by Laura Falin posted in Life

Bar none, one of the best inventions for new parents over the past few years has to be all the TV-on-demand services out there.
In the middle of the night when you're up feeding the baby, or in those precious few minutes after everyone's in bed for the night, you can now choose from hundreds of shows and movies. And now -- lucky us! -- there are two shows on Netflix that highlight the new mom experience in a way that resonates amazingly well.
The Letdown is an Australian TV comedy series that premiered on Netflix in April. As I watched the first few episodes, I had to stop myself from shouting, "THIS!! This is what I wanted from Tully! Exactly this!!"

The show stars Alison Bell, also a co-creator and writer, as Audrey Holloway, a mother trying to navigate her first few months of parenthood. She joins a non-judgmental new mothers' group (that's actually kinda judgy, in the way these things tend to be) and shows up late and flustered for her first meeting. The show made me laugh out loud at several of the situations she faces -- including one where she tries to bargain with a drug dealer when she accidentally parks in his spot after driving a crying baby around all night. It also made me tear up several times as well. In one scene, she cries into her partner's shoulder while she lists all the ways she's a terrible mother. I may have done this last week, and I don't even have a baby anymore. It tackles Instagram-perfect moms and the hi...