Top 25 Photos From the Instagram #parentingforreal Photo Challenge
My favorite Fern photo of the challenge, taken after she learned a new trick: taking off her diaper and peeing all over the place. #parentingforreal
This past week a number of you joined in on the Instagram baby photo challenge that I proposed and it was so much fun!
All week long I looked forward to sharing in the real-life moments you experienced with your little ones and I know that many of you felt the same. I received many comments and e-mails from people who found the challenge to be a source of encouragement for them, because they thought everyone else had it all together and they felt better knowing that we all have our ups, downs, joys and struggles.
It seems like the #parentingforreal hashtag really caught on and gave us all a bit of solidarity in parenting which is most definitely a good thing.
And now, here are my top 25 favorite photos from the challenge….
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From: emop
After commenting on how impressive the photo of her 5 month old standing unassisted was Erin responded, "Here is the truth! She stood long enough for 12 snapshots and then I just barely caught her!"
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From: danniremender
"See this sweet moment of my baby falling asleep? I'm actually checking instagram and wishing he would hurry up and fall asleep so I can shower and clean the cat litter."
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From: definingtabitha
"Using my son's bib to clean up the spill from my bloody mary."
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From: rynomiandtheboys
"Ryan just sent me this picture from the park. Oliver is pissed that Arlo had to come and he won't get out of the stroller. I'm glad I wasn't invited to boy's time today hahaha!"
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From: clairevoisine
"Trying to take a sweet sleeping baby photo, then realizing I left the flash on. Angry baby cries ensued."
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From: britmann
"For the other moms out there: a photo of my house and the toddler who I just found playing in a puddle of her own pee."
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From: krysblue
"Deadlines + Baby = #parentingforreal"
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From: sarahhanns
"The iPhone tug-of-war."
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From: emosser
"Dried food, Legos, burp cloths, baby carriers... I think it's time to clean the car."
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From: threewildthings
"9:15 PM. We're that crazy family who decides to grocery shop five minutes before the store closes. The baby is sucking on the shopping cart handle and clearly I don't care, Spiderman is having a semi-conniption for some unknown reason and the oldest is mad because I told him to get off the back of the shopping cart for the tenth time."
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From: mrswatson
"Woke up to the baby screaming. Picked her up and she burped & threw up down my front. Nice."
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From: ykpettengill
"He learned how to take off his new shades. So glad I spent 20 bucks for yet another teething toy."
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From: echoziel
"Unmade beds, ragamuffin kids, door being slammed in my face when I ask for a photo."
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From: amandanewell
"My $6 crock pot meal that has 3 ingredients and looks like barf because I don't have time to care what my food looks like :)."
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From: lifeat1521
"I made ooblek to play with and thought he'd be really excited...but once he touched it he immediately had to wash his hands because they were dirty. No it's cool Bennett, I'm glad I just spent the last 10 minutes stirring it to get all the lumps out."
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From: kaciecollection
"I sure hope we don't need the bribery and earplugs for our fellow (airplane) passengers but we got 'em just in case."
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From: deelitt
"After 2 meltdowns this morning, I decided to let him stay in his {mismatched} PJs all day. And after telling him to get down 50+ times, I'm going to watch as he hangs out on top of the table."
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From: happywife_happylife
"This picure does not belong on #pinterest! No dark-out curtains, this is how we make shift our way to peaceful and longer naps."
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From: misskatem
"In a wedding 4 months postpartum = this little number."
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From: ali_fiff
"'Making a poopy' #pottytraining"
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From: mnm3505
"They eat. I eat. #makingeverysecondcount"
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From: pakcitychick
"Dad didn't secure the diaper straps before nap time. We were all rudely awakened by a baby with a fistful of poop."
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From: jennjhall
"Cute picture until I realized that I had forgotten to buckle him into his carseat!! I just about cried."
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From: clairevoisine
"Epic mom to mom texting from @thelittlethingswedo."
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From: steviekenyon
"In every crazy day there are little snippets that feel so calm."
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Thank you all for joining in on this photo challenge! I hope to see more #parentingforreal moments from time to time even though the challenge is over, because I know when I’m having a bad day and feeling like I’m doing a crappy job at parenting, I’ll be heading over for a peek at that hashtag.
Make sure to check out more photos from the mamas from this challenge!
Lauren Hartmann is the founder of The Little Things We Do, a blog about life and adventures in Portland Oregon. Follow her on Twitter and Facebook, or catch up on all of her posts here on Babble.
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These are hysterical. I think you need to keep this going every so often.
I’ve looked at these at least 10 times today. It was a great idea! I’ll definitely be adding to this hash tag quite frequently even though the challenge is over. Thanks for the reminder to keep it real!
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