Become the Favorite Child With These Awesome Mother’s Day Instagram Captions

Throughout childhood, moms are always there for the hard stuff—to help fold laundry, clean your room, and offer prompt after-school pickups. As life goes on, they become supportive confidants who are always a phone call away. They truly wear so many hats—and most of the time, do so without complaint—which is why there are even Mother’s Day movies and plenty of mother-daughter quotes celebrating moms. They deserve to be appreciated every day, and on Mother’s Day, are entitled to go the extra mile.

So after you whip up a delicious Mother’s Day brunch, pick out the best Mother’s Day gifts, and write a thoughtful Mother’s Day card this year, make her feel extra loved by letting the world know how great she is with an honorary Instagram post. Whether you pull together a handful of pictures from your childhood or snap a new pic on Mother’s Day, the gesture is bound to warm her heart. (And of course, she’ll want to re-share it to Facebook.)

The trickiest part of this social media moment won’t be choosing the filters or the hashtags, or even narrowing down the best shots. What will really set it apart (especially if you have competitive siblings) is writing a thoughtful caption to go along with it. Nope, heart emojis just won’t cut it.

Mom is worth your strongest caption game, but if you don’t have it in you—don’t worry. We’ve rounded up some hilarious, cute, and inspiring quotes that will at least get you started.

Read on for the best Mother’s Day Instagram captions that are bound to get all the double-taps—and some extra special treatment from Mom herself.

Funny Mother’s Day Instagram captions

1. She’s not a regular mom, she’s a cool mom!

2. Motherhood: Powered by love. Fueled by coffee. Sustained by wine.

3. Nothing is actually lost, unless your mom can’t find it.

4. Dear Mom, I know I’m the favorite child.

5. Cheers to the woman who gave up wine for nine months just for me.

6. Thanks for always loving me, even through all of my awkward phases.

7. Dear Mom, I get it now.

8. I got it from my mama!

9. Mom—you’re definitely one of my favorite parents.

10. Mothers don’t sleep. They just worry with their eyes closed.

11. Mom, I turned out awesome because of you.

12. A mother’s work is never done, but today, you deserve rest.

13. Nacho average mom.

14. My mom always told me to save water by drinking champagne.

15. Mom—thank you for raising the smartest, coolest kid in the world.

16. Just a picture of my mom and her favorite child!

Cute Mother’s Day captions

1. Home is wherever your mom is.

2. No matter how old she is, sometimes a girl just needs her mom.

3. Mom is the glue that holds our family together.

4. Behind every great woman is an even greater mother.

5. If I didn’t have you as a mom, I’d choose you as a friend.

6. Always my mom, forever my best friend.

7. Who needs a superhero when you have a mom?

8. Life doesn’t come with a guidebook—it comes with a mom.

9. Keep calm and call mom.

10. Mom, I don’t know what I’d do without you.

11. No matter how much I say I love you, I always love you more than that.

12. Thanks for always being my crying shoulder.

13. Mom: a title just above a queen.

14. To the world, you are a mother but to our family, you are the world.

15. Mother’s Day should be 365 days of the year!

16. There’s not enough room in a caption to explain how much I love you, Mom.

Mother’s Day captions inspired by quotes

1. “A mother’s arms are more comforting than anyone else’s.” —Princess Diana

2. “My mother’s love has always been a sustaining force for our family, and one of my greatest joys is seeing her integrity, her compassion, her intelligence reflected in my daughters.” —Michelle Obama

3. “It’s not easy being a mother. If it were, fathers would do it.” —Golden Girls

4. “The best place to cry is in a mother’s arms.” —Jodi Picoult

5. “It doesn’t matter how old you are, or what you do in life—you never stop needing your mom.” —Kate Winslet

6. “When you look into your mother’s eyes, you know that is the purest love you can find on this earth.” —Mitch Albom

7. “All that I am or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.”—Abraham Lincoln

8. “A child’s first teacher is its mother.”—Peng Liyuan

9. “I believe the choice to become a mother is the choice to become one of the greatest spiritual teachers there is.” —Oprah Winfrey

10. “When someone asks you where you come from, the answer is your mother.” —Anna Quindlen

