momming
Doing maternal duties
Momming is the ongoing work of being a mother—the feeding, cleaning, scheduling, worrying, and emotional labor that fills a parent's day.
The gerund form emphasizes motherhood as continuous activity rather than static identity: I've been momming so hard today I forgot to eat.
Often used humorously or with exhausted pride among mothers commiserating about the relentlessness of childcare.
Feeling deep affection
- bondingForming close connections
- affectionWarm emotional attachment
- warmthHeat you feel
- empathySharing another's emotions
gentleness · devotion · cherishing · hugging · embracing · encouraging · supporting · reassuring
Supportive care-giving
- comfortingGiving emotional ease
- soothingReducing distress or discomfort
- tendingCaring for or inclining
- feedingGiving food to
bathing · dressing · protecting · watching · attending · nursing · safeguarding · providing
Advice for decisions
- lessonsUnits of teaching
- valuesPrinciples held worthwhile
- moralsPrinciples of right conduct
- ethicsStudy of right conduct
mentoring · instruction · homework · education · development · wisdom · advice · direction
Lines marking separation
- rulesPrinciples governing behavior
- expectationsBeliefs about future outcomes
- structureArrangement of interconnected parts
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
consequences · time-outs · redirecting · correcting · consistency · firmness · accountability · chores
loving
Feeling deep affection
empathy · gentleness · devotion · cherishing · hugging · embracing · encouraging · supporting · reassuring · praising
nurturing
Supportive care-giving
- comfortingGiving emotional ease
- soothingReducing distress or discomfort
- tendingCaring for or inclining
feeding · bathing · dressing · protecting · watching · attending · nursing · safeguarding · providing · transporting
guidance
Advice for decisions
ethics · mentoring · instruction · homework · education · development · wisdom · advice · direction · encouragement
boundaries
Lines marking separation
- rulesPrinciples governing behavior
- expectationsBeliefs about future outcomes
- structureArrangement of interconnected parts
authority · consequences · time-outs · redirecting · correcting · consistency · firmness · accountability · chores · responsibility
mommingneglecting
Failing to attend to
abandoning · ignoring · hands-off parenting · child neglect · checking out
- sugar mommiesWomen financing younger companions