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By the hilarious Grace Farris.
P.S. Classic mom advice and social distancing thoughts.
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as someone going through years of infertility treatments and still no baby….another thing to remember is how many women would do anything to be in your shoes…
With an infant and a 5yo, ALL of this is so true right now. Just a phase of our little family’s life. Trying to be present for it (within a sad and scary phase for our country/world). Love to all the parents out there. ❤️
Lovely reminder that I’m not alone while nursing my newborn in the middle of the night… I started to listen to the Harry Potter audiobooks to get me through; it sure makes being awake not so hard!
Also, put your phone down so you can go back to sleep.
Hahaha!
This is great! I remember being a first-time mom, being up at 3am with my baby, both of us crying, and thinking, “Fuck, this is isn’t what I signed up for. I can’t do this forever.” And what’s great is that it’s not forever, just a little while, and then it’s on to the next thing. But you’re a little bit stronger and wiser because you’ve made it through the previous phases. As each phase ends, I’m glad that it’s done, but still a little sad to see it go.
This makes me think of Billy Collins’ The Lanyard.
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50975/the-lanyard
Makes me laugh-cry every time.
Does she sell prints?!
And one day, in the not so far future, that baby will be a toddler and will lay her head in your lap and say “I wuv you” for no reason at all. Doesn’t make those nights any easier, but maybe sweeter?
Thank you Grace! So true. It’s all a phase. Thanks for these beautiful, heartfelt and funny cartoons, I love them!
Ah! Can you see me?!
lol! mine are 5, 7, 9 and this rings so true. funny because it’s true!! for you new moms out there – this is what’s coming!!
“BUT I WANTED BLIPPI DUMP TRUUUUUUCKS!!!”
“noooo! not that one!!!!”
we must be in a similar stage haha!
I get how sweet and funny and supportive this is meant to be, but the part about “if you’re lucky!” your kid will be able to talk to you is kind of painful, especially on the heels of the last essay by a mom of a profoundly disabled daughter. Not everyone gets to be so “lucky.”
Oh this is so sweet! My first-born was this baby up all night long, and all day long for the first 2 years of his life. He is now a teenager who socializes on video games and is up all night long now hanging with his friends!
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