11. “The woman who is my best friend, my teacher, my everything: Mom.” —Sandra Vischer

12. “My mother, she is beautiful, softened at the edges, and tempered with a spine of steel. I want to grow old and be like her.” —Jodi Picoult

13. “To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power. Or the climbing, falling colors of a rainbow.” —Maya Angelou

14. “One of the most important relationships we’ll have is the relationship we have with our mothers.”—Iyanla Vanzant

Song lyrics as Mother’s Day captions

1. “I only love my bed and my mama, I’m sorry.” —Drake

2. “She said I don’t care if you’re 80, you’ll always be my baby.” —Blake Shelton

3. “You might have a mom, she might be the bomb, but ain’t nobody got a mom like mine.” —Meghan Trainor

4. “I’ll be your shoulder when you need someone to lean on. Be your shelter when you need someone to see you through. I’ll be there to carry you.” —Reba McEntire

5. “So, mother, I thank you, for all you’ve done and still do; You got me, I got you, together we always pull through.” —Christina Aguilera

6. “You’ve given me everything that I will need to make it through this crazy thing called life.” —Carrie Underwood

7. “I know you were on my side even when I was wrong; And I love you for giving me your eyes, staying back and watching me shine.” —Taylor Swift

8. “I admire you for the strength you’ve instilled in me.”—Justin Bieber

9. “The only thing I ever had was you, it’s true; and even when the times got hard you were there to let us know that we’d get through.” —Good Charlotte

10. “For all the mothers fighting for better days to come and all my women, all my women sitting here trying to come home before the sun. And all my sisters coming together say yes I will, yes I can!” —Alicia Keys

11. “A single mom who works too hard; Who loves her kids and never stops; With gentle hands and the heart of a fighter.” —Reba McEntire

12. “Dear Mama, don’t you know I love you? Dear Mama, place no one above you.” —Tupac

13. “Wish we didn’t live so far from each other; I’m just sitting here, thinking ‘bout the time that’s slipping, and missing my mother.” —Kacey Musgraves

14. “I know you were on my side; Even when I was wrong.” —Taylor Swift

15. “You taught me everything; everything you’ve given me I’ll always keep it inside; you’re the driving force in my life.” —Boyz II Men

Mother’s Day captions for stepmoms

1. Thanks for “stepping up” for me.

2. Not step. Not half. Just family.

3. You’re not a spare mom, you’re an extra blessing.

4. “You may not have my eyes or my smile, but from the beginning, you had my heart.” —unknown

5. Who needs a fairy godmother when there are stepmoms?

6. Parenthood requires love, not DNA.

7. Marriage brought us together, but being a family is just what’s in our hearts.

8. “Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.” —Barbara Kingsolver

9. I am so grateful my dad found you because it gave me the gift of having you as a mom.

10. “The only steps in this house are the stair steps, and the only half in this house is the half-and-half creamer.” —Al Hodson

Mother’s Day captions for mother figures

1. Thank you for being my “second mom” and guiding me throughout my life.

2. We are not bound by blood, but you are my chosen family.

3. Happy Mother’s Day to the woman who raised me like one of her own.

4. You are just like a mother to me and I want to celebrate you today!

5. “Being a mother is an attitude, not a biological relation.” —Robert A. Heinlein

6. You are my biggest role model and inspiration. I hope to be as amazing as you one day.

7. “Home isn’t where you’re from, it’s where you find light when all grows dark.” —Pierce Brown

8. Happy Mother’s Day to someone who I view as a mother.

Mother’s Day captions for mom and daughter

1. Happy Mother’s Day to the best role model a daughter could ask for.

2. “My mom taught me a woman’s mind should be the most beautiful part of her.” —Sonya Teclai

3. I hope to be as amazing of a mom as you one day!

4. My mom helped me grow into the woman I am today

5. “A mother’s and daughter’s love is never separated.” —Viola Shipman

Mother’s Day captions for mom and son

1. Thank you Mom for raising me into the man I am today.

2. Mom – how does it feel to be the mother of the best son in the world?!

3. “Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.” —Louisa May Alcott

4. I am so proud to be your son.

5. “My mother never gave up on me. I messed up in school so much they were sending me home, but my mother sent me right back.” —Denzel Washington

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