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15 funny - and very relatable - celebrity quotes about motherhood

“Sleep at this point is just a concept, something I’m looking forward to investigating in the future”

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Motherhood can be a beautiful, life-changing experience but it can also be pretty messy and frankly quite funny. If you assumed your favourite celebrities only talk about the rosy side of being a mum, think again. Here are some of our favourite, and the most relatable, quotes on motherhood from the likes of Mindy Kaling, Meryl Streep and Emily Blunt.

1

Amy Poehler

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"Sleep at this point is just a concept, something I'm looking forward to investigating in the future."

2

Eva Mendes

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"I've learned that it's way harder to be a baby. For instance, I haven't thrown up since the '90s and she's thrown up twice since we started this interview."

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Meryl Streep

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“The interesting thing about being a mother is that everyone wants pets, but no one but me cleans the kitty litter.”

4

Reese Witherspoon

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“I always say if you aren't yelling at your kids you're not spending enough time with them.”

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Shonda Rhimes

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"Twelve years later the memories of those nights, of that sleep deprivation, still make me rock back and forth a little bit. You want to torture someone? Hand them an adorable baby they love who doesn’t sleep."

6

Tina Fey

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“Ah, babies. They're more than just adorable little creatures on whom you can blame your farts."

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Chrissy Teigen

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"No one told me I would be coming home in diapers, too."

8

Ruby Wax

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“I have to keep reminding myself that I am their mother. Sometimes we are sitting at home and I feel like we are waiting for our mum to come home.”

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Voila Davis

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"We all at some point lock our kid in a car by accident or lose our kid in the mall for 30 seconds or more. I know one girl who’s a fantastic mother, she lost her daughter in an aquarium for 30 minutes.”

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Emily Blunt

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"After we got home from the hospital, I didn’t shower for a week, and then John and I were like, 'Let’s go out for dinner’. I could last only about an hour because my boobs were exploding. When the milk first comes in, it’s like a tsunami. But we went, just to prove to ourselves that we could feel normal for a second."

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Blake Lively

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"You never know when you're gonna get crapped on or when you're gonna get a big smile or when that smile immediately turns into hysterics.”

12

Mindy Kaling

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"I want to remember everything. She's only been in this world for three months and I have like eight photos of her in my home. At this rate there will be no wall space left!"

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13

Kelly Clarkson

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"[Kids] are challenging. Wine is necessary. They’re great though.”

14

Jennifer Garner

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“You know how once you have kids you never ever pee by yourself again? At least one of them is always in there with you at all times."

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Kristen Bell

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“There's so much nonsense, whether it's what they're saying to you or the fact that there's avocado or poop on every surface.”

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