by Becky Vieira posted in Parenting

My creative abilities fall into the ?human Pinterest fail? category. I can?t draw a straight line with a ruler. I?ve never quite figured out how to properly give my hair a blowout. And even if I buy pre-made cookie dough I still manage to ruin the final product.
It never bothered me much until I became pregnant and started to notice moms on social media. It appeared like they had it all together. Not only were they serving their children homemade food, they also grew all the ingredients in their organic garden without so much as chipping their manicure. I wondered what kind of mom I would be.
It turns out I?m pretty much the opposite.
Some days my son and I don?t even change out of our pajamas -- okay, many days we don?t. His baby food comes from a jar and I?ve never attempted to capture his footprints in homemade salt dough (I did buy a footprint kit but it?s sitting, unopened, three months later in my closet). I admire the moms who can do so much and look stunning in the process. I?m just happy if I leave the house in a shirt that?s only partially covered in spit up. As I proceed along my motherhood journey I?ve been honestly capturing the highs and lows on my Instagram page, and was pleasantly surprised to find many kindred spirits who also count keeping their child alive as a mom win and making gourmet baby puree as a (possibly fictitious) mom nirvana.

Yes, there are good days. Like the photo on the left when I was wearing ma...