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title: "1 Mother Feeling Quotes By Andrea J. Buchanan"
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> [“It’s harder than you think to admit your even occasional dissatisfaction as a mother without feeling instant guilt, an immediate sensation of shame for even suggesting you might not be happy when you’ve got a wonderful healthy child in this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-j-buchanan/it-s-harder-than-you-think-to-admit-your-even-occasional/)

[Andrea J. Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-j-buchanan/)

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## More by Andrea J. Buchanan

> [“we all just figure this out as we go along. There’s no textbook, there’s no rules, there’s no right way to love her. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-j-buchanan/we-all-just-figure-this-out-as-we-go-along-there-s-no-textbook-there/)

[Andrea J. Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-j-buchanan/)

> [“In some ways love is easier as my daughter gets older. For one thing I have more feedback, more proof that my love is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-j-buchanan/in-some-ways-love-is-easier-as-my-daughter-gets-older-for-one-thing-i/)

[Andrea J. Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-j-buchanan/)

> [“But I know my real fear about your growing older is not only about the millions of things that could happen. It is about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-j-buchanan/but-i-know-my-real-fear-about-your-growing-older-is-not-only-about/)

[Andrea J. Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-j-buchanan/)

> [“motherhood is not a job at all. It is a full-time, all-consuming, life-subsuming career with no pay, no stock options, no social security, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-j-buchanan/motherhood-is-not-a-job-at-all-it-is-a-full-time-all-consuming-life/)

[Andrea J. Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-j-buchanan/)

> [“Consider one study that estimates a mom simultaneously and often single-handedly performs as many as seventeen occupations in the course of raising a child,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-j-buchanan/consider-one-study-that-estimates-a-mom-simultaneously-and-often/)

[Andrea J. Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-j-buchanan/)

> [“So let’s imagine for now that our love for our children and our thankfulness for their existence is a given. Let’s imagine that no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-j-buchanan/so-let-s-imagine-for-now-that-our-love-for-our-children-and-our/)

[Andrea J. Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-j-buchanan/)

> [“for the most part, my peers, like me, have embarked on the eternal compromise that is dealing with a toddler. We are no longer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-j-buchanan/for-the-most-part-my-peers-like-me-have-embarked-on-the-eternal/)

[Andrea J. Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-j-buchanan/)

> [“Pre-baby I used to fantasize about winning the lottery, or becoming deliriously famous and rich. Now I fantasize about sleep. I fantasize about slumber…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-j-buchanan/pre-baby-i-used-to-fantasize-about-winning-the-lottery-or-becoming/)

[Andrea J. Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-j-buchanan/)

> [“I will feel the pang of separation when she is two, when she is twelve, when she is twenty. My daughter will tackle other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-j-buchanan/i-will-feel-the-pang-of-separation-when-she-is-two-when-she-is-twelve/)

[Andrea J. Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-j-buchanan/)

> [“It’s harder than you think to admit your even occasional dissatisfaction as a mother without feeling instant guilt, an immediate sensation of shame for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-j-buchanan/it-s-harder-than-you-think-to-admit-your-even-occasional/)

[Andrea J. Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-j-buchanan/)

> [“Our staunch ideals of how we will raise our children get significantly reshaped by those very kids once they’re here in the world running…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-j-buchanan/our-staunch-ideals-of-how-we-will-raise-our-children-get/)

[Andrea J. Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-j-buchanan/)

> [“I swear over everything from being woken up in the middle of the night to realizing I’ve left the wet clothes in the washer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-j-buchanan/i-swear-over-everything-from-being-woken-up-in-the-middle-of-the/)

[Andrea J. Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-j-buchanan/)

> [“If there is anything that makes me not want to have another baby, it is this essential conflict, this hatred of being trapped in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-j-buchanan/if-there-is-anything-that-makes-me-not-want-to-have-another-baby-it/)

[Andrea J. Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-j-buchanan/)

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