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    Quotables April 24-30: Parenting—the Struggle is Real

    Quotables April 24-30: Parenting—the Struggle is Real

    By Meredith Hirt

    Join us on Fridays for Quotables, everything that caught our eye this week on the web. This week, we take a look at the nitty gritty side of parenting. From messy eaters to forgetting to pack diapers, we've all been there...the struggle is real.

     

     

    #MyKidCantEatThis because the bread is too curvy. - @megan_justine29

    A photo posted by My Kid Can't Eat This (@mykidcanteatthis) onApr 30, 2015 at 8:50pm PDT
    #MyKidCantEatThis because the bread is too curvy. -@megan_justine29

    From the picky eaters...

     

     

     

    no words  #lilahbeatrice

    A video posted by Ana Fritsch (@luckypennyblog) onApr 30, 2015 at 5:47pm PDT
    no words  #lilahbeatrice

    To the messy eaters...

     

     

    Me: Whoo Hoo!!! I'm on a field trip with my boy!! I'm a chaperone & taking my job seriously

    Boy: When's lunch?

    To those who just want to EAT.

     

     

     

    So fun! #RealMomProblems #BestBuyMom #mom2summit

    A photo posted by Joey Fortman (@joeyfortman) onApr 30, 2015 at 2:40pm PDT

    So fun! #RealMomProblems #BestBuyMom #mom2summit

    What are your #RealMomProblems?

     

     

     i think my purse needs a purse.

    Anyone walking around with a wheeled suitcase yet?

     

     

    "Because of my medication, I’m able to live a fuller life. I’m able to engage with my children, to enjoy my children. If that doesn’t make me a better mother, I don’t know what does."
    —A mother of two in "Taking Antidepressants Doesn't Make Me a Bad Mother" on Babble

    Powerful personal essay on parenting while on medication.

     

     

     

    Sooo, I just found all of this behind my radiator. Excellent.

    A photo posted by Tracy B. (@nystoopmama) onApr 30, 2015 at 4:37pm PDT
    Sooo, I just found all of this behind my radiator. Excellent.

    At least the kids are hiding the stuffed versions and not the real foods.

     

     

    That moment when you decide to not use a changing pad and your baby pees all over your bed

    Been there.

     

     

    parenting advice books
    —Featured on pg. 117 of the hilarious Marriage: Illustrated with Crappy Pictures by Amber Dusick (Harlequin)

    Step away from the parenting manual. 

     

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