Showing posts with label motherhood. Show all posts
Showing posts with label motherhood. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

SAHM-WAHM-WM-Daycare-Nanny-Bottle feeding-Breastfeeding-Milk-No Milk-You get it.

Yesterday was Build 'Em Up Tuesday post on Kellys Korner Blog. Being  confident in your choices in Motherhood.

Oh boy, where do I start! We all have our fair share of stories on this from the second we found out we were pregnant, heck even before when it was just a thought.

I know soo many different families and lifestyles... SAHM's WAHM's, Working Moms, kids in daycare, with a nanny with grandparents or friends or home with mom or dad. And every single parent has some kind of doubt or guilt from decision they made.  NO ONE is perfect yet perfect in our own way. We are all doing what we feel is best for our family.

We need to be stronger and trust in ourselves with the decisions we have made or are going to make. Many times we don't have the choice too, so we are blessed to even have the opportunity to make a decision to begin with. We need to trust that things will always workout. As long as our children are loved as the priority :)

Before I had a child (and I know you were the same :) you thought... OH! I will be like this as a mom, Do that as a mom, I will NEVER do that or have a child like THAT mom! Ha!


Once that little one is in your life so many thoughts and decisions race through your mind everyday!

What I learned early on is to follow my baby's lead and that has truly worked out best for me. Eating, Sleeping, Talking and going forward I will always follow his lead without pressuring him to hurry up. This works best for me with less stress. The times that I did try to force things like a sleep schedule it caused me and my family soo much stress. Then one day when baby k was ready, he gave himself a schedule and it's perfect for us.
 

I always remind myself to do what is best for my family. This took me a while to really follow and still I need to repeat it many times. No two families are the same, no two babies/kids are the same. This brings out so many insecurities about yourself as a parent too. I always love when my husband gets advice from other fathers about how WE should be doing things in OUR home... They do not know us or our lifestyle and why is it that THEY are doing it so right and we so wrong? To me, they are doing it the way they know best... and so are we. I may not agree with their ways and they not with mine but I have enough things to think about than what others are doing. (even though we tend to look at others sometimes) I'm only thinking whats best for me and my family. So next time we think about how we are doing things vs another family, lets remember that we are all doing what is best for our families and doing it the way we know how.


Kelly said it best, lets support other mothers and not make them feel that they are WRONG just because they are DIFFERENT than you. And support our own decisions too because we can be so hard on ourselves for being different. 








Thursday, February 16, 2012

Mom talk, Love my baby boy

 I just love my little boy. Everyday he grows so much and does something new. It's such an amazing feeling. I never thought about how it would actually feel to be a mom. Some days are a little more hectic than others, but when your little baby smiles at you, it's the most heart melting incredible feeling.
 As a parent, especially a new parent, you are always looking up information, reading asking other moms what they do... but I realized that every mom does things their own way and which ever way works best for them. There is no wrong way of doing things... just your way, and that makes it right for you. You will see some moms saying dates of how early their baby hit certain milestones or talk sleep or eating milestones as if it's a competition it's hilarious. Or rushing their babies to hit milestones.Or not holding your baby because they will get spoiled (I've had moms make comments to me about attending to my crying baby) ... Our babies won't be babies forever! But every parents has their own ways. All babies and parents have their own growth and lifestyle. As long as mom, dad and baby are happy it's allll that matters. :)

While I was pregnant I knew I wanted to breastfeed, but I was also open to formula feeding as well. The first week of baby K's life while my milk supply wasn't fully in yet I did both, formula and breast milk. Then the second week I started to exclusively breastfeed. I had ups and downs the first month, lots of unknowns but here we are now going on to 4 months and I am still breastfeeding and loving it! I use to have a timeline, like "I'll only breastfeed for 3 months" or "6 months" but now I have no dates. As long as my milk is there, I will breastfeed until baby and I are ready to stop, no dates! :) This makes me happy.
Babbling in the car.
 Before I had a baby I hated being late to places and usually was the first one to arrive. If I was late it would be because of traffic or something out of my hands. Now with my baby.... ha! it is tough getting somewhere right on time. We do pretty well most days... but today was different... today was salsa fitness class. Baby was sleeping as I got ready. I was dressed in my workout clothes, ready to go.  I woke up baby to feed and change him. We were running a little late, but not too late. Then I changed the baby, I turned around to get his diaper, turned back, heard the baby pass gas, looked down...... and omg! poo was everywhere! All over my clothes, the bed, the carpet, furniture... it squirted everywhere! How the... haha. I was in shock! I just stood still and didn't know what to do! It was soo much to clean up, we missed class. boo! I couldn't help but laugh, so did baby K. hahaha.

Silly baby. I love this cute adorable squishy little boy, even if he did poo all over me. haha!

Friday, January 27, 2012

Things I never realized, things I did not know


I never realized that sooo many delicious foods are the cheesiest most chocolatey, most spiciest ones ha!
All of which I'm staying away from while Breastfeeding.

I didn't know that all the books I bought to prepare for motherhood did not have the info I really needed. Much of the information/advice I was looking for came from family, RL friends and twitter friends ;)

I didn't know how much I would enjoy Breastfeeding to the point that I feel sad when I think about weaning after 6 months.

I didn't know anything about 'growth spurts' the frequent feedings and the huge extra supply it brings on right after.

I didn't know how quickly babies grow out of their clothes haha!

I didn't know that the baby's force when pooping would send poop dripping out the side of his legs or up his back. Haha!

I didn't know suctioning out the baby's boogies would be such a fun thing to do.

I didn't know how hungry you get while Breastfeeding. I'm hungry all the time! !!

I didn't know that I am awesome at multitasking.

And most of all, I didn't know how much love I could have for my little boy, love that gets even stronger as days go by.

Turning 3 months this weekend!