Some say being president is the hardest job in the world, but Nathalie Jomard disagrees. According to this French artist, there is nothing tougher than raising a child, and she has created playful and honest illustrations to prove it.
From huge body changes to not being able to peacefully go to the bathroom, Nathalie included a lot of the struggles women go through during different stages of maternity, and it's a real eye-opener for anyone who takes their mom for granted. Scroll down for the images, vote for your favorite ones and let us know in the comments if you agree that motherhood is the most responsible 'position.'
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I remember the lactation consultant saying 'it shouldnt hurt THAT much"! Yeah, well, it did and you can take your patronizing doubt and p**s off.
trotzdem praktisch. Still the best. even if this feels like needles in the beginning.
Grew up around dairy cattle, so I knew that engorged breasts are sore and tender, and nipples can be painfully sensitive. Don't trust any "expert" who says it shouldn't hurt! It's a totally natural process that usually works out just fine and occasionally is very painful.
Does get better, but I stopped at about 6 weeks..... and some people are actually bothered by seeing a total natural function going on :)
for some reason I find it revolting to see but I don't complain to anyone about it, I can just look away and let them be
Load More Replies...Some babies (like my 2nd) are more gentle than others (my firstborn).
Load More Replies...O my o my. That is so true. I remember my mom asked me what it felt like. I said take 2 red hot clothespins and clamp it on your nipples.
I had to reassure my son that the toilet was not a portal to another land and that I wasn't going anywhere when I walked into the bathroom.
oh, my son knows I am not going to another portal but he still has to check if I was not abducted 5 minutes after I go into the bathroom. My daughter can't walk yet, so she can't come check on me. To assure her that I am fine I have to keep talking while I am in the toilet, or any room that I enter, if she can't see or hear me, I am sure she is convinced I abandoned her.
Load More Replies...I already didn't want kids but seeing this makes me smile, I'm just so happy to not have any and have a dog instead
Load More Replies...yep. have two kids watching you. turning off the lights. hiding the tp. asking for stuff.
When my son was a toddler he locked the door from out side. Made me panic and terrified as we both are alone at home , me inside the bath room he all alone in the house. I made him open the door with great effort. After that I never closed the door till he grew up to a certain age
I had to tell my fur-babies the same thing. The little one insisted on sitting on my lap. T'other one is larger and will get under my feet for reassurance. oy vey
It's real life ☺️ but this happen bc they love so much and get afraid thinking you're leaving them. It's cute when they cry to be with mom
and they can't seem to be able to wakeup during the week when they have school
Yup, my son says sleeping in at the weekend is a waste of time. 🙄
Load More Replies...my poor husband wakes up at 5 am on the weekend for our 2 year old :D
I raised 5 and now am a live-in sitter for 2 grandboys.Youngest has ASD and is 9 mentally but about 6 emotionally. He sleeps few hours, rises from 4-6 am, and is still surprising us with things like making sand art with the spices from the cabinets. But he is so sweet and entertaining that I love it.!
That's when you tell them to go watch Cartoons and then join them shortly afterwards.
My son always wanted to play football at 1 am at night. We both looked exactly same as in illustration.rofl
Prego boobs are awesome, was one of the best things of wife's pregnancy lol....:D
my shoes stayed the same size, but my boobs went up two sizes and so did my pants and shirts. I have 4 kids and after the second one my husband told me "if you are intending to lose weight make sure you keep the boobs and the butt"
The first time after nursing my first child, I tried on a demi-bra and the entire department store could hear me laughing....
After giving birth to 5 sons, my shoe size went from a normal 7 to an extra wide 8/12 - 9...Let's not talk about shirt and pant size.
Yes I can relate my daughter pulled my whole sundress off me all the way to the floor while we were waiting in the front of a huge church!
You deserve that for abusing your kids by taking them to a brainwash seminar to learn about your imaginary friend and all the ways that he's going to t*****e them for eternity if they aren't exactly the perfect image of what your faith wants.
Load More Replies...On a related note: Tiny little hands finding their way up your shorts!
I am now always wearing closed neck shirts most of the time... she used to pull my neckline down.
This reminds me of when my slip fell off in Montgomery Wards when Steve was pulling at my clothing. I just kicked it under some merchandise and kept on going. Ann Carol
Meh. Kids should sleep into their own rooms. They can come sleep with their parents if they have nightmares once in a while, but not make it a a habit.
lovely theory. Reality loves to demolish theories.
