Once you have have a baby, or know someone who’s had a baby, you learn that there are two sides to this parenting gig.
First, there’s the beautiful, sweet, loving, and picture-perfect side that is full of moments worthy sharing on Facebook or Instagram.
Second, there’s the truth.
The ugly, imperfect, chaotic, uncontrollable, disastrous truth.
What the outside world may not realize is that the first side listed above, the one of beauty and wonder, those moments are often far and in-between the more long-term, persevering ugly truth.