Last week, Desirae Robles posted a pretty powerful reminder that parenting isn't all sunshine and rainbows: a photo of her face completely covered with her daughter's vomit.
Robles is clearly a superhuman because she exercised extreme calm to stop and take a photo of her puke-covered face. She did it, she told BuzzFeed, because she thought it was funny and wanted her boyfriend, Larry, to see.
“It was one of the moments you can’t ever forget so I had to send it to him to see," Robles told BuzzFeed.
Robles then posted the photos to Twitter because, like she said, it's pretty funny — especially her daughter's smiling face post-puke.
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[For anyone with a squeamish stomach, this is your warning to look away.]
Have a baby they said, it'll be fun they said ??? pic.twitter.com/hEjdTrEcfR
— mama des ❤️? (@desssirae_) May 27, 2017
But she probably didn't expect the avalanche of other parents who responded with their own seriously disgusting photos and videos of times when their precious children either threw up or pooped on them.
So many people could relate. The post has more than 37,000 retweets and 132,000 likes as of writing.
Girlllll I understand pic.twitter.com/HsziElSnhE
— Harlotrious Akata (@__WISCONSIN__) May 28, 2017
yep ??♀️I woke up to this pic.twitter.com/Ta6qtIbusX
— AsiaBabe ?? (@YouSCREAMAsia) May 28, 2017
Yup, here's mine ??♀️? pic.twitter.com/4nfGiE89SE
— Dondon (@NITTYNESH) May 28, 2017
GIRL I FEEL pic.twitter.com/JdY5NnQKnt
— Lean? (@curiel_marlene) May 28, 2017
i feel you girl :) pic.twitter.com/MuzFZTUtPI
— Jenna (@jennahoward22) May 28, 2017
the joys of parenthood. laugh thru the ickiness???♀️ pic.twitter.com/oZPWpE5tRl
— Mamãe (@miniheaton) May 29, 2017
girl, same ? pic.twitter.com/GoBHA2IhV6
— s. (@swillss_) May 28, 2017
Relatable pic.twitter.com/ALO0bDQ1xz
— mom (@audreeyann_) May 29, 2017
I feel you girl ? pic.twitter.com/xuPJPlRevN
— Gracie (@gracegraupera) May 28, 2017
GURL. pic.twitter.com/KyXx6PfGLM
— VGODDESS ✨ (@MOTHROFDRGNS) May 29, 2017
Despite the abundance of gross photos rolling in, though, parenting isn't always a vile experience. Sometimes, kids are actually cute. I mean, just look at Robles's daughter when she's not puking on her mom.
How can you not love my baby Addelina Rae?! It's so impossible ??? pic.twitter.com/lSe8c4HOJc
— mama des ❤️? (@desssirae_) May 16, 2017
Adorable, right?
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