06/02/2026
Some comments people make to moms stay with you way longer than they probably realize.
Maybe because becoming a mom is already such a vulnerable time. Youâre exhausted, overwhelmed, trying to figure everything out, probably doubting yourself already and then people say stuff that just lands wrong.
And I donât even think most people mean harm. Sometimes theyâre trying to help. Sometimes they just repeat what was said to them.
But still.I hear moms talk about this all the time.
Iâm Eszter, a maternal mental health therapist and mom of two, and some of the things moms carry around are not just sleep deprivation or overwhelm but random comments someone made when they were already struggling.
Whatâs something someone said to you after becoming a mom that you still remember?
The good, the bad, the completely unnecessary đ
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