Load More Replies...There comes a time when you have to give in ,just to get a bit of shut eye ah.
Allow your child to rule your private, sacred spaces and you lose. Occasional co-sleep is fine if there's been a nightmare, sickness, etc. But as a rule, if your child cannot sleep without you that's a problem that will wreck your sanity and possibly your relationship with your S.O.
well, if sex is the only thing that makes your relationship work it's rather a crappy relationship.
Load More Replies...For special circumstances (very occasionally when desperate) I can understand but my cousin is 12 and still sleeps in his mum's bed every night now that just seems WRONG!
I raised 2 kids and shared a room with them for a few years for health reason of my daughter. It's just you need to make the time and effort to have a relationship with your partner which I did and it made life wonderful. Its just I feel some women just don't try after they have kids to have that same connection as before with there partners.
It's cozy emotionally and i would not give up the moments of family bed, still the kid can be moved to the outside.
it's about the weights on his feet that knock me off my chair laughing!
Don't forget baby painting a room with his/her #2 , & , I don't mean pencil !
I don`t want to brag, but we have some on the ceiling
Load More Replies...ok, why, again, assumed it's only woman who take care of the babies? my wife and i took both care of our kids.
My husband does too. However I think this is from the artist's own perspective.
Load More Replies...To Nancy E. I thought I would croak when I found that my little "angel" had done just that--#2 all over his crib, himself and his walls!.
Nothing like walking into the nursery on a hot Summer day to check on "sleeping" baby to find she's awake and "fingerpainting" her crib, the wall, herself with that special brown "paint".
Everything is a game for them and it happens only once In life. Those are memories
I have a picture of my son with a clean plate and a smug look. He ate everything except for the spinach which all over the walls & floor.
Well there's a saying for a reason, 1 baby can create more laundry than 10 adults put together
Why don't people feed their kids until the kid is old enough to feed themselves? They show this in the movies, but I didn't think people actually did it. I thought they showed it for comedic effect. Does it actually happen? (Very strange.)
I agree with you. I feed my son until he could properly hold a spoon and understand the concept of eating by himself. I will do them same with my daughter, I don't want for 60% of the food to end up on the floor. But I guess there might be a reason why people do this, perhaps to teach the child independence at an early age? I don't know
Load More Replies...True story. Mine headbutts me in the face at least once every other day...
My eldest actually gave me a concussion when he was 2.
Load More Replies...This is why giving birth is so painful: you can get through anything after
My mother in law told me that babies are the most selfish and self centered little things in the world!
My son woke me up by dropping a 5 lb weight on my eye when he was just barely 1 year old. I had a black eye for over a week. Then when he was 2, he accidentally sliced my eyeball with his thumbnail by trying to give me a hug in the middle of the night. Now that he 3, I'm a little worried about what my poor eye has in store.
And that special smile the nursing baby gets just seconds before clamping down HARD on your nipple...
Yes it is my boys love to play with my hair while breastfeeding...although i trimmed my hair but still no point...
My second child actually broke my nose and gave me a concussion from headbutting me.
I've got 4 humans, I've got dodging the knee or foot in the face off to a fine art.
Only because they think you're playing with those things. Your toys are their toys.
My son's favorite activity was drumming on pots and pans...why did we spend money on all those expensive toys?
Load More Replies...Our son learned how to crawl while we moved the remote an inch every time. 😊
Load More Replies...Well you you didn't have to have a kid if you didn't want things like this to happen,,this is what happens when mother's give dolls to their daughter's daughter's instead of train sets and guns the poor chiĺd is brainwashed into wanting to have baby's like their dolls used to be , Koi Philip.
actually it is as i got many toys to my LO but he loves playing with other daily things like TV remote, curtains
Keep them out of the way of the child then, you will think about what I have just typed when your child starts choking on something you left lying about.
I m very stubborn ..if people say can I help you I say no that's OK mean while I m looking like the girl in the pic above lol
My husband always said "here comes the camel what else do I need to get?"
