1,337 Quotes About Motherhood

People say the day your baby is born is the happiest day of your life. It certainly is for the dads. Call me crazy if you want, but the day I watched my doctor sew stitches into my torn vagina was not my favorite.

Every year when I take my girls in for their yearly checkup, the nurse hands me a questionnaire about their upbringing. It asks how many fruits and vegetables they eat, how much TV they watch, how much I read to them, how much physical exercise they get, etc.Each time I see the questionnaire, I laugh and think, “Yeah. I’m not answering any of these questions honestly.

Me: “Grace, what is that white stuff all over your face and arms?”Grace: “I don’t know. It isn’t Daddy’s birthday cake.

Me: “Oh no, it looks like the TV is broken.”Rose: “We need to move.

Look, girls, the Easter bunny is here at the mall," I said. "Do you want to go say hello?”Rose peeked over the picket fence around the photo area. She cocked an eyebrow. “Mom,” she said, “Why is the Easter Bunny hiding inside that scary costume?

A woman raises a boy into a man, loving him so intensely that her commitment finally repulses him.

If you can't afford to give your child the right to pursue their dreams, you have no right to breed.

Let the infant make his first steps on his own; the first urge to walk, just like that of being, must come from him or her alone. - Primal Rule of Parenthood

In preparation for motherhood, I read books, I watched people around me, and I learned what to do but also what not to do. I quickly realized that my schooling and tertiary education did little to prepare me for being a parent. I even attended antenatal classes to prepare for the birth, but that is where it ended. When my baby was handed to me after delivery, I never received a manual. Oh, how I wished they came with one!