Two weeks ago, my seven month-old was teething, had the worst diaper rash I'd ever seen in my life, and had a fever plus a cold. It was a weekend I will never ever forget.  Ever.

Sometimes being a mommy makes being a start-up founder seem like a breeze... Of course, that's until you peep your competitor's latest activity.  Nothing like a good old punch in the gut every now and then to give you perspective.

When you're building a business and being a mommy, you absolutely must have a sense of humor!  So I give you, 8 Ways Start-ups Are Like Babies. This is supposed to be funny, so try not to take it too seriously and feel free to add your own in the comments.

Here goes:

1.  There's always crap to either clean up or crap you're about to clean up.  And the crap gets more intense the older they get.

2.  Pregnancy and labor are like pre and post-launch.  At first you think the former is the hard part so you spend all of your time reading about pregnancy and labor, but then you have the baby and realize, that was nothing compared to what's really in store.

3.  You can always be a better parent and spend more time with your kids.  You can always be a better founder and spend more time with your business.  Catch 22. 

4.  Both are major c-blockers. (ha!)

5.  Both seem like really good ideas... at the time.

6.  Both give you proud moments when you are just filled with absolute joy and feel on top of the world, then you have a seriously crappy day and it all sucks.

7.  You see the absolute very best and the potential in both of them.

8.  For both of them you're thinking, "I wish a ---- would utter a negative word about either of them..." (See Ced the Entertainer King of Comedy to get this)  "That's us partna, 4 AND 5." (From 3:38)

hahahah!  Okay, back to the baby and business grind I go.

Happy Monday.  What else should be on the list?

Edit:  one more... they both keep you up late at night.