Does your tot have inexplicably spiky hair? Are they looking a little yellow? (Come to think of it, is your whole clan looking a little jaundiced?) Does your baby’s tenure as an infant seem a little long? Your sister’s kid was already talking by now, you’re sure of it… Well, at least they haven’t been stuck in diapers since 1987 like Maggie Simpson.

Do you ever wonder what your little baby is going to sound like? Sure, they might mainly making a pacifier-sucking noise now, but who says their internal monologue has to sound like a baby? You barely even know them yet. Maybe they’re the serious type. Maybe when they finally become more verbal, they’ll sound just like James Earl Jones, declaiming the disturbing state of their world, just like Maggie Simpson on one of the few times she’s spoken up. Probably not, but stranger things have happened!

If you ever need a little reminder of why you do it all, just look at your baby in this Maggie Simpson costume and try not tear up thinking of Homer slogging away hours at the power plant forever instead of pursuing his bowling alley dreams. We all make sacrifices for the ones we love in our life, and none are as great as those of a parent. Not to compare your parenting to Homer Simpson. We’re sure you don’t strangle your children. Listen, he’s got good and bad in him, okay? He’s human, like all of us.