Mother Chronicles Her First Year as a Parent with Brutally Honest Illustrations

Lucy Scott

Lucy Scott, a Scottish illustrator has created a series of brilliant doodles that perfectly sum up the challenges and joys of being a parent. Titled Doodle Diary of a New Mom, the simple doodles cover the daily struggles and not so glamorous parts of parenthood.

Lucy Scott

Trying to get out of the house…

Lucy Scott

And when you do make it out of the door, plenty of amazing adventures await.

Lucy Scott

How date nights go after having a baby.

Lucy Scott

Car journeys and traffic jams just got a whole lot worse.

Lucy Scott
Lucy Scott

There is a lot of training involved. Some of it worse than others…

Lucy Scott

The struggle is always real.

Lucy Scott

But despite all the struggles, there is always some hope!

Lucy Scott

For more illustrations by Lucy Scott you can check out Doodle Diary of a New Mom.

h/t buzzfeed

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