear wife 65 years ago.
Let’s face facts... staged or not.... they’re making a salad. Lil one should not be on mommy’s tit. Big brother should not be on the counter, neither should the GERBLE! This photo (and the other) were meant to create a conversation(s) about MANY things Right & Wrong. IMHO ... I believe SAFETY and FOOD SANITATION are most important when kids are involved. In addition .... ALL of this, and MUCH MORE, are why raising kids is such a personal, private and hopefully pleasurable experience. After all, it IS A FREE COUNTRY. Riiiiggghht ???
I'm sorry but theres 2 photos of theses 3 and breastfed kid is big enough to walk and breast feeding days should be done with. 6 kids in 7 years for me says yeah done
WTF! This is the fakes set up staged photo ever!!!! No real mom in her right mind is going to allow this ever!!! I didn't! And None of my mom friends ever did!!!! Every mom At some point puts her foot down and says no you go do something I have to do stuff go entertain yourself!!! Plus that kid is way way to old to me on the breast
This lady is still breastfeeding? Seems like she was breastfeeding 14 pictures ago. Can someone please get their feet and that pet out of the food preparation area?
I'm sorry, but she makes me feel such a bad mom @_@ I didn't manage breastfeeding as long as her. I did not manage to lose my pregnancy weight and I'm fat. My hair's often a mess... And I I rarely cook complicated recipes. I really feel bad watching such a perfect mother.
Motherhood Is Never Shopping Alone
Two under control , now try to see what the third one is trying to do.
thanks for your concerns :) baby is not even 2 years old... btw my own kid is 3 and still breastfeeds at night and I don't see anything wrong with that. have a blessed day !
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I'm thinking abt that too :( And I'm not old enough to not have the 'you will one day want kids' reply every.single.time
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Seeing photos like this just reassures me that I've made the right decision to never have children. I don't like mess, I want to sleep when I want, do what I want - when I want, I need my alone time (I suffer from anxiety), I can't stand noise I can't get away from (gives me a headache). And I want to work outside of my home, and not put my career on hold. Not saying I don't have huge respect for mothers out there, I'm just not made to be one.
It takes a person who knows themselves inside and out to realize they are not the mother type. Nothing wrong with that. What's wrong is having kids cuz everyone is buggin you to do it. Then you are unhappy, the kids miserable and life sucks.
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Pretty much.. It's no glorious life with couple of young children.. No social life, to tired to function and body & mind left right after the dead beat dad.. I made it through, but it sums up the mess you become when dealing with the madness a couple of small children are.. Never again!
Being a mother without any help is a tougher job anyone can ever imagine unless you are one. There are lot more than these pictures show. In Asia, it is much worse. Sad part is that no one appreciates while the mother is doing all these without a hum. This will never change. No wonder most girls prefer not to have children unless you are forced to.
I love that almost all of the mums look really calm and loving with their children.
Ok, here's the thing. Everyone only looks at the worst of childhood. Like seriously, kids don't just skip from being a toddler to an adult. Kids can be ok at some point.
AS I understand the idea of the project, I still have concerns about showing naked children on the Internet. You don't know who can watch those and the thought that some pedophile can be jerking off to those right now is repulsive. Besides, I as a grown up wouldn't like to know that my butt, even when I was 2 or 3 at the time was shown to unlimited amount of people. I also take pics of my kiddo, but I respect their privacy. If she will want to share her children pics, she will do herself when grown up.
I find it disturbing too. Bored Panda even once had the guts to devote a whole post to nude children doing summer things... They said it was for them to get closer to nature but for me, call me a prude, it was just pedophilia abound...
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Ah, good old boredPanda- I replied to one comment, and it glitched my reply to every damn comment on the page...
Thank you for this post! I have 2 under 5 and a third on the way, and I couldn't relate more to the pics: it's hard, it's insane, it makes me question myself a lot - and yet it's the most wonderful thing I'll ever get to experience and I'm thankful for it every day. (And good to see the sensible responses to the anti-breastfeeding comment too.)
This whole post is so accurate. Especially the bathroom and shower pictures in my case.
It’s really not like this at all, there are days sure, but with everything else in the world good comes with bad. I’m on my 4th child and I work full time away from the home, none of my kids have ever seen a day care either as my husband and I work separate seasons. I couldn’t be happier.
Curious, why did you decide to have four? Will you have more?
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Mom of four here. Kids are now 14-20 years old. We had our trials and fun times. I don't remember much of their childhood as I was doing my best to survive with 4 under 5... however, the kids remember all the cool things we did, all the park visits, all the fun meals I made for them, the crafts we did, the messes we made together. I look back now and know that survival mode may have been all I could muster, but to them, it was so much more.
I am definitely not ready for kids. What you do is amazing but I couldn’t do that yet
Such a beautiful thing. Even with all these adversities, they find on love the strength to keep on going. That's the most important job there is!
just think though when your old they can do same for you if your raise them right. i took care of my 90+mom with Alzheimer's but only had real bad time the last 3 she avoided the dreadful nursing homes which i dealt with in my job as a lab courier. unfortunately her 1 yr younger sister had no kids spent several years in home. we could not visit she in pa us in fl and mom could not travel and i could not leave her alone unfortunately i never made connection so no kids men get the feelings and dreads too but too bad leftists dont seem to value mothers one of the most important joe from creation/evolution i believe both god used evolution
i agree 100% but single dads have the same problems except for breastfeeding which i have no problem with
I agree with most of the above stated comments. I never wanted to have children and have no feelings one way or the other to those who do. Rarely do parents regard me with the same respect.
No one should have children if they do not want to...but do not be so definite anymore, if your parents thought the same as you ... you would not have existed today. We do not have to judge each other, parents will always say what a great thing is to have children and those who do not want children will always say what a great thing is to be free...we all live the lifes we choose to live...
