“My favorite thing about being a mom is just what a better person it makes you on a daily basis.”
MORNING LAZZINESS
“Little souls find their way to you whether they’re from your womb or someone else’s.”
MORNING LAZZINESS
“You don’t ever balance it completely. [Motherhood] is a constant struggle of a little more time there, a little more time here, and feeling a little bit guilty all the time.”
MORNING LAZZINESS
“Sometimes, when I want to take on the world, I try to remember that it’s just as important to sit down and ask my son how he’s feeling or talk to him about life.”
MORNING LAZZINESS
“You’re going to get advice from a lot of people, and you can take bits and pieces, but you know innately what your child needs. You should trust that.”
MORNING LAZZINESS
“Having a baby is just living in the constant unexpected. You never know when you’re gonna get crapped on or when you’re gonna get a big smile or when that smile immediately turns into hysterics.”
MORNING LAZZINESS
“Only I can understand my kid. She’s like ‘BDIDKDKODKDHJXUDHEJSLOSJDHDUSJMSOZUZUSJSIXOJ’ and I’m like, ‘OK, I will get you a piece of sausage in just a minute.'”
MORNING LAZZINESS
“Becoming a mother has made me next-level confident. I’ve never felt more empowered.”
MORNING LAZZINESS
“I can be covered in spit-up on a conference call while I’m pumping and that’s OK because this is my perfect. It may not be somebody else’s, but this is mine.”
MORNING LAZZINESS
“Nothing can really prepare you for it because you never again have a day where you don’t think of your kids first.”
MORNING LAZZINESS
“We have rules around the house. I always say, if you’re not yelling at your kids, you’re not spending enough time with them.”
MORNING LAZZINESS
“I think twice about traveling now, because it needs to be for a damn good reason if I’m going to leave my kid.”
MORNING LAZZINESS
“You have those moments: exhaustion, the stress of having an exuberant child, and you don’t want to be judged by your worst mistakes. It’s a part of life, and it’s a part of what makes us who we are.”
MORNING LAZZINESS
“I use humor instead of getting into that whole yes and no thing all the time. It’s about just getting them to laugh rather than getting in power struggles.”
MORNING LAZZINESS