5 Things Moms Should No Longer Feel Guilty About

Hello there, Moms.

I see you out there, doing your thing and being all confident and owning motherhood like a boss. Not a lady boss, but a straight up b-o-double-s BOSS. Then, comes along and steals your joy. It creeps up on you, slaps you on the face, and leaves you wretched with remorse, shame, and despair. That’s right. I am talking about “Mom Guilt.” There is already a laundry list of things for you to feel guilty about. I am not here to tack on a few more. I am here, instead, to remove some.

These are five feelings that you should absolutely not let “Mom Guilt” rule over anymore.

1. Feeling bad that it’s not that bad.

When I got pregnant, the “Just Wait” people came out in full force. They would catch me doing something as simple as reading or as big as attending an out of town wedding.

“Just wait until you have the baby, you won’t be able to read like you do now.” “Ha, you go to all these weddings now. Well, just wait until you have a baby. You won’t be able to anymore.” “You better sleep now because just wait until you have the baby. You’ll never sleep again.”

Then, I would swear they would sprout devil horns and laugh manically as I trembled in fear and utter anxiety, getting joy out of the fact that the spawn inside of me…