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21 Parents Who Wish They Never Got Out Of Bed

Things could be worse. Way worse.

1. The parent whose kid peed in the demo toilet at Home Depot:

2. The parent who learned the hard way that they forgot to replace the bag in the diaper pail:

3. The mom who made these chocolate bananas for her kid's class party but was told they were inappropriate:

4. The dad who will be up at 3 a.m. tonight feeling guilty about this:

5. The parent who tragically mixed up "Pajama Day" and "Photo Day":

6. The exhausted mom who accidentally packed an alcoholic beverage in her kid's lunch:

7. The parent who had this to deal with on "laundry day":

8. The parent whose toddler got their hands on the family computer:

9. The dad who suffered this injury in the line of parenting:

10. The mom who accidentally spilled all of this hard-earned breast milk:

11. The parent who tried to make a cute animal pancake for their kid but ended up with something straight out of a horror film:

12. The dad who wished his kid a happy birthday ON THE WRONG DAY:

13. The mom whose kid used this school project to call her out for yelling at other drivers and singing in the car.

14. Also, the mom whose first-grader called her out on her wine consumption:

15. The forgetful parent who had to write this elaborate cover for the tooth fairy:

16. The parent whose toddler threw an orange marker in with the laundry:

17. The parent who needed to get their baby's car seat back into this car.

18. The parent whose kid opened the beanbag and made this mess:

19. The dad who kicked his daughter's hippity hop ball into their neighbor's tree:

20. The parent who really wishes they ponied up for the cost of a kid's cut at the hair salon:

21. And the parent who started their day not with a protein shake but with a formula shake:

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