30 Parenting Memes For When You're in the Thick of Tricky Toddler Days

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melissa dilillo
Jul 17, 2024 4:00 PM EDT

I never thought I'd spend so much of my life answering the same questions over and over again. I never thought I'd know so much about Bluey or why food can't stay in your mouth. I never thought I'd think so much about summer activities or googling new ways to keep kids entertained on a daily basis. There are so many things that are different from what I imagined, but it's also super cool to be in this special phase of life. That phase of course is living with a toddler.

If you're ready to pull your hair out living with a toddler, you're not alone. Every single day presents new challenges and frankly, it's harder than any other job you might pursue. You probably wake-up as one person and go to bed as someone you don't recognize. It's mentally and physically exhausting to be a parent. Even with all the craziness each day brings, your not-always-cute toddler is just about the best thing that could happen to you. 

Don't let the anxiety-ridden days take away from the special time you have with your toddler. Check out our 30 parenting memes that'll make you feel less alone.

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    when you've heard "mom!" 543 times before lunch and you don't got a pocket full of sunshine @alyceoneword TC த்தனை CHINES
    via @alyceoneword
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    Good morning, Mom. Helen wet her bed, Marco is eating ice cream for breakfast and Delia and I were just playing in the sprinklers in the front yard. Don't worry we didn't get our clothes wet homeschoolingwiththeclassics
    via @homeschoolingwiththeclassics
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    Two things happened last night: 1) A bat came into our house. 2) Our kids learned the rest of the curse words. @nochillpreschooler
    via @nochillpreschooler
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    PATIENTLY WAITING TO SEE THE EFFECTS OF MY 10 MINUTE WORKOUT AND SALAD @SNARKANDLEMONS
    via @snarkandlemons
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    Parents at 8 am Parents at 8 pm @shepensblog
    via @shepensblog
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    @momsbehavingbadly Laying out in the sun in your 20's Laying out in the sun once that first wrinkle hits
    via @momsbehavingbadly
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    4 year old: Mom did you know you can count in your head? Me: Yes, isn't that cool? 4 year old, silent for 5 seconds: See! I'm already at one! @mommywinetime
    via @mommywinetime
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    Satirical Mommy @Satirical Mommy ... SATIRICAL MOMMY Before kids, I didn't understand the expression "I can't hear myself think." I get it now...
    via @satiricalmommy
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    My toddler, every night at two hour intervals @thehiddensnacksmama Get back in here and love me!
    via @thehiddensnacksmama
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    THE DAY THE DAD The Dad → @thedad Took my son to the zoo yesterday for the first time ever and I realized I hadn't explained what a hippo was and he just kept asking to go back and see the tooth pig
    via @thedad
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    Everyone at the public pool when I walk in for hot girl summer while forgetting that my skin still reflects sad girl winter. IG @thatmidwest
    via @thatmidwesternmom
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    Matty @bestestname We just need to invent a straw that lasts a little bit longer than 4 seconds but still less than a million years
    via @bestestname
  • 13
    My kid slathered in sunscreen enjoying a fun-filled day at the beach @redyellowgreendance
    via @redyellowgreendance
  • 14
    last night, I woke from a dead sleep to write ice cream scoop on the list of things we need for your party today, so when you one day wonder if I love you, if I think about you, the answer is all the time, even when I'm not @elizabeth_a_berget
    via @elizabeth_a_berget
  • 15
    James Breakwell ❤ @XplodingUnicorn 5-year-old: *walks up behind me when I'm on the computer* What game are you playing? Me: Pay the bills. 5: Are you winning? Me: No.
    via @XplodingUnicorn
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    Too young for an early bird dinner but too old to be hitting the clubs at 9:00 pm. ⑥mommywinetime
    via @mommywinetime
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    YOU are HAPPY tinybeans Not me having my kids water all of the fake plants in the house so I can drink my coffee while it's hot...
    via @tinybeans
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    POV: Getting crazy on a Friday night by introducing your kids to your childhood Cinderella and cursing Brandy under your breath for your overplucked eyebrows. @mommywinetime
    via @mommywinetime
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    Mommy Owl @Lhlodder It's weird how everyone in the family randomly picks where. they sit around the table and then proceeds to sit in those exact spots every meal for the rest of their lives.
    via @Lhlodder
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    MY WHOLE CHILDHOOD I WANTED TO BE A DISNEY PRINCESS. NOW I HEAR MYSELF IN THESE GUYS Life's full of tough choices, isn't it? Oh, dear! What an awkward situation. @themommyscoop I'M SURROUNDED BY IDIOTS Please speak up, Rapunzel, you know how I hate the mumbling.
    via @themommyscoop
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    sally @skayeterboy my dad bought 15 mangoes and didn't tell my mom so she bought 10 mangoes and now we are the people from the math problems
    via @skayeterboy
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    "Now what?” -my kid, eating an ice cream cone holding a new toy riding a pony on the beach in the summertime sun. @OneFunny Mummy
    via @onefunnymummy
  • 23
    Me waiting for my 4 year old to put her shoes and coat on Cynical Parent
    via @cynicalparent
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    Dude-Bro Dad @thedadvocate01 There's a party next door but judging by the mix of late 90s/early 2000s jams, they'll wrap it by ten.
    via @thedadvocate01
  • 25
    My reaction when kids describe food as "too spicy" PARENTNORMAL.COM You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
    via @parentnormal.com
  • 26
    Stacey Gardner @itsstaceygardner I used to think my parents did pizza & a movie on Friday nights to be fun. Now I know they were just completely exhausted.
    via @itsstaceygardner
  • 27
    ME: HONEY, I NEED HELP MOVING THE COUCH HIM: OK [30 SECONDS PASSES] ME: @SNARKANDLEMONS
    via @snarkandlemons
  • 28
    Mysa Mami @Brieyonce Thinking about Parent Trap and how absolutely ridiculous it was to break up and say okay you take one twin and I'll take the other.
    via @brieyonce
  • 29
    Me, getting my kids to bed after 3 songs, 17 stories, 2 potty breaks and 2103 kisses MOMTRANSPARENTING.COM
    via @momtransparenting.com
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    THE DAD The Dad ✔ @thedad My wife has like 20% of a conversation in her head before she decides to bring me into it. We can be driving in silence and she'll just be like "and then we'll pick the kids up and go straight from there."
    via @thedad

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