07.05.2025
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5 min reading 25 Pictures of What Motherhood Really Looks Like
What job do you consider the most difficult and responsible? A president who leads an entire country, a bank director, or a school teacher? Nathalie Jomar, an artist and illustrator, disagrees. She believes that the most important and hardest job in the world is that of a mother. The Frenchwoman created a whole series of funny and honest illustrations to prove this to the whole world.
Natalie depicted all the problems that every woman faces immediately after giving birth and then at different stages of motherhood: how her body changes beyond recognition after childbirth, how going to the bathroom alone becomes a luxury, how the first breastfeeding and potty training occur.
These drawings are about what motherhood really looks like, and also about how hard the job of a mother, which we take for granted, really is.
1. The first breastfeeding is an unforgettable experience
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2. Mom can't even rest in the toilet
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3. A beautiful Sunday morning when you are pulled out of bed at 5 o'clock
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4. Trying to get into old things ends in failure
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5. The main thing is to pretend that nothing is happening
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6. Sex with a man? Forget it.
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7. When advice from thick books doesn't help, mom finds her own approach
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8. How could just one child be so naughty?
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9. How painful those little hands can be!
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10. No book says that the best toys are toilet paper and mom's shoes.
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11. A thousand things in your hands? Yes, no problem!
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12. First bikini fitting after giving birth
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13. Potty training is a messy business.
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14. Protecting your baby from the sun on the beach is the main task
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15. Feeding: a test for both
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16. Multitasking: Home or Work? Both!
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17. Although sometimes it ends that way
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18. Lead by example, even if you have to eat the hated broccoli.
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19. Reaching your feet during pregnancy is not an easy task.
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20. Lost something important? Look in the most unusual places
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21. Are you absolutely sure that the answers to all questions are in the books?
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22. I am a balloon
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23. You never know what to do when a pet dies.
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24. The right to power in the family also needs to be defended
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25. How many books and instructions does a mother need to read to change a diaper for the first time?
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Motherhood is an extremely complex and at the same time beautiful experience. It is a path that is full of both joys and difficulties. It is important to remember that every moment of motherhood is unique and unrepeatable. There is no need to idealize it, because the reality often turns out to be completely different. However, it is in this reality that all the beauty and depth of motherhood lies, and every mother learns to be the best for her child.
The editorial opinion may not coincide with the opinion of the author of the article.
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