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Hello! Welcome to the deep innermost thoughts of my mothering experience. Sometimes serious, sometimes funny and hopefully occasionally relatable. Tell me it's not just me!

I started drawing these to keep my creativity alive while I was on maternity leave with my second child. It was a way to document my observations, my thoughts and the ridiculous things my kids did and said (because with the little sleep I was getting there was no way I would remember it all). It's now become a more public project with mums from all over the world nodding along and saying ‘me too’.

I hope these drawings bring a smile to other parents' faces and let everyone know that they aren’t alone.

More info: Instagram

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    BusLady
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's true. You are the center of their world.

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

    insomniacs and night owls are with you too (as well as other parents of course)

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    Melody Shanahan-Kluth
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    this makes me so sad - it is exactly what life is like :( :( My children are all grown up and I miss them desperately

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    Alia G.
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Charlie and Lola" gave me an accent when I was little.

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    BusLady
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Take better care of myself" We always seem to put that on the back burner.

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    Ruth Beaty
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Which is why little kids should have pockets, and moms should remember to empty them at wash time. Oh, the things I found...

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    Daria B
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    7 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't forget documents, taxes and bank account managements. Those administrative things make me feel very much like an adult. Once I have to do these myself, I realised I took it for granted that my parents did it for us kids.

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    Helena Ruth
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ditto, two kids in two years, no problem getting back in my skinny jeans

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    BusLady
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    After 1 bite of onion, he'll be asking "Where's that cake?"

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    Kjorn
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    we solve that problem at home... we don't iron

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    BusLady
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There have always been mothers. :-)

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    BusLady
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Too bad more parents don't teach it.

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    BusLady
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I better write that down before I forget it...

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    BusLady
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    With the first baby, it's every "word" they utter, every new tooth, when you trim their nails, cut their hair...

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    Nikki D
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hope you don't mind if I print this out to go on my fridge!

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

    Don't worry, now they're "in"

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    BusLady
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She's not like me. She's a girl.

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    BusLady
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You never know what other people are going through. 😥

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    Amanda Ford
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always locked the door. This has always been a line for me. I pee alone! Sometimes, with 4 girls in 5 years, it was the only quiet time I got all day! That 2 minutes of peace kept me going for another hour before I took another bathroom break.

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    I'll hide and you seek. You shall never find me.

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

    We're all grumpy when we're hungry. 😩😡

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    I only shave if I am going to be wearing a dress. 😉

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    Emz
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love all comics in BP. This style is so cute!

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    snoozy womble
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    We are going through a meowing stage...he expects me to meow back...we're basically cats now

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

    You could have drank the whole bottle while you were reading all that.

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    Whenever I get my nails done I always feel so much more put together.

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    So much to think about...So many decisions...

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    Many parents quickly feel the need to protect their newborn child, but that is not the same thing as bonding and loving. Many parents (mothers especially) feel guilty if they don't experience this instant love rush, that they heard so much about, but it's totally normal. It can take time to bond and start having true and deep feelings of love for your baby and that's OK.

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    My oldest child's first words were Da Da Da Da Da..... I was at home with him all day while hid Da was at work.

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    Leaving my son at daycare and he's be screaming, crying -- driving to work I'd have to pull the car over I'd be sobbing, call the daycare, "Oh, he stopped right after you left."

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    Yes, Mummy wants to get some sleep tonight.

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    Big or small, her house is full of love.

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    BusLady
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    I play games on my phone. It helps me to get sleepy.

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    I like the one about the burger.

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    Didn't have Google in my day. How helpful that would have been.

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    Tantrum is tantrum. No matter if boy or girl

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    Really, why ARE the couch cushions always on the floor?!

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    I was NEVER going to let my kid in the bed......she spends half the night in our bed.

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    I'm a grandmother now and somethings never change...

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    Shouldn't he be helping them before they fall ?

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    Lucida
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I believe, kids have too much saying nowadays and I don't think it makes them happier, rather the opposite. Stressed parents with too much to do, too much to live up to, etc., don't have the energy to take a conflict with their child. They already have a bad conscience, wondering if they are good enough parents, and so they don't want to see their child unsatisfied and unhappy, so instead they do anything to please their child, but I believe a child will feel more satisfied by strikly set boundaries.

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