I’m actually old enough to have lived in a time before Twitter. My first phone was bought for £50 out of my mum’s Avon catalogue and it didn’t even have a colour screen. The height of sophistication was a polyphonic ringtone (This Love by Maroon 5, obviously) and if you had Snake downloaded, you were the envy of all your friends.
Not so nowadays. Life is lived online, everyone is “doing it for the gram” and we’re all permanently attached to social media. Don’t get me wrong, these channels have their place. But it’s easy to see someone’s flawless photos and assume they’ve got it all figured out. Then you feel rubbish because yesterday you didn’t get out of your PJs until 3pm and today your idea of a balanced breakfast is a custard cream in each hand.
Social 👏 media 👏 is 👏 a 👏 highlight 👏 reel.
Most of what you see online is carefully curated content designed to paint people in the most flattering light. You know it, I know it. And yet it’s so easy to forget when you’re constantly being slapped in the face with picture-perfect family albums.
When you’re a new parent, it’s almost impossible not to compare yourself with people in the same boat. When you see other babies hitting milestones early, it’s normal to be secretly worried that yours is lagging behind. And when you’re the one who’s ahead of the game, you want to show everyone how well you’re doing. Cue shiny new Instagram story.
We all do it. But remember, the parent whose baby started walking at 10 months is struggling to get out of the house each day. And the family who always seems to be on holiday? Their laundry is out of control.
Whatever you see on social media, there’s always another side to the coin. So next time you see someone’s content and feel “less than”, just remember – people only post the best moments.
You’re doing great.
Millennial Mum Winging It 
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