Catherine Reitman

I had such a crush on Sasha Mitchell from 'Step By Step.'

— Catherine Reitman

Breastfeeding takes a toll on your body... your spirit.

— Catherine Reitman

Flaws are really interesting.

— Catherine Reitman

I talk about postpartum depression and all these things I don't hear a lot of women talking about on TV.

— Catherine Reitman

I was lucky enough to be raised not only by a really talented man but a really good father.

— Catherine Reitman

Humans are incredibly selfish. And in parents, flaws become hyper focused.

— Catherine Reitman

I love my kids more than anything. I love them more than me in some ways.

— Catherine Reitman

It's not the most relatable thing for working moms to have freshly painted claws all the time.

— Catherine Reitman

We only see female protagonists who are likeable, with one cute flaw, such as adorable clumsiness. I'm fed up with it.

— Catherine Reitman

There's a different expectation, not just on mothers but on women. We're expected to do it all, to have it all, and…

— Catherine Reitman

'Workin' Moms,' obviously, is about mothers who also work. But we're also expected to remain graceful when we return to work, and…

— Catherine Reitman

There's been times I've been paralyzed by guilt when I've had to work crazy hours or miss a parent-teacher interview.

— Catherine Reitman

You can have a career and kids who love you. But you have to nurture yourself and find a way to be…

— Catherine Reitman

Because there is less female storytelling, especially motherhood storytelling, there has been immense pressure on my storytelling to represent more people, and…

— Catherine Reitman

There's a repression against mothers where we're expected to be full-time workers and pretend we're not mothers, and then expected to be…

— Catherine Reitman

Whether I was working or not, I am not a good cook or a good seamstress. I love my kids, and I…

— Catherine Reitman

Having children is messy and easy to judge.

— Catherine Reitman

I don't always look so beautiful.

— Catherine Reitman

I don't have a perfect meal on the table most nights. Any night!

— Catherine Reitman

I knew how to come up with jokes at someone's expense really fast.

— Catherine Reitman

Part of being a mother - part of the comedy of it, anyway - is what happens to your body.

— Catherine Reitman

We've all been in that metaphoric place, having to scream out what you want in the face of your fears.

— Catherine Reitman

If you can find moments of success, then you're ahead of the curve.

— Catherine Reitman

There's so much dishonesty with motherhood in general... The truth is it's just a lot of embarrassing, humiliating moments.

— Catherine Reitman

It took me a long time to blossom. Everyone else understood how to socialize and how to look. I didn't get the…

— Catherine Reitman

Hire women. Trust women. Let them succeed. They are a pleasure to work with.

— Catherine Reitman

Taking lunch by myself every once in a while and slowing down - that helps me a lot.

— Catherine Reitman

When people stop me to say they love 'Workin' Moms,' it's not just that the show makes them laugh or is a…

— Catherine Reitman

I can't deny that I've had a privileged upbringing. I've been really fortunate regarding how I entered this world, not just financially,…

— Catherine Reitman

There's an identity crisis that happens when you give birth. I don't care how confident, how secure you are, how much help…

— Catherine Reitman

Unfortunately, it's the new normal to get divorced - and divorced with children is its own soil rich with land mines. There's…

— Catherine Reitman

There's an identity crisis - a lot of us become mothers, and all of a sudden, we're expected to become these selfless…

— Catherine Reitman

Are there days where I wish I was just at home with my kids? Yeah, most days. But then I look at…

— Catherine Reitman

We should go after our dreams and not be apologetic about it, but it's scary. Whether you want to work or not,…

— Catherine Reitman

I'm lucky enough to be stopped on the street for two things, usually: for 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia,' and for 'Workin'…

— Catherine Reitman

I've embraced comfortable, but still chic, footwear. I don't know who I was wearing heels for - as much as I love…

— Catherine Reitman

When I first got pregnant, my husband and I were huge consumers of premium cable television, and we were watching all of…

— Catherine Reitman

Usually, when people hear my last name, before they really get to know me or work with me, there's probably a lot…

— Catherine Reitman

There's just an incredible amount of loneliness as a mother, all this solitude no one really speaks to.

— Catherine Reitman

I went back to work about six weeks after I gave birth, which was crazy early, and experienced some pretty bad postpartum…

— Catherine Reitman