Load More Replies...If I'm being honest I would not have worn one before having children lol
Especially not the ones with itty bitty strings. Even if my big breasts were suited for a bikini, I'd not wear those. I am very flexible and I still like to jump in the water and run across the grass. As a kid it was no problem if I left the top part of the bikini and just wore the underpants. But as an adult, I am in danger of losing the bra in a jump, and having my breasts bounce uncomforably (phyiscal discomfort, mostly), so I stick with swimsuits. Sports swimsuits at that, they fit tighter.
Load More Replies...Still refuse to wear one after kids and they're 10! I'd rather feel comfortable and be confident!
Lol I was lucky after having my first three I went right back down to my skinny body but then after my forth I don't even try to wear a bathing suit lol
Close relative of the 'carry the vomiting kid and run to toilet/bucket/sink' activity.
Our potty training got interrupted because my daughter was diagnosed with brain cancer during. Took twice as long, but took longer to get her to realize she didn't get treats for pooping in the potty. Like til age 7 :p btw, 11 years cancer free!
I had so much trouble potty training my son, his dad refused to help, that after he turned 4 I begged my mom to help me! I'm ashamed to say she accomplished in one week what I couldn't do in three years of trying.
You are weak. its just a cartoon :))
Load More Replies...I can so relate to this right now with my son. He has an aversion to pooping in the potty
kids are a bit like kittens :D they dont want to poop in the box either :D
Load More Replies...Doesn't help when she's Irish, English, German, Welsh, and Scottish. I swear we are the palest people on the planet lol
I always wondered why human children are the only animal offspring who simultaneously try to starve themselves/commitsuicidebyeatingeverydamnedthing.
I actually have an interesting tidbit on that. You know how many kids despise eating some vegetables? Oxalic acid. Oxalic acid is something that your body doesn't like in high quantities, it actually makes things more bitter. A kid's body still reacts instinctively to this, and says "No, this is bad for me!" Check out the list, and have it sorted by amount of oxalic acid per 100 gram of the vegetable, and you'll see a correlation between oxalic acid and dislike by kids, which might imply that the oxalic acid does play a big part in it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxalic_acid (Note that while herbs like parsley and chives do have the most of the stuff, you rarely feed them to your kid directly in large quantities. If anything it is as an added bit, because they are spices.) As for trying to eat everything...that's a way of learning what a thing is. A releveant part of "what" is also "Is it edible?". You see that in other animals too. Some more successful than others.
Load More Replies...heh my son used to love his carrots, it was the only veggy he'd eat without "complaint" we accidentally turned him orange once (yes it happens) we took him to the doctor and the doctor just said cut back on the carrots and he'll be fine.
This is one of the reasons I don't use a high chair. I put my baby on my lap, put one arm under my left arm while holding the other hand. If I dare put her on a high chair I ask for food on my face, clothes, floor. And it's not that she doesn't like it or she is full. No, she thinks it's funny as she laughs while smacking my hand
changing the dress of baby n me after every meal is so frustrating as he mess everywhere
Still to this day..there is something different that all 5 sons wouldn't eat. Dinner time was a nightmare!
This is a picture I drew for my mom back in the 1970s. mommultita...e15c7f.jpg
love it. You even had the phone 'ring' and the pot putting steam. subtle. Genius!
Load More Replies...I know how this is. Multitasking between work duties, mommy duties and wife duties. By the end of the day you are too tired to have time for yourself. Sleeping in 2 hour intervals at night, because she has to have her midnight feeds, and still be the first to wake up in the morning to carry out your wife and mom duties. Women are so strong. I never thought I could handle this
Yes mother,house keeper ,rush to hospitals ,back home again ,sort tea ,leave to be switched on ,rush back to hospital sick child ,then home finish tea ,sort washing,cleaning, bath other two ,play then bed ,wake up all to do again and again for 11 yrs one or even two of my children in different hospitals ,I spent my life on bus,s ,trains ,home ,and lol stayed sain
I’m soooo lucky to have two boys who like vegetables more than I do. Broccoli, spinach, sprouts, anything. You name it, they eat it.
Oh for gods sake, get a life. Nobody cares if it’s spinach, broccoli, kale, Swiss chard or a frogging horse turd. It’s the illustration and the idea behind it that counts.
"How do you shave your legs 9 months pregnant?" First kid: Feel and pray Second kid: Shaved legs? What's that?
OMG... I love your comment so freaking much... With my second child I just say I'm wearing furry pantihose...
