20 Reasons ALL Moms Are Hot Messes

Let’s be honest.

Being a Mom is hard.

Throughout the day you put on several hats as you transition from personal assistant to taxi service to professional sanitation specialist. It can be a pretty messy business.

Finding yourself knee deep in diapers and laundry can cause you to wonder how the other “perfect” moms manage it all without even smearing their mascara.

After speaking with hundreds of moms about how they live up to societal expectations of being able to do everything and do it with a smile, I have found that the only way to be the best is to embrace the mess.

That’s right, all moms are hot messes…some are just better at hiding it.

We all have imperfections even if our social media accounts appear perfect, we all have those days when everything just goes wrong and all we want to do is spend some quality time with a half pint of rocky road with our hair in a bun.

Here are just 20 Reasons ALL Moms Are Hot Messes:

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1. You have a sleeping disorder… it’s called children.

2. You sport yoga pants and a t-shirt and don’t even worry about it. You know that nobody will ever know if you just woke up or if you just got off a treadmill?

3. You let your kid wear goggles, a tutu and a star wars mask to Target, just because you are late and need to get out the door.

4. Your dryer is officially your dresser.

5. You make up songs about poop.

6. You sleep with a toddler that kicks you in the face.

7. Even though you just bought a trunk full of groceries, you order pizza for dinner because frankly, you are too tired from buying all of the groceries.

8. After which, you will break your arms by carrying 17 grocery bags before making two trips.

9. You can shower, do your hair and put on your makeup in less than 10 minutes, with an audience.

10. You need a magnifying glass to see the list of people you trust to babysit your child, thus resulting in always having them and never getting a break.

11. You eat chocolate in closets.

12. Your purse weighs twenty-five pounds and you have no idea what is inside of the bottomless pit.

13. You get out of the house after being inside for a few days and you feel like Rapunzel escaping her tower and seeing the outdoors for the first time in forever.

14. You consider chewing your food a luxury.

15. You believe baby wipes can clean your whole house and car.

16. You smell your shirt to see if it’s acceptable to wear for the third day in a row… and of course decide, it is totally fine as long as there is no poop on it.

17. When talking to adults, you still refer to the bathroom as a “potty.”   

18. You would rather sleep than…well, than pretty much do anything.

19. When you say “I am going to bed” it actually means picking up toys, putting away dishes, turning the dishwasher on, locking the back doors, turning off the lights taking off your makeup, brushing your teeth, and laying in bed thinking about the the things you were supposed to get to today, but were too busy for.

20. You have never been so exhausted, but you have never felt so rewarded.

Danielle is the owner of Today's the Best Day. She strives to provide creative and uplifting content in order to enrich the parenting experience for women everywhere. Danielle hopes to help you and your family to make every day the best day!

November 9, 2015 by Danielle Davis | 3 Comments