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10 funny quotes about motherhood, parenting, and raising kids

“I didn’t fully wrap my head around the fact that there would be a person at the end of it. I read endlessly about pregnancy and what to eat and what not to eat. And then I sort of prepared not at all for the actual baby.”
— Ellie Kemper


“No one told me I’d be coming home in diapers, too.” — Chrissy Teigen


“Parenting is a lot like the bar scene: everyone is yelling, everything is sticky, it’s the same music over and over again, and occasionally pukes.” — Rookie Moms


“You know life has changed when going to the grocery store by yourself is a vacation.” — unknown


“Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing up is like shoveling the sidewalk before it stops snowing.”
— Phyllis Diller


“A 3-year-old is basically a walking, talking middle finger.” — Amy Dillon


“My friends make me feel dumb now. They’re talking about Syria and Egypt, and I’m just, like, ‘Oscar was out of control on “Sesame Street.” He was extra-grouchy today.’” — Wanda Sykes


“Once you have kids you never pee by yourself again.” — Jennifer Garner


“Parenting is F**King hard.” — Adele


“When your children are teenagers, it’s important to have a dog so that someone in the house is happy to see you.”
— Nora Ephron

Amy Cuevas Schroeder is the founder and CEO of The Midst. By day, she works full time on the Atlassian AI team. By night, she's building The Midst to empower women in their late 30s to 50s. She started her first business, Venus Zine, in her dorm room at Michigan State University, and later sold the company. She now lives in the Phoenix area, and is raising twin girls with her husband, Martin, a therapist. Between Venus and The Midst, she's worked as a content leader for Etsy, Minted, Unusual Ventures, Grow Therapy, and has written for NYLON, Pitchfork, The Startup, West Elm, and more. Subscribe to The Midst newsletter for exclusive content that you can't get on the-midst.com here on The Midst Substack.

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