Even in smiling photos, all the moms seem to intentionally present motherhood as so miserable and hard. I think it may be because they have nothing else going on in life and want to be seen as heroes who do so much hard work and deserve society’s praise. It’s sad. They don’t realize they are just making it look like they’ve made bad decisions. I don’t think I want kids but if I do decide to have a child, I would do it completely opposite from these people who claim they never get a moment alone and can’t clean or lose weight. That’s b******t. Yes you can, lots of moms do. But they don’t go on the internet looking for attention.
Это считается нормальным, когда здоровенный ребёнок всё ещё сиську сосёт?
Это считается нормально, когда здоровый малый всё ещё сиську сосёт?
thanks for your concerns :) baby is not even 2 years old... btw my own kid is 3 and still breastfeeds at night and I don't see anything wrong with that. have a blessed day !
Load More Replies... I'm thinking abt that too :( And I'm not old enough to not have the 'you will one day want kids' reply every.single.time
Load More Replies... Seeing photos like this just reassures me that I've made the right decision to never have children. I don't like mess, I want to sleep when I want, do what I want - when I want, I need my alone time (I suffer from anxiety), I can't stand noise I can't get away from (gives me a headache). And I want to work outside of my home, and not put my career on hold. Not saying I don't have huge respect for mothers out there, I'm just not made to be one.
It takes a person who knows themselves inside and out to realize they are not the mother type. Nothing wrong with that. What's wrong is having kids cuz everyone is buggin you to do it. Then you are unhappy, the kids miserable and life sucks.
Load More Replies... Pretty much.. It's no glorious life with couple of young children.. No social life, to tired to function and body & mind left right after the dead beat dad.. I made it through, but it sums up the mess you become when dealing with the madness a couple of small children are.. Never again!
Being a mother without any help is a tougher job anyone can ever imagine unless you are one. There are lot more than these pictures show. In Asia, it is much worse. Sad part is that no one appreciates while the mother is doing all these without a hum. This will never change. No wonder most girls prefer not to have children unless you are forced to.
I love that almost all of the mums look really calm and loving with their children.
Ok, here's the thing. Everyone only looks at the worst of childhood. Like seriously, kids don't just skip from being a toddler to an adult. Kids can be ok at some point.
AS I understand the idea of the project, I still have concerns about showing naked children on the Internet. You don't know who can watch those and the thought that some pedophile can be jerking off to those right now is repulsive. Besides, I as a grown up wouldn't like to know that my butt, even when I was 2 or 3 at the time was shown to unlimited amount of people. I also take pics of my kiddo, but I respect their privacy. If she will want to share her children pics, she will do herself when grown up.
I find it disturbing too. Bored Panda even once had the guts to devote a whole post to nude children doing summer things... They said it was for them to get closer to nature but for me, call me a prude, it was just pedophilia abound...
Load More Replies... Ah, good old boredPanda- I replied to one comment, and it glitched my reply to every damn comment on the page...
Thank you for this post! I have 2 under 5 and a third on the way, and I couldn't relate more to the pics: it's hard, it's insane, it makes me question myself a lot - and yet it's the most wonderful thing I'll ever get to experience and I'm thankful for it every day. (And good to see the sensible responses to the anti-breastfeeding comment too.)
This whole post is so accurate. Especially the bathroom and shower pictures in my case.
It’s really not like this at all, there are days sure, but with everything else in the world good comes with bad. I’m on my 4th child and I work full time away from the home, none of my kids have ever seen a day care either as my husband and I work separate seasons. I couldn’t be happier.
Curious, why did you decide to have four? Will you have more?
Load More Replies... Mom of four here. Kids are now 14-20 years old. We had our trials and fun times. I don't remember much of their childhood as I was doing my best to survive with 4 under 5... however, the kids remember all the cool things we did, all the park visits, all the fun meals I made for them, the crafts we did, the messes we made together. I look back now and know that survival mode may have been all I could muster, but to them, it was so much more.
I am definitely not ready for kids. What you do is amazing but I couldn’t do that yet
Such a beautiful thing. Even with all these adversities, they find on love the strength to keep on going. That's the most important job there is!
just think though when your old they can do same for you if your raise them right. i took care of my 90+mom with Alzheimer's but only had real bad time the last 3 she avoided the dreadful nursing homes which i dealt with in my job as a lab courier. unfortunately her 1 yr younger sister had no kids spent several years in home. we could not visit she in pa us in fl and mom could not travel and i could not leave her alone unfortunately i never made connection so no kids men get the feelings and dreads too but too bad leftists dont seem to value mothers one of the most important joe from creation/evolution i believe both god used evolution
i agree 100% but single dads have the same problems except for breastfeeding which i have no problem with
I agree with most of the above stated comments. I never wanted to have children and have no feelings one way or the other to those who do. Rarely do parents regard me with the same respect.
No one should have children if they do not want to...but do not be so definite anymore, if your parents thought the same as you ... you would not have existed today. We do not have to judge each other, parents will always say what a great thing is to have children and those who do not want children will always say what a great thing is to be free...we all live the lifes we choose to live...
Even in smiling photos, all the moms seem to intentionally present motherhood as so miserable and hard. I think it may be because they have nothing else going on in life and want to be seen as heroes who do so much hard work and deserve society’s praise. It’s sad. They don’t realize they are just making it look like they’ve made bad decisions. I don’t think I want kids but if I do decide to have a child, I would do it completely opposite from these people who claim they never get a moment alone and can’t clean or lose weight. That’s b******t. Yes you can, lots of moms do. But they don’t go on the internet looking for attention.
Это считается нормальным, когда здоровенный ребёнок всё ещё сиську сосёт?
Это считается нормально, когда здоровый малый всё ещё сиську сосёт?
