Motherhood is no joke, but these hilarious Instagram moms will make you laugh out loud anyway

Motherhood is serious business, except for when brutal truths are blurted out in the bluntest possible way — then it’s a laugh riot. And Instagram moms seem to have aced the craft of laughing at the sticky, soggy, unpleasant-but-you-can’t-really-put-your-finger-on-it-smelling roller coaster ride that is parenting.

The lockdown has ensured that “you don’t spend enough time with me” will be wiped out of all mothers’ vocabularies.

You love your children more than anything in this world, but when your adorable progeny can’t go 12 minutes without calling your name, demanding food, fighting over toys and dropping dal/juice/watercolours all over your couch, it’s understandable if you want to beg Cinderella’s fairy godmother to reverse her horse carriage spell and turn your children into immobile, silent pumpkins.

In lieu of your margarita-fuelled venting sessions with the girls, we helpfully tracked down the funniest Instagram moms who get your stfuggles and are here to rescue you (even if for a few minutes at a time) from your full-time position as superhero.

The best part about this group of Instagram moms is that they constantly cheer each other on by reposting each other’s content, and making the virtual girl gang dream a reality.

6 hilarious Instagram moms who get you

Anna Macfarlane (@kidsaretheworst)

“It’s ok to laugh. You were the worst once, too,” reads the Instagram account bio to rid you of all the bad mommy guilt that took over your body the second you clicked on this self-explanatory, and extremely promising handle.

There are times when you feel like your heart might burst from all the love you feel for your children, but there also are times when you believe from the core of your being that your child is, in fact, the devil himself and then go on to thinking up especially ruthless daak naams that you and your partner refer to them by behind closed doors.

This handle is a curation of posts that brings to life all your inside thoughts, which are in fact funnier on paper than they are while racing through your head as you hide in your closet (the only safe space  that your children haven’t invaded…yet).

MaryFairyBoBerry (@maryfairyboberry)

Honesty is great except for the times when your daughter’s response to “Good morning” is “Like ew, you look like you need a few pots of coffee”.

This account will help you realise that you’re not the only person who associates parenting with  feeling like a sloppy sloth in room full of weirdos who love working out – out of your depth, “sooooo done”, and very honestly in need of 31 consecutive naps.

Relatability, laughs, and uncensored mom thoughts are what you need to follow this account for.

Crazy Jewish Mom (@crazyjewishmom)

This Instagram account is for a mother by a daughter. Author Kate Friedman Siegel uses this Instagram handle to document actual texts sent by her “neurotic, Jewish mom” Kim Friedman.

Why do we think all moms need to follow this account? Well, for one, it’s good to be prepared for the future and have a role model in the form of a supposedly crazy Jewish mother to look up to.

And two, now that you are a mother yourself, this account will make you all too empathetic and make you want to go tell your mom how much you love her and just nod along with all the ‘I-told-you-so’s that’ll follow.

Anna Denise Floor (@annadenisefloor)

If you are a new mom then this Instagram account is for you, it might even seem like it is by you.

This handle with its rib-tickling, accurate representation of the early stages of motherhood will leave you in splits. However, the one reason why you need to check this account out is that these hilarious illustrations are just the arsenal you need to slip into the DMs of anyone who tries to tell you that taking care of a toddler is less work and all play.

One of these pastel-hued, and slightly deceptive water colour illustrations are sure to set them straight.

Ana B (@not_thenannny)

“I’m not a cool mom, I’m a regular mom. Sometimes I’m awesome, sometimes I fail. Always love them, always roast them.”

Did you hear that? Sometimes she is awesome, but sometimes she does fail. So cut yourself some slack and scroll through her feed to humour yourself with parenting fails that you’re all too guilty of, but really shouldn’t be taking that seriously.

Katie – Hurrah For Gin (@hurrahforgin)

From using Marie Kondo’s decluttering technique as parenting tools to giving you a peephole into what would happen if you actually told your child how you felt – this account makes for just the right amount of cheap thrills you need to get you through another one of your child’s “But why can’t I have a pet snake?” breakdowns.

You will be pleasantly surprised by how cathartic a couple of sassy stick figures can be.