Load More Replies...I know of a husband that would set the shaving cream and razor on the side of the tub. Fill the tub with hot water and bubble bath. Then help his wife into the tub and let her soak. Then he would give her a scrub and then would shave her legs for her.
I didn't paint/shave what I couldn't see. Out of sight, out of mind.
Yes I remember my husband helped me paint my toe nails and to shower in the last months...😂
I used the vacuum hose to pick up things when I dropped them in my late trimesters. Also clogs are a pregnant woman's best friends.
With my first son I was lucky to be due in august (he was born on the 8th of september while it was really hot outside), so I wore flipflops all summer long.
Load More Replies...I can remember sitting a full dinner plate on my belly at 7 months along and still only weighed 105 pounds!
When I was little I hid my moms keys and forgot where I put them!😬😅
every NEW parent. we have 3 kids... we don't follow rules from books now. we just trust ourself
You are so right! My sister would throw any book I brought out the window. As a mother of 4 she just told me to breath and go with my gut. Best parenting advice ever!!!
Load More Replies...now they are teenagers ,I answer :go and ask gooogle !!!!!!!
When I was pregnant with my first we still had a water bed. Somehow I ended up in the middle of it on my back and I could not get up. I just figured I was going to have to wait till my husband got home.( very soon after that we got a new bed..)
Load More Replies...What do you mean? Just tell them they died. Everything dies. Might as well get to know that fact early in life, that way they don't end up wasting too much of their life on trivial things.
This is my opinion as well. My 5.5 year Old has had to deal with the deaths of my mother who she was extremely close to, as well as our 14 year old dog. I explained death in terms she could understand and she's adjusted quite well.
Load More Replies...I love the facial expression on the Mom here. This one is perfect!
replace, replace, replace. My daughter still thinks Goldie 5 is the original.
Mind my business thank me later forgive the god sing praises go for fishing tail nine brng the child home and win god send evil mind c bank p
Oh, shut up. These are supposed to be funny. No one is interested in your psyco-analogy.
No explained all properly , tears sad faces but they coped with truth
I told my 3 year old daughter that her puppy went to live with Superman to help him fight crime. 3 years later, she asked if he puppy was coming home since Superman died in the movie.
I don't think Eyeball has children. The first sentence is the give away.
I have 4 girls ages 12, 9, 6 and 16 months... and they are all very smart and good kids. They act out, and I deal with it in ways they can understand.
Load More Replies...I don't agree. Set the rules strict at first, and then ease up as the child shows they can behave responsibly. It worked fine for us - you have to be alpha, and make sure the young child knows that.
It isn't that hard. Get on their level. Explain things on their level. Repetition is key. Don't ever hit your kids. That will make them resent you, plus fear based parenting isn't parenting... it's ownership. You don't own your kids, you are their mentors.
I OWNED mine! I made it perfectly clear from the day he could understand English, I pay the mortgage, so it's my way or the highway! Today he is in his thirties and we are very close...no resentment at all.
Load More Replies...It's expected this comment would get negged in here but I grew up in the 80s when PC did not rule our lives. As I grew older, I actually appreciate the discipline my parents instilled in me and I didn't turn up too bad. Nowadays we have people going..oh you shouldn't do this and that but the same people complaining that kids these days lack mannerism. I wonder why.
Load More Replies...Right?! hahahah Speaking on behalf of all single moms.... we don't wantchya!
Load More Replies...All of my kids were before disposable diapers. So much fun rinsing, soaking and washing dirty cloth diapers....never enough to let the laundry go a day.
Reminds me of my mom and always having diapers soaking in the toilet in bleach or something like that.
Load More Replies...I have a baby brother and the first time we thought it would stink like in the movies, trust me, it doesn't.
It's okay not to have kids btw. If you WANT to have them then this is what you get. The Earth is overpopulated anyway.
And YES. I'm still very, very happy that I didn't have kids.
Load More Replies...So hell. This is pure hell? Yep, confirmation I'll never have a kid.
I can relate to most of these. Motherhood will never be easy, especially when you become one at an earlier age... But still I wouldn't trade it for anything, I have no regrets. It actually made me a better person. And a more beautiful one xD
I don't regret having mine either. Somehow, he makes it all worth it at the end of the day. He's 10 now and I still check up on him when he sleeps and smile to myself. Every little horror of those described here are totally true and incredibly worth it.
