“As soon as somebody validated my feelings, I realized that I was fine and normal, and from that night on I became the best mother in the entire world.”
—Leslye Fagin
“Babies don’t do weekends.”

—Claudia David Heitler
“The best thing about motherhood is that you get a chance to do it over again every single day.”

—Rachel Burstein
“Forget work, forget anything else. Raising my children is just about as good as it gets.”

—Matt Lauer
“It’s not what your kids eat at any particular meal or on any particular day—if they get good nutrition in a week then you did a good job."
—Jean Chatzky
“My breasts were the size of two Hindenburgs. My husband, Frank, used to say, “Don’t aim those things at me!”

—Kathie Lee Gifford
“The first time I had to take the baby out by myself, I dealt with it as if I were transporting a ticking time bomb.”

—Matt Lauer
“There’s no question in my mind that being a mother has made me a better journalist and a better human being.”

—Ann Curry
“Your career should be the way you make your living, but your family should be the place you live your life.”

—Kathie Lee Gifford
“We all have an instinct. You should at least give yourself the option to not be afraid of it.”

—Meredith Vieira
“I stopped trying to turn them into something I wanted, rather than who they really are.”

—Ruth Peters, Ph.D.
“Sometimes it takes a snapshot to remind you of all those little moments and how fast they go.”

—Natalie Morales
”...from the instant I held Courtney, I knew she was mine.”

—Al Roker
“We talk about our kids all the time in the makeup room. It’s one of the things we all have in common on the show."

—Matt Lauer
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Tiki Barber (AJ and Chason’s dad), TODAY National Correspondent
Joy Bauer, M.S., R.D., C.D.N. (Jesse, Cole, and Ayden Jane’s mom), TODAY Contributor and Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist
Tanya Benenson, M.D., Medical Director, NBC Universal
Lloyd Boston, TODAY Style Editor
Rachel Burstein (Maya’s mom), TODAY Producer
Jean Chatzky (Jake and Julia’s mom), TODAY Financial Editor
Ann Curry (Mac and Walker’s mom), TODAY News Anchor
Leslye Fagin (Jenna’s mom), TODAY Stage Manager
Ada Famulari (Derek and Blake’s mom), TODAY Program Manager/HR
Kathie Lee Gifford (Cody and Cassidy’s mom), TODAY Co-Anchor, 4th Hour
Peter Greenberg, TODAY Travel Editor
Claudia David Heitler (Arlo and Lois’s mom), Former TODAY Booker/Producer
Paul Hochman (Lily, Carter, and Oscar’s dad), TODAY Gear and Technology Editor
Debbie Kosofsky (David, Jeffrey, and Pamela’s mom), TODAY Producer
Matt Lauer (Jack, Romy, and Thijs’s papa), TODAY Co-Anchor
Janice Lieberman (David and Judah’s mom), TODAY Consumer Correspondent
Melissa Lonner (Jadon and Noah’s mom), TODAY Senior Producer
Linda Mason (Farrell, Lucas, and Grace’s mom), Bright Horizons Family Solutions/NBC Universal’s Full-Service and Back-Up Child Care Centers
Elizabeth Mayhew (Madeleine and Charlie’s mom), TODAY Contributing Editor and Lifestyle Expert
Natalie Morales (Josh and Luke’s mom), TODAY National Correspondent
Joan Ortiz, R.N., B.S.N., C.L.C. (Kristina and Ashley’s mom), Limerick, Inc./NBC Universal’s Workplace Lactation Program
Eve Pearl (Joey’s mom), TODAY Makeup Artist
Ruth Peters, Ph.D. (Lindsay and Chris’s mom), TODAY Contributor and Clinical Psychologist
Amy Robach (Annalise and Ava’s mom), TODAY National Correspondent/Weekend TODAY Co-Anchor
Al Roker (Courtney, Leila, and Nicholas’s dad), TODAY Weather and Feature Reporter
Vanessa Rowson (Joshua’s mom), TODAY Production Finance Coordinator
Gail Saltz, M.D. (Emily, Kimberly, and Tori’s mom), TODAY Contributor and Psychiatrist
Robin Sindler (Charlotte’s mom), TODAY Producer
Nancy Snyderman, M.D. (Kate, Rachel, and Charlie’s mom), NBC News Chief Medical Editor
Dierdre Stadtmauer, TODAY Hair Stylist
Meredith Vieira (Ben, Gabe, and Lily’s mom), TODAY Co-Anchor
Jen Wilson, NBC Senior Fitness Specialist
Cecilia Fang Wu (Christian’s mom), TODAY Producer
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