We all believe our moms are superwomen and they can do anything and everything. When we have trouble with anything, we always scream out, “Mom!,” because she always knows what to do.
But moms are still human. And they do make mistakes.
Don’t believe us?
Here’s 50 photos to prove moms are humans, too.
1. Bite that chapstick
Vera let her toddler child play with her chapstick. Who knew her baby could open it, let alone take a bite of the chapstick? Someone was definitely hungry.
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Instagram/Vera
2. Wrong time-out
Hayden did something naughty and she was sent to time-out. Mommy Brittany must have been distracted because she sent her daughter to a place with lots of baby powder. Now her floor’s all white!
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Instagram/Brittany Kooienga
3. Assembly required
The seller believes anyone can be a craftsperson. So when you order from them, you get the supplies and some assembly is required. Or in this case, ALL assembly is required.
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Reddit
4. Where’s the glamour?
There’s not a lot of glamour in motherhood. But she didn’t sign up for this kind of spit. No one’s going to be going out.
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Facebook/Ashley Cobert
5. Grilled “cheese”
It’s not parenting fail. It’s “keeping your kids away from the bad calories.” It can be considered good parenting.
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Twitter/Liset
6. With a side of mold
Good things the teachers caught it! And that they had food to share. And he loved it so all is definitely well.
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Instagram/Samantha Mahon
7. A big hole
Mommy Emily thought she was planning for her son’s school party for the next day way in advance. Unfortunately, her dog had other plans she did not anticipate. Long story short, she had to bake another batch of brownies again.
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Instagram/Emily Richards
8. Blackened turkey
It’s her first year to host Thanksgiving. There’s bound to be mistakes. No one anticipated it was going to be a grave mistake.
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Reddit
9. Stop him!
All she wanted to do was take a shower by herself and keep herself clean. All he had to do was keep him distracted or stop him. This isn’t a mom fail. This is a dad fail.
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Twitter/Becky Vieira
10. “I’ll keep it safe”
She’ll keep it safe, she said. Her child’s social security card won’t go missing. And it won’t because she put it in her jeans. And because she washed her jeans, with the social security card still in her pocket, no one will be able to steal her child’s identity.
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Instagram/Stephanie Ackerman
11. Plug that drain STAT!
Sometimes, moms don’t have the time to look for the right solution. Any solution will do as long as it fixes the problem. In this case, she used a carrot to plug that pool filter.
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Twitter/Sarah
12. Where’s the slime?
How to keep the slime off the table? Make sure your son stays off the table. Easier said than done, though.
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Instagram/Camille Boyd
13. How to lay off the online sales
Put your credit card in your jeans pocket. Forget about it and do the laundry. By the time you see the card, it’s too late and you’re going to have to order a replacement card.
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14. An accidental murder
Mermaids used to worry about suffocating on land. Now, they need to worry about attacks from dogs, too. Poor Ariel.
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Instagram/Newport Mesa Moms
15. Playdough mom
It’s her turn to make clay this week. It became a crash course on women’s anatomy and childbirth though. Because that really looks like a placenta, don’t you agree?
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Instagram/Erin Pepler
16. Where the kids got it from
No, that’s not a bruise or a giant hickey. That’s from speaker suction cup. Why? How?
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Twitter/abbie
17. 100 more days
She said it herself, too. Maybe she needed a 100 more days of school. Can she still enroll at Noah’s school?
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Instagram/bluegrassblogger
18. Don’t trust anyone
Delicate and special food must not be entrusted to anyone, even your son. Especially your son with clumsy hands. But what’s done is done.
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19. Last to give
When you’ve got nothing else to give, there will still be something. And your child will always remind you.
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Twitter/Arianna Bradford
20. Budding hair stylist
She’s got a budding hair stylist for a son. The only problem is he’s still a little boy and his practice cut is with his little sister. Mom didn’t appreciate the “experimental” haircut.
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Instagram/Giron Tribe
21. Foundation face
Have you’ve ever had those days when you can’t remember if you’ve blended the foundation on your face? But you’re too tired and running around everywhere that you don’t have the time to look in the mirror to check. And you only see the damage 45 minutes later? Mama Hassler knows this too well!
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Instagram/Mama Hassler
22. What are your skills?
What are the skills you need to have as a mom? Maybe you can cook a good roast, or create a unique science project, or take care of six toddlers at the same time. But sewing pants? No one said moms are required to know how to sew pants.
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Instagram/Pang-ni Landrum
23. Was she upset?
How could she throw that potato salad down the stairs? She didn’t fall. She couldn’t fall. Oh potato salad, you lived such a short life.
