Australian parenting blogger Sophie Cachia is a woman after my own heart. She tells it like it is, she doesn’t hold anything back, and it appears she doesn’t really give a shit what anyone else thinks of her. Look no further than her Instagram bio, which reads: “This is ME. Boobs, pubes & all. Mum. Wife. Self-proclaimed legend.”
“Self-proclaimed legend.” Oh, I love this woman.
Her rawness and no-nonsense talk has earned her a solid fan base of 153K+ Instagram followers and more who regularly log into her blog, The Young Mummy, to see what might come out of her mouth next.
On Wednesday, the mom of 2-year-old Bobby posted a selfie to her Facebook page, and her loyal fans may have gotten more than they bargained for.
Sophie writes: “To the naked eye, this looks like your standard cute photo of Bobby & I. This photo was in fact captured whilst I was taking a poo. Just thought I’d let you all know. Especially for those planning on having children soon. This. Is. Your. Life.”
Look, every mother has been there, whether you care to admit it or not. There are only so many hours in a day you have for things like eating, showering, plucking your chin hairs (admitting it is the first step), and yes, pooping. Once you have children, all of those activities are done with an audience at some point or another.
It only gets worse when they can talk. My 5-year-old and I were at a fancy restaurant for a family event a couple of weeks back and I had to take him with me to the very crowded restroom and into the very tiny stall. The conversation went something like this:
Him: “Are you pooping, mama?”
Me: “Shhhh, no. Hahahaha. No, sweetie.”
Him: “I think you’re poopin’.”
*Stifled laughter from well-dressed, childless ladies outside stall.*
Me: “Shhh, no buddy. No, mommy’s not pooping.”
Him: “It smells like you pooped.”
Me: …
Him: …
Me: “Fine. You win. I pooped. Anything else you’d like to discuss while we are in here?”
Sophie’s post has already received 7.3K likes and the comments from understanding mothers everywhere make this already hilarious post even funnier.
“Too funny. I’m taking a poo whilst reading this.”
This. Is. Amazing.
“Haha yep we had cuddles while I was on the toilet today too.”
Sometimes you have to get the cuddles in when you can.
“Ha I love this!!! My 2yr old brings her dolls high chair & pram into the toilet while I’m in there & casually plays until I’m done.”
And why shouldn’t she? She owns you.
“I regularly cuddle whilst taking a dump lol.”
Leave it to the British to make ‘taking a dump’ sound fancy.
“I’m not ready for this.”
Truer words have never been spoken.
I, for one, would love more honest dialogue out there from moms like Sophie. It’s refreshing to see people not take themselves so seriously. Parenting is hard enough without feeling like you need to live up to false expectations and “perfect” Facebook family photos. Give me a good ol’ fashioned poop selfie any day.
h/t: Us Weekly