45 Relatable Memes For First-Time Parents Trying Their Best

Remember those days when sleep was something you just did, not something you fantasized about like a long-lost lover? Ah, the blissful ignorance before becoming a first-time parent. As a tired mom who’s now navigated the baby waters multiple times, I look back at my first plunge into parenthood with a mix of fondness and sheer terror. These first-time parent memes hit hard.

It’s a wild ride from figuring out diaper genies to decoding the mystery of the five types of baby cries. To celebrate (and gently poke fun at) this monumental life shift, I’ve gathered a collection of parenting memes that hit right in the feels for us first-timers. They capture the hilarious reality of going from ‘happy hour’ to ‘happy it’s only a diaper blowout.’

So, let’s laugh together—because if we don’t, we might just cry (and there’s already enough of that with a newborn around).

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Stefanie

Stefanie Mustian

Stefanie is an architect with 15+ years of working both independently as well as on teams of some of the top Architectural Firms in the country located in Atlanta, Washington D.C. and New York. She currently runs BoardBatten.com a coastal architecture and design service in Port Aransas, Texas. She is also the wife of the dude who runs Pleated-Jeans.