For all your awkward nursing photo needs

Yep, you guessed it! Today's post is an ode to hyena mothers all around the globe! Let's face it, we don't give our moms enough credit for putting up with all of our shenanigans. Hyena moms are no different... except that each of their cubs is born with a full set of razor sharp teeth (as though motherhood wasn't difficult enough). So today, I've gathered together my favorite collection of nursing photos to demonstrate the plight of a spotted hyena mom. Shall we begin?

Here we have the classic "mom is a jungle gym, but also, I'm hungry!"
 


Although, sometimes you're in the middle of playing with mom and you realize you're exhausted. So you use her as a body pillow while she stares woefully off into the distance, wondering if she'll know the meaning of a peaceful nap ever again.


Let's take a minute to enjoy our beloved mom, Smooth Criminal. She's nursing Esio Trot and BFG (our Roald Dahl books lineage).

Typical nursing photo, am I right?

Now, juxtaposition that with Anatolian and her two cubs, Toph Beifong and Naga. While Spotted Hyena cubs will nurse until they're roughly a year and a half old, at a certain age it begins to look a little silly. These two are almost the size of their mother!


Clearly she's ready for them to "leave the nest"

We've made it to my personal favorite, Clever Girl with her cub PUDD (short for The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding, an Agatha Christie novel).
 


After spending hours of your day nursing in various awkward scenarios, sometimes all you want to do is curl up in a nice patch of grass away from it all.

But then you look over...

And remember that it's worth sore nipples.

And you can't help but crawl in close for a good snuggle and a nap. After all, sometimes it's the little one's turn to be the pillow.