Visual ArtMAY 4, 2018

I Illustrate The Everyday Life With A 2-Year-Old Toddler As A Stay-At-Home Mom

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Becoming a new mom has been life-changing. Having a little kid has been hard, tiring, gratifying, beautiful, challenging, scary, and a thousand other everyday problems that only a parent would ever understand.

It is these life-changing experiences that have inspired me to immortalize my everyday life as a stay at home mom in cartoon drawings. Whether it's the mundane tasks like doing laundry or the exciting moments of James', my baby boy's, first steps, I want to put it down on paper so that I can better cherish these fleeting moments that are often overlooked.

Being a stay at home mom can be incredibly lonely. I like to think that by drawing life's simple moments, I can connect with other mothers and help them feel less alone in raising kids. By doing these relatable comics, I feel less alone, too. It's a win-win situation and I have been able to connect with many lovely parents and fellow parent-illustrators through my cute drawings.

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#21 Lazy Mornings In Bed Watching Youtube Videos Together

#22 I Finally Cut James' Very Unruly Hair, And Somehow Managed To Keep His Ears Intact. Giving Him A Forbidden Item Definitely Helped Keep His Attention Elsewhere (In This Case The Remote Control)

#23 Rainy Days, Rainy Days

#24 Welcoming Warm Weather And Sunny Days. Each New Season Is Exciting With A Baby, Given How Much They Learn And Grow With Every Day. Excited To Be Teaching Him About All The Plants And Bugs This Summer

#25 James Has Been All About Mommy Lately. All Doors Must Stay Open (Including The Bathroom And Shower) So That He Can Keep A Strict Watch On Me. Leaving The Room Without Him Is Not An Option

#26 Cloth Diapers Bring On A Real, Serious Addiction. They're Supposed To Be "Economical" But As Soon As You Get One, You Need To Get Them All

#27 This Is What Weekends Look Like For Us. We Like To Stay At Home And Eat Pancakes On The Couch While Watching Our Favourite Sunday Shows

#28 For My Birthday My Mom Got Me A Meitai And I Gotta Say, I Am So In Love

#29 Camping With Baby Is Actually A Lot Easier Than It Seems

#30 We Went To The Grandparents Where There Are Lots Of New Things To See And Experience, Including Cute Chickens

#31 Mommy's Spa Time Isn't A Big Success

#32 Today's Shower Shenanigans Involved Discovering The Faucet As A Great Source Of Fun

#33 Super Sunny And Warm Every Day Of The Week, Except The Day We Have To Leave The House And Go Into Town

#34 Quick Study Of Wobbly Baby Trying To Master Walking

#35 James Refuses To Sleep Anywhere But His Crib. But When He Was Little(R), I Would Take Him Into Our Bed In The Morning, Nurse, And We Would Sleep Until 10am Sometimes Even 11am

#36 Electronic Toys Are Either A Life Saver Or The Bane Of A Parent's Existence. They Are Great At Occupying Kids So That You Can (Finally) Get Some Stuff Done, But The Incessant Noise Creeps Deep Into Your Ear Canal Where It Travels Through Your Body And Seeps Into Your Bones

#37 It Only Took Him 2 Years, But James Finally Took His First Steps Alone

#38 Lovely

#39 Sometimes When James Is Being Pathetic And Crying For No Good Reason, We Will Mock Him By Mimicking Tarzan Cries

#40 A.k.a Everyday