There are endless amounts of parenting books and guides available for parents to be out there and even I am guilty of buying a few when I needed answers for my baby who couldn't self soothe or when I felt inferior to other parents children that were developing faster than mine and I needed to know why. Here is what I learned from those ridiculously over priced parenting books, nothing. Not one thing in those books could apply to my child because my child was nothing like the child the author was explaining. I did learn though I knew nothing about being a parent until I actually became one and was faced with obstacles that I solved on my own and in what I believed was right for my child and children. Now at the age I am now lots of my fellow peers are having children all around the same ages and I guess we all feel the need to post it all over social media (guilty) What I'm about to say keep an open mind and I believe it will make sense. I see moms now on social media posting all the things their children are doing or what brand new thing/clothing item you bought them, us moms are having a cock measuring contest with our children. We feel the need to up one another with just about everything, we feel this pressure to have the bigger "cock" sorry for the explicitiveness. So here are the 4 things I do not care that you do as a parent or don't do...
1. Breast Fed or Bottle Fed
I could care less if your three year old is still sucking on your boobs all day long, do you. I don't care if you are shaking up formula bottles all day long. All the babies are fed and happy. If you are judging the mom who is breast feeding all day long, well get over it, it's natural and their happy. That being said I don't need to hear about it or read about it all day long on facebook, we get it, we really do. You've been breastfeeding your baby for a while, congratulations it is a lot of work but what do you want an Emmy award? And bottle feeding mommas I know you are doing what you have to so that your baby is fed. I'm not Pro-breastfeeing. I'm not Pro-bottle, I'm just Pro-get your kid fed, and that's all you should worry about too.
2. Organic vs Anything Else
I jumped on the organic band wagon for a while to the point I bought O (before she was born) a $300 organic bumper pad for her crib (I know I'm a lunatic), to only be told at the hospital bumpers were a big no no. LOL well I used it anyway because she loved her elephant bumper and look she's still alive! I bought organic food for a while, hefty price tag and than I realized my child could care less about organic and wanted some damn pringles and nutella. So whether you don't feed your family GMO's, all organic food or over processed frozen fish sticks, up to you, bon appetite!
3. Working mom vs. Stay at Home Mom
I understand some moms have to have full time jobs out of the house to support their families and I understand some moms either don't need to work because their significant other brings home enough bacon or you can't afford day care. I do not care either way. Finances have nothing to do with anybody else but you and your family so do what you need to. I am fortunate enough that my husband makes enough money that I can stay home with my babes but I do work 3 days a week for a few hours at a small diner because momma needs some time out of the house and why not make some extra cash (booze money) from the sweet elderly couples that come in. We are all good moms.
4. Miscellaneous
This list could be a long one but i'll make it short. I do not care how much or little you let your kids watch T.V., if you let you toddler drink soda or water, if you curse in front of them, how you discipline them, if you let them co-sleep or not, what age you start them in preschool, how you potty train(by the way I really do not care if your child shit on the potty), how many or little toys they have, if they wear a helmet or not, if you are following proper car seat safety, etc, etc, etc. Be the parent you believe you are, we are all trying our bests.
xoxo mommies until next time
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