On parenting...
I know that everyone has an opinion on how to raise everyone else's children.... and that most of the time it comes from people that dont have kids or that age group of children. BUT with that said... I am going to rant about some things that I see with other moms/dads. I know I don't have the same situation as them and god knows if my little angle princess baby will turn into a six year old problem child...but I'm going to go ahead and write this anyways. :)
It never fails that at the pediatricians office there will be one mother there that is absolutely lost. Every time I've taken her... It is almost sad watching these moms. She sits from her seat and shouts nonsense at her son, who is running around in circles. "Griffin, mommy says be nice" ... "Griffin, we should share.... mommy wants you to ask those kids if they want cereal too". They way they act and talk to their children is as though they are lost and have no idea how to be a mother but are trying to prove it to everyone else that they are a good mother. The kids are obviously not disciplined correctly.
I'm not going to exaggerate my own capabilities; I have no idea how to handle anything more than what I have right now. A seven month old baby. But I really try so hard to pay attention to her and know what she needs. It is easy because I am always with her, I know her sleepy/hungry/I want attention noises. What is going to happen as we grow up together? Mommy and baby... I am not sure. I look at mothers with their 14 year old daughters and I want to go up and ask them "how do you do it??"
It is amazing how little time it takes to have a child and watch that newborn infant grow. She has a tooth! She is crawling on the ground! She can pull herself up to a stand! Soon she is going to be a little girl running around.
I also don't understand the, for example, "My kid needs to learn about sex. Can you recommend a book for her/him?" I love books and I run to them for everything but I have not looked at one book for advice on parenting. I have read about how breastfeeding works and what is in the vaccinations/medications they have given her... but nothing about how to raise or teach her anything. I should write a book and call it "instinct parenting" and all it will say is "pay attention to your child."
We're going to be starting solids soon. (again)
We tried and it gave her rock-poop so we stopped and are only breastfeeding again.
I think I'm going to look into making her baby food this time. I found two farmer's markets on Flamingo within a mile of me.
It never fails that at the pediatricians office there will be one mother there that is absolutely lost. Every time I've taken her... It is almost sad watching these moms. She sits from her seat and shouts nonsense at her son, who is running around in circles. "Griffin, mommy says be nice" ... "Griffin, we should share.... mommy wants you to ask those kids if they want cereal too". They way they act and talk to their children is as though they are lost and have no idea how to be a mother but are trying to prove it to everyone else that they are a good mother. The kids are obviously not disciplined correctly.
I'm not going to exaggerate my own capabilities; I have no idea how to handle anything more than what I have right now. A seven month old baby. But I really try so hard to pay attention to her and know what she needs. It is easy because I am always with her, I know her sleepy/hungry/I want attention noises. What is going to happen as we grow up together? Mommy and baby... I am not sure. I look at mothers with their 14 year old daughters and I want to go up and ask them "how do you do it??"
It is amazing how little time it takes to have a child and watch that newborn infant grow. She has a tooth! She is crawling on the ground! She can pull herself up to a stand! Soon she is going to be a little girl running around.
I also don't understand the, for example, "My kid needs to learn about sex. Can you recommend a book for her/him?" I love books and I run to them for everything but I have not looked at one book for advice on parenting. I have read about how breastfeeding works and what is in the vaccinations/medications they have given her... but nothing about how to raise or teach her anything. I should write a book and call it "instinct parenting" and all it will say is "pay attention to your child."
We're going to be starting solids soon. (again)
We tried and it gave her rock-poop so we stopped and are only breastfeeding again.
I think I'm going to look into making her baby food this time. I found two farmer's markets on Flamingo within a mile of me.