“It’s like living your life as a victim in a prank show.”

"The worst part of it for me is that they are the ones that got you sick, but by the time you’re sick, they’re not all snuggly and wanting to watch movies anymore… They’re back to 100% energy, READY TO RAGE, LET’S GO TO THE PARK!!!!!"

"Our entire household got COVID at the same time! The toddler recovered after TWO days. Hubby and I were sick for two weeks... That was fun. No sleeping in, no naps, no rest whatsoever. We had a tiny human who needed us."

"100% agree. Facing struggles on a day-to-day basis, like ‘where are your shoes?’ or ‘what do you mean the bathroom handle just broke off? ’One time, my son pulled out a drawer, rummaged through, closed it with force, and somehow managed to close the door behind him in a way that the drawer pushed out enough to block the door. I had to literally saw a small part of the door off to get the drawer shut enough to be able to get back into the room. I mean, I couldn't recreate that if I tried."

"My best friend had this same reaction when she had her son. Discharge day, they were handing her giant stacks of instructions on how to care for her C-section incision, but for the baby? Nothing. She finally lifted up her son and was like, ‘Okay, but what do I do with him???’ And the nurse just shrugged and said, ‘You’ll figure it out.’"

"Like, one moment I would look at him fumbling while trying too hard to braid our little girl’s hair and be all, ‘Oh, how sweet, I so married the right man,’ and then he turns around and buys the wrong type of wet wipes and I want to scratch his damn eyeballs out. Then he offers to take the kids out so I can have a break, and I’m like, ‘Damn, I am a massive bitch.’

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