101 Irresistibles Reasons We Celebrate and Love Parenthood {Free Inspiring Poster!} #mothersday #fathersday

Parenthood can be freaking hard. Some of us say parenting is one of the most difficult jobs. You’ve surely heard of one of those moments, or lived it yourself, including around-the clock-morning-sickness, cumulative lack of sleep, and poo-related events (or maybe all of those at the same time).

But what’s wonderful about parenting is that the benefits, more often than not, surpass the bad moments.

It can be the best thing in the world too. Really!

When we look at it carefully, we can find many reasons to treasure children and parenthood. Here are the proofs, collected in the form of 101 reasons to love and celebrate parenthood.

Here is what we talk about when we say we love parenting.

101 Reasons We Love and Celebrate Parenthood

1. Their newborn gaze
2. The delightful baby smell
3. The first latch or feed
4. Those tiny hands
5. Those tiny feet
6. That they look a bit like us
7. The first smiles
8. Getting hugs
9. Giving hugs
10. The crystalline laughs
11. Neverending giggles
12. The cute baby talk
13. Carrying them around
14. The first moves
15. That they never give up doing better
16. When they first cruise around the house
17. The magical first steps
18. When they become toddlers
19. The first words
20. Their first jokes
21. That everything is a marvel to them
22. Their first teeth
23. The first tiny sticky hands everywhere
24. Their barefoot walking
25. Hearing Mommy and Daddy for the first time
26. When they finally go putty successfully
27. When we help them overcome difficult situations
28. The way they melt our hearts
29. Our love for them
30. Their love for us
31. That they are becoming our best friends
32. The love grandparents have for them
33. The first discoveries outdoors
34. The first drawings
35. Their bouncing joy
36. Their free dancing
37. That they celebrate life everyday
38. When they proudly show their first teeth that fell out
39. Their first adult teeth
40. Doing crafts together
41. Having crafts on the fridge
42. Their shiny eyes when they talk
43. Their zest for life
44. Their simple happiness
45. Their first attempt at swimming
46. Their first bike ride
47. Their happiness when they solve their own problems
48. Their happiness when they get along with their brothers and sisters
49. Their talk with us at night
50. Reading out loud to them
51. Showing them the world
52. Their intelligent questions
53. Their personalities
54. When they confide their dreams to us
55. Their innate goodness
56. Their inner wisdom
57. Their authenticity
58. Their successes
59. Their first written words
60. Their first written words to us
61. Their belly laughs
62. Their pictures
63. Their interesting views of the world
64. Their first steps in autonomy
65. When they finally ride their bikes alone
66. When they are independent enough to sleep over at their friends or grandparents
67. Our successful attempts at being calm and kind leaders
68. Developing our parenting expertise
69. Becoming better humans together
70. Our mutual cooperation
71. That holidays and birthdays are so joyful
72. Working on a project together
73. Cooking together
74. When they cook us a meal
75. Evolving conversations
76. Their quest of learning
77. Their questioning everything
78. Their first learnings of everything
79. Their explorations
80. Their integrity
81. Their tenacity
82. Their will
83. Their core values
84. When they fall and try again
85. When we fall and do better next time
86. When they first can stay home by themselves
87. Their autonomy
88. Their creative solutions
89. When they take part in the good in the world
90. When they discover their own spirituality
91. When they discover their passions
92. When they discover their mission in the world
93. When they meet the love of their life
94. When they realize a dream
95. When they are our best friends for life
96. When they help us back
97. When they write to us, call, or visit
98. Their children
99. Their grandchildren
100. That we won’t stop learning together to become better human beings
101. When we realize family is the best thing that happened to us all.

Let’s focus on the miracles of life and celebrate those precious moments!

You might want to bookmark or put this on your fridge for those hard days.

Just saying. (I know I’m doing it!)

Happy Mother’s and Father’s Day!

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Let’s inspire each others and add to the list! What else do you love about parenting? Add numbers (102. , 103. …) and your favorite things about parenting below!

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Marie-Eve Boudreault is first mom to 4 awesome kids. But she's also known as "The Work-At-Home Mom" Specialist. She has inspired thousands of parents (140,000+ social media fans) on the path of working from home, natural parenting, and thriving living. Make sure to subscribe to her FREE Momming Masterclass if you want to create the thriving family life you dream of.

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