Moms Come Together for Serena Williams. How's Your Mom Guilt? Tell Us to Win a $25 Gift Card

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Most working (and even non-working) parents know the disappointing feeling of missing one of their baby’s milestones. Whether it be their first word or first step, it can be hard to be present for these unpredictable moments. Tennis star and new mom Serena Williams recently joined the working parents’ club when she tweeted about missing 10-month-old daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr.’s first steps.

It seems that all moms have some guilt about something they did or didn't do. What's yours and how do you deal with it? Tell us below and you'll be entered to win a $25 Amazon gift card. 

Today reports about Williams’ recent tweet and the large community of moms that came together to send the tennis champion an uplifting message about parenthood and what it means to be a working mom. Williams recently tweeted, “She took her first steps...I was training and missed it. I cried.” Instead of chastising the new mom, others on social media stood up to assure Williams that being a working parent can be complicated - but still very rewarding.

One user who related to Williams tweeted, “I missed a bunch of firsts while I was at work. I hear ya, mama. It’s not easy. But our girls see us out there grinding + living our dreams and that’s got to mean something. Good luck in London - my daughter and I are both rooting for you!” Another user told the story of how she even brought her baby with her to work and still missed that milestone. She tweets, “I took my 1st child all the way to Israel on a trade mission. During a meeting I heard cheering out in the waiting area .... Yup, staff and husband and assorted strangers saw her 1st steps. It all turns out okay. #Workingmomsrock”

And even stay-at-home moms know it’s not always possible to be there for every single new thing your baby does. One mom to twins tweets, “I'm a housewife and was in the next room and I missed it. With both of the twins. Please don't feel bad. Be happy for her and be ready for the running after her.” Hopefully, those loving messages helped to clear some of the mom-guilt Williams was probably feeling after missing her daughter’s first steps.

Do you have mom guilt? (What mom doesn't?!?) Comment below with your story - and you'll be entered to win a $25 Amazon gift card.

Don't forget to share any lessons you've learned that can help others feel better about their experiences in parenting.

 

*One lucky commenter will be chosen at random to receive a $25 Amazon gift card. Giveaway is open through July 29th, 2018 to U.S. residents at least 18 years of age. Entrants must be a member of SheSpeaks. If you are not a member, click here to join. Winner will be notified by email.

Update: Thanks to all who entered! Congrats to our winner, SheSpeaks member Modelc96.

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by demure79 | Mt Prospect, IL
Jul 26, 2018

When my daughter was about 6 months old, I had her in a car seat on the kitchen table. She was rocking herself and fell face first onto the floor! Car seat and all! I couldn't catch her in time. It felt like it was all happening in slo-mo. I can still picture it and feel the guilt wash over me as if it were that day!

by susan1215 | OMAHA, NE
Jul 26, 2018

Sometimes I get migraines so bad I can't leave the house and that happened a couple of times so I had to miss a couple of his school activities. I felt guilty about that.

by sweetlee | DELRAY BEACH, FL
Jul 25, 2018

I am not a mom, but my mom told me a few years ago that she felt guilty about having a garden and not spending that time with me and my brothers. I told her not to feel guilty because we all enjoyed the fruits and vegetables from the garden. She still made time to play with us too.

by PBRmama | SURPRISE, AZ
Jul 25, 2018

Not being able to do enough for them ./

by jalapenomama | SAINT CLOUD, MN
Jul 25, 2018

I had always felt guilty as a single parent that I couldn't be there as much as I wanted to for the kids. I worked full time and not a lot of extra time available. thank you

by kellyw | HEPHZIBAH, GA
Jul 25, 2018

I feel guilt I still haven't filled out my daughter's baby book and she is 14 years old. Right now she has a baby box with everything in it.

by wendyk65 | CUYAHOGA FLS, OH
Jul 25, 2018

I felt guilty that my kids missed a lot of their childhoods by having to go to 8 doctors and have PT, OT, and Speech therapies most of their young childhood. I also did not take enough pictures because of all those appointments.

by AroCh1980 | TAHLEQUAH, OK
Jul 24, 2018

Sometimes I feel guilty when I give him a whole day playing on electronics just so I can have some time to myself and get stuff done

by apeski | blaine, MN
Jul 24, 2018

I was so busy taking care of my kids and doing daycare 20 years ago, wish I could go back and be less busy and enjoy my kids more when they were little

by msannaclark | JACKSON, MI
Jul 24, 2018

Mom guilt for me is always about "Am I Doing Enough?"; am I reading enough, am I playing with them enough, am I giving them the tools they need to be good humans...it's endless. I'm a ball of guilt.

by Myina7984 | Asheville, NC
Jul 23, 2018

I hold this mountain of guilt inside of me every single day but now I know that I would not be as strong and sober without the mountains I have had to climb. I don't think that I will ever fully let go of the guilt that I have missing everything that's my children have went through, learned, just everything that a mom gets to experience that I didn't get to because that addiction had such a tight Hold On Me. But I have to learn to not let it control me, not let it take over me but to use that guilt as a fire to never ever go back to that life again.!!!

by Myina7984 | Asheville, NC
Jul 23, 2018

I was not told that I could have went to the courts and had a judge look over the case and would have probably gotten it thrown away. But now I have missed every new thing that my daughter has done. I just now started getting 2 hours 2 days a week unsupervised. I regret letting the nurse see me fall asleep in the hospital. But I don't regret being on Suboxone because it literally saved my life without it I would have never been 5 months clean today. I have missed so much with my other two older children. I honestly cannot remember them growing up because I was in active addiction the whole time. TO BE CONTINUED NEXT COMMENT!!!! :)

by Myina7984 | Asheville, NC
Jul 23, 2018

I stayed there by her side the whole time never sleeping because other than dealing with that I had to deal with the doctor coming in every single hour waking me up to check on me by the time I would fall asleep they be back in the room again. It was not because of my Suboxone that I was tired it was because of the doctors, my daughter being in the NICU, labor and all the stress I was under worrying and she was going to have to be put on methadone. Which she was for only a week.TO BE CONTINUED NEXT COMMENT!!!! :)

by Myina7984 | Asheville, NC
Jul 23, 2018

I am 5 months clean and my daughter is 5 months year old. I was on Suboxone and though me and my daughter was clean and everything but Suboxone that I was prescribed the doctor called DSS and told her that I was falling asleep with my daughter and they blamed it totally on my Suboxone. They took her and place her with mom. I was tired because I just went through Labor and my daughter came out with fluid in her lungs so she had to go to the NICU.TO BE CONTINUED NEXT COMMENT!!!! :)

by Myina7984 | Asheville, NC
Jul 23, 2018

My guilt is deep and will never go away, my peer support tells me you have to forgive yourself and not beat yourself up. But how do you forgive yourself after a 10-year active addiction.TO BE CONTINUED NEXT COMMENT!!!! :)

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