Though we love mommy blogs as much as the next person, we know that their perfectly filtered photos aren't always a reality for most families. In a brutally honest post, mother and blogger Shannon Peterson reminded her followers that motherhood doesn't always look like what social media makes it out to be — and that's okay. Peterson wrote a blog post as well as an Instagram post that nailed the truth behind those edited photos on your feed. "Just in case you thought my real life was anything like these tiny squares, I give you: this is 4 months," she wrote alongside a photo of herself and her son. While her son, whom she refers to only as J, has been an "easy baby" to take care of until now, his needs have increased as he's grown up.