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24. Red lip area
She wanted to look “purdy” so she applied mom’s lipstick all over her face. Her mom wiped it all off before she left for work, which this little girl found funny. She no longer found it funny when she looked at herself in the mirror and saw all her “purdy work” was wiped off.
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Instagram/Steph Magliocchetti
25. Sock coffee
She was about to drink her leftover coffee. Good thing she looked down. Sock coffee. Swell!
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Instagram/Christina Jacklyn
26. Triple check always
This is what happens when you don’t double check your teenager’s pants. This is what happens when you don’t triple check it, too. Good thing there’s still budget for new jeans.
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Instagram/Hannah Melson
27. Bust out that wine!
It’s a wine kind of night. And a broken cork will not get in her way. Bring out the pliers!
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Instagram/Lindsey
28. Poor mobile
She had to be distracted. That’s the only reason mom could have to close the car door on her mobile. And she’s probably angry as hell to slam the door THAT HARD.
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29. Sweet meat
Wonder what meat with sprinkles would taste like? Would they be like beef cupcakes? This mom wants to know.
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Instagram/Amy B McKenzie
30. Change the packaging
They should stop putting the toothpaste and diaper cream inside similarly designed packaging. It’s a good thing this mom saw in the nick of time. But other moms are not so lucky.
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Instagram/Lise Houweling
31. To sew or to glue?
She’s no Martha Stewart and she knows it. But she’s a wiz with a hot glue gun! Unfortunately, the Girl Scouts vest doesn’t like hot glue.
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Instagram/Dena H. Sokolow
32. Broken coffee machine
Mom really needed that coffee. She thought the coffee machine was broken. Yup, not the one that’s broken.
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33. No more juice box
It was sitting with other flavored water cans in the fridge. It was an honest mistake! Hope her son didn’t drink it.
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Twitter/Lauren VanZee Taylor
34. G-rated pancakes
Her son requested sword-shaped pancakes. It came out a little curvier than she expected. Hope she cut off the sides to make it, um, pointer.
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Instagram/Ashley Erickson
35. Tooth fairy fail
The tooth fairy failed big-time. And she knows it. How she can make it up to this little girl, who knows? She might have to beg!
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Instagram/Laura Furman
36. The domino effect
When you hit one rack, you’ll hit all the others. Better run away fast before they see you!
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37. Don’t say it
Moms try to develop a telekinetic sense with their children so that they won’t say the wrong things. No one knows if it works though. Either they really don’t have that power or their children choose to ignore it. The only thing moms can learn to do is hide their embarrassment.
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Twitter/Maryfairyboberry
38. Easy mac
It was supposed to be very easy to make. Easy for who? For Martha Stewart?
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Instagram/Claudia Sigala-Ochoa
39. Stuck!
Someone forgot to pay her parking fees. And yes, it’s not the son or the daughter. Their mom forgot to pay.
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Twitter/Colin Schmidt
40. Hoard much?
Holding on to so much sentiment can lead to broken closet bars. It’s going to be such a pain hanging all these up again.
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41. Two right feet
Heard of a person having two left feet? But that always referred to dancing. What does having two right feet mean? It means their mom accidentally put on shoes for both right foot on their child.
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Instagram/Crystal Low
42. A big noodle
She was babyproofing for her baby but she was a bit too late. The baby had already gotten the pool noodle and bit into it, thinking it was real food. This mom had to learn to the hard way how painful it is to put your fingers in their mouth and stop a chewing baby.
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Instagram/Sarah Levin
43. Mosaic phone
A mosaic phone can be really pretty. Except when it happens to your actual phone. Like with this mom.
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Twitter/Kelsey Artt
44. Sharpie power
A Sharpie is a dangerous thing. Always keep it out of reach of children. Or this can happen to your car and your leather seats.
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45. Three wishes
If mom was a mermaid, everything would be perfect. At least for her three-year-old daughter that is.
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Twitter/Cydni Beer
46. Multi-tasking fail
She needed to do so much so she wanted to multi-task. In her attempt to multi-task, she didn’t realize her mistake until it was late. At least it’s just soap.
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Instagram/Lisa Lintzeris
47. Some damn apple
She just wants some damn apple. And she just wanted it to be easy-peasy. Why couldn’t this apple slicer cooperate?
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Reddit
48. The elf wanted a tan
Mom wanted to light the elf so she placed him by the light fixtures. It was too hot for him, unfortunately.
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Instagram/Christine Bunn
49. Boiling, a skill
This is how she starts her days, boiling oatmeal to overflow. Care for some oatmeal soup for breakfast?
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Instagram/Heidi Seedorf
50. Wrong birthday
Your mom is supposed to remember all your important dates, right? But especially your birthday, right? She made it up with that sweet message anyway.
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Twitter/Bre