I wanted to find some quotes that gave a little inspiration on the whole parenting journey – even though I think “Shit Happens” pretty much covers it.
Here are just a few of the quotes I found that made me nod, but let me know if you’ve come across any that fit the bill too.
Enjoy!
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i found some interesting Pregnancy Quotes here: http://youparenting.com/top-20-beautiful-pregnancy-quotes/
Thank for sharing! I loved these so much I pinned them to my board for The Young Parent!
Nice collection. I like this quote very much "A baby fills a place in your heart that you never knew was empty.”
i love this list , glad i stumbled on it 🙂
The best heritage we can give to our children is to teach team to be happy, independent, self confident, generous and humble.
This is so true! Babies really make the future worth living for! I just got back to work from a long maternity leave and each day after work, no matter how busy it has been I leave work excited, because I'm going home to get cuddles… they're just so special… 🙂
Love the one by Theresa Bloomingdale about grandmas! It's so true! Grandparents love spoiling, taking care and going gaga over their grandkids because they don't have any responsibility other than that, right? Thanks for all these fun, inspiring quotes!
Love these quotes and sayings, I will be sure to look back at these on a tough day! When I was pregnant I made lots of things for my baby, it was great therapy. I felt like it was a new chapter in my life and it was a good time to re-invent myself. In the end I started my own business xx
I was watching "The Back-Up Plan" the other day. And the scene where her boyfriend was talking to a dad of 3 kids in the park? It perfectly fits this blog post! The father was telling the boyfriend (and about-to-be-dad) that parenthood is awful-awful-awful-awful… and then something special happens. It's so true!!!
Parenthood truly is hell and heaven at the same time 🙂 But the heaven is worth the hell.
Paula
I'm pinning this! Tks!
Thank you for this post – after a very rough day with my 1 month old and 13 month old, it was very nice to come here and be reminded of how wonderful being a mother really is.
What a great site! I love this blog.
thank you for the list, my favorite is "Never let a problem to be solved become more important that a person to be loved" is my favorite one 🙂
Great collection of funny and heart-warming quotes! The quote about "sleeping like a baby" really made me LOL. Thanks for sharing them 🙂
A few days after my daughter was born my midwife said 'It never gets any better, it just changes'. It sounds pessimistic at first but it was her advice to stop me from doing the 'it will get better when…' thinking I was doing, because I was failing to appreciate the things that are uniquely joyous about each stage.
Eleanor Roosevelt rocks, "Do what you feel is best, for you will be criticized for it anyway." Am crocheting that on pillows and sending one to my mother in law and one to my grandmother in law. Suck on that bitches.
I love your Thomas S. Monson quote- he is an amazing person. But these are all beautiful!
I saw this one and thought it was beautiful. My eyes got all misty when I read it.
"Babies are bits of star-dust blown from the hand of God. Lucky the woman who knows the pangs of birth for she has held a star." ~Larry Barretto
You know, I'd much rather read these and feel happy that I'm pregnant than hear what I've been hearing. Those two quotes are "enjoy it while it lasts" and "it only gets worse."
Those drive me crazy too. It’s not true that it only gets worse! My oldest is only three and a half, but the first few months of his life were by far the hardest part. all the work and sleep deprivation with little feedback. And then things start to fall into a routine, you start getting some more sleep, and you get the first real smiles and laughs.
Great collection! These are all so true.
Shit happens. Under your nails. Sprayed on the wall. Behind his knee rolls. On the living room floor. It just does.
ha! i like that last one. when you get puked on for the 3rd time in an hour, sometimes you gotta just laugh and take life's little joke.
Treat others as you wish to be treated. One day they will choose your nursing home.