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22nd Jan 2019

Mum’s ‘realistic version of what motherhood looks like’ goes viral

Jade Hayden

She’s nailed it, in fairness.

Recently, YouTuber Colleen Ballinger announced that she was expecting a baby.

A few months afterward, she welcomed her first child, much to the delight and enthralment of all of her fans who were only ecstatic for the new mum.

Since then, Colleen – best known as Miranda Sings – has been sharing her experience of motherhood online for all to see.

The other day, she shared two photos of herself in the form of a mirror selfie. The pictures were the exact same except one of them pointed to all the baby puke and breast milk all over her body.

Amazing.

“I see a lot of moms online who portray a perfect, easy lifestyle,” she said.

“But this is a more realistic version of what motherhood looks like. I wish more people would show their reality instead of the most perfect version of themselves online. Cuz the messy stuff is beautiful too.”

It definitely is, girl.

Colleen announced she was in labour in December with a funny picture of the star in a hospital gown, posing nonchalantly with her phone and an iced Starbucks drink. She captioned the tweet “here we go”.

Within an hour, her post had over 4,500 retweets and nearly 30,000 likes.

That YouTuber life, isn’t it?