Load More Replies...Yet again another series that confirms childfree people to remain childfree and is a fun summary for actual parents. I think I saw one concerning that topic yesterday or day before. I get it's funny and a bit sarcastic and you have to have distance blah blah. But it also describes real situations, that people without children will not take as "YEAH I WANT TO BE THAT LADY TOO NOW"! SO CUTE!". It's not cute, it's ugly, depressing and flags a really big red sign for becoming a parent. Seeing that we often get content like that, it starts to ring a bell in the back of mind. Like this one time when I found out on BP that after childbirth I will most likely wear diaper-panties and pee myself uncontrollably. Something I definately would be better off not knowing until the time came ;)
I am 25 and I cannot see myself as being mum and after this post even more! Working and being mum is too much. Maybe you can share pics where having a baby is joy?
That's the problem - we get bombarded with "funny" content concerning parenting in this style shown here. And then we start to re-think the whole concept of having a baby, whether we like it, or not to be honest... I must admit that after a few years of seeing the "truth behind parenting" having a child isn;t so appealing anymore :P One would say: you can;t base your future experience on some articles and internet content! Sure I can, it's repetitive, is opinion-making and forging attitude... So all child-free people who agree again that they don;t want kids after seeing this can thank the people showing that ;)
Load More Replies...Between working, household chores and taking care of my daughter I feel this woman's pain!! Haha but that's what mommies are for :)
This is why I hate daddys who acted like kings and needed to be served after coming home from work. These task is. 24/7. You don't have break time, no fun chatting, no Friday night out, and who knows the rest of enjoyable opportunities at work. God bless Mommies :)
Load More Replies...I have full sympathy for moms. This is the reason why i made sure i earn enough to feed my wife and babies and she takes care of the home and built our future.
Good for you and for your family, that you are a responsible father! :) the love and work you invest will grow like seeds.
Load More Replies...And YES. I'm still very, very happy that I didn't have kids.
Load More Replies...So hell. This is pure hell? Yep, confirmation I'll never have a kid.
I can relate to most of these. Motherhood will never be easy, especially when you become one at an earlier age... But still I wouldn't trade it for anything, I have no regrets. It actually made me a better person. And a more beautiful one xD
I don't regret having mine either. Somehow, he makes it all worth it at the end of the day. He's 10 now and I still check up on him when he sleeps and smile to myself. Every little horror of those described here are totally true and incredibly worth it.
Load More Replies...Yet again another series that confirms childfree people to remain childfree and is a fun summary for actual parents. I think I saw one concerning that topic yesterday or day before. I get it's funny and a bit sarcastic and you have to have distance blah blah. But it also describes real situations, that people without children will not take as "YEAH I WANT TO BE THAT LADY TOO NOW"! SO CUTE!". It's not cute, it's ugly, depressing and flags a really big red sign for becoming a parent. Seeing that we often get content like that, it starts to ring a bell in the back of mind. Like this one time when I found out on BP that after childbirth I will most likely wear diaper-panties and pee myself uncontrollably. Something I definately would be better off not knowing until the time came ;)
I am 25 and I cannot see myself as being mum and after this post even more! Working and being mum is too much. Maybe you can share pics where having a baby is joy?
That's the problem - we get bombarded with "funny" content concerning parenting in this style shown here. And then we start to re-think the whole concept of having a baby, whether we like it, or not to be honest... I must admit that after a few years of seeing the "truth behind parenting" having a child isn;t so appealing anymore :P One would say: you can;t base your future experience on some articles and internet content! Sure I can, it's repetitive, is opinion-making and forging attitude... So all child-free people who agree again that they don;t want kids after seeing this can thank the people showing that ;)
Load More Replies...Between working, household chores and taking care of my daughter I feel this woman's pain!! Haha but that's what mommies are for :)
This is why I hate daddys who acted like kings and needed to be served after coming home from work. These task is. 24/7. You don't have break time, no fun chatting, no Friday night out, and who knows the rest of enjoyable opportunities at work. God bless Mommies :)
Load More Replies...I have full sympathy for moms. This is the reason why i made sure i earn enough to feed my wife and babies and she takes care of the home and built our future.
Good for you and for your family, that you are a responsible father! :) the love and work you invest will grow like seeds.
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