“Your Complaints About Your Baby Waking Up Early Is Another Mama’s Wish She Had a Reason to Get Out of Bed”: Mom Begs Parents to Cherish Every Moment With Their Child

Life as a parent can be painful, difficult, and exhausting. It competes with our natural human instincts to be self-serving and put “me first.”

The incessant whining for snacks, the bickering between siblings, and the 3am wake-up calls that pry open our heavy eyelids can all be annoying and “inconvenient” to say the least. God forbid we want two minutes to go to the bathroom alone and more than three hours of sleep a night.

But Tara Ann Michelle Goodney is challenging the complaints that are on the tips of so many parents’ tongues with a powerful post about the mamas who would kill to have their problem.

As the mother of a little cancer fighter, Tara Ann knows all too well that those moments that can be most frustrating to many should actually be treasured—for they signify the marks of a healthy, thriving child.

Tara Ann’s brief but powerful Facebook message posted alongside a raw picture of her baby boy on November 16th, quickly went viral:

“Your complaints about your baby tossing in bed, is another mama’s wish that her baby was still laying next to her.

Your complaints about your baby waking up early is another mama’s wish that she had a reason to get out of bed.