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The first five years of your child's life are crucial for setting them up for a lifetime of success - but where do new parents go to seek expert advice, parenting tips, and information on child development during the early years?

Being a parent is not easy! Many moms struggle with self-worth and self-confidence. Here are 20 positive affirmations that can help any mom.

If you find yourself struggling to pull yourself out of bed in the mornings, you’re not alone! Many moms deal with fatigue and sleep deprivation, especially in the newborn months.

Labor and delivery is hard work - but it shouldn’t just be the mother’s job to bring a new baby into the world! Spouses, partners, friends, or family members can be great assistants during a mother’s labor, and it’s important to rally around a mother as she faces the momentous task of birthing a baby.

I started setting my own milestones that excited me just as much but I would have overlooked if she hadn’t had special needs. Her first year taught me a lot and there are a few regrets I wish I had done prior to having her.

You make it hard to have a child. You show up with all these preconceived notions at every angle of the process. I'm simply confused, society. What do you want from us as parents?

"You didn't have to accept me. In fact, I am the exact opposite of what you expected and it would have been easy to blame me for the choices your son made after meeting me."

For most of our life, we thought we didn’t want to have a child. We were about 98% sure it wasn’t for us, but that 2% expanded when we found the right partner.

Being a mom isn’t easy. Mothers are constantly scrutinized for almost every parenting decision they make, from small choices to big ones.

"Before I had kids, I made all sorts of promises I now realize I shouldn't have made even though I meant it at the time. These promises and my continually canceling plans make me seem like the worst—the worst friend."

You find yourself losing control of the mood swings and the aching even feel worse. You decide to start charting your symptoms and find that they happen half the month- from around the time you would be ovulating to right after your period starts.

"Every now and again, you comment about the state of our household being consistently out of order. While I don't blame you, I think you blame me."