It has become very easy to compare ourselves as parents to other parents, so for me seeing people’s clean houses and clean children, makes me feel like I’m failing somehow.

Then there are the constant questions: Am I getting it right? Am I messing my children up? Are they eating enough/too much? Are they happy? Are they hitting whatever milestone? And so on.

Then there is the advice from family and friends… “Oh you should be doing this.. or that….”

Then there is the weight of expectation, and the Mum guilt and the judgements from others

And then add into the mix, actually doing it, sleepless nights, the logistics, financial stuff, the exhaustion, pressure on your relationship, keeping little people alive, safe, happy etc, teaching them to be all the good things and none of the bad things

And that’s just the stuff I can think of, of the top of my head, and it’s kind of taboo to talk about how hard it is, so you keep it to yourself, and feel like you’re the only one experiencing this, because all you can see is the perfect Instagram families, and everyone trying to fit that mould.