How do you put into words an experience that has no rules, knows no bounds and can change at the drop of a hat? Sometimes, there are no words. You just find yourself sitting and staring into space with chaos happening around you. Sound familiar?
Perfect for when mom needs a time-out.
If you are juggling work, kids, and everything in between, you’re not alone! Motherhood is an incredible journey filled with heartwarming moments, hilarious chaos, and maybe even a few meltdowns (and not just from your little ones).
Finding relatable quotes not only work to make you laugh but gives you the opportunity to realize there are mothers out there facing, if not the same, similar struggles as you do on a daily basis. We’ve compiled a list of mom quotes to help you find the perfect words to express the joys, struggles and triumphs of motherhood.
- Coffee in one hand, confidence in the other. This is how we mom.
2. Building tiny humans, one mom hug at a time.
3. My messy hair is a symbol of my mom life.
4. Not all heroes wear capes. Some wear mom buns, crocs and spit-up covered shirts.
5. How to raise a strong child? Start by being a good enough mom. It’ll be your best.
6. Motherhood is a messy masterpiece. Embrace the beautiful chaos. Your child lives for your hugs.
7. Sleep deprivation is the new black…eye circles, that is.
8. Mom guilt? More like a constant companion. Hello, old friend.
9. Raising toddlers is learning and finding 500 new ways to say no without actually saying the word.
10. Motherhood: Where your kids test your patience daily and you learn love knows no bounds.
11. From boogers to strange brown smudges, motherhood is an adventure.
12. Sunshine on my face, milk spills on my shirt. Just another beautiful day of motherhood.
13. My child is an expert at hide-and-seek. Especially when it comes to making the remote or your keys disappear.
14. I used to think silence was golden. Now it just means I need to start panicking because my toddler is probably up to something sneaky.
15. My threat of a “time-out” has somehow morphed into me needing a time-out in the bathroom…with wine.
16. Apparently being a mom means explaining to a small human why they can’t launch themselves off the back of the couch…again.
17. My superpower? Turning a meltdown in the grocery store into a ‘learning experience’ about patience…for myself.
18. Becoming a mom means watching your heart walk around outside your body, usually covered in crumbs or dirt, usually both.
19. Motherhood: where ‘sleeping in’ means getting up after 6 am.
20. Being a mom means mastering the art of placing a full grocery cart’s worth of items on the conveyor belt with one hand while holding a toddler with the other.
21. Behind every great child is a mom pretty sure she’s screwing it all up.
22. The biggest surprise about motherhood was learning that the terrible twos don’t end when they get to three, or four, or five.
23. A mother’s love is endless. So is her child’s ability to push every button she has.
24. In the end, kids won’t remember that fancy toy or game you bought them, they will remember the time you spent with them… or that time you ate the last cookie.
25. Welcome to motherhood. The only place you can experience heaven and hell at the same time.
26. Raising kids is like a walk in the park. If that park is haunted. And you’re blindfolded. And there are no paths.
27. Motherhood is a walk in the park, but the park looks a little Jurassic.
28. Motherhood: Powered by love. Fueled by coffee. Sustained by wine.
29. A mother is a fairy, she can turn a scream into a giggle, a tear into a smile, and a moment of madness into a memory of love.
30. The joy of motherhood comes in moments. There will be hard and frustrating times, but amid the challenges, there are shining moments of joy and satisfaction.
These snippets of wisdom, humor, and love offer a glimpse into the shared experience of mothers everywhere, reminding us that we are not alone in our feelings of bewildered awe and exasperated affection.
You’ll also find that with these relatable mom quotes, there are no set rules to motherhood. You just make up your own rules and guidelines as you go and try to make it through each day.
Look back at these quotes and remind yourself that even though humor is present in many of them, they are also real struggles and experiences that we as moms face daily. For mom’s ache… for moms do ache.
