What is enough?

A conversation with my mother in law struck a cord with me...
"Relax she's fine"
"you're doing great"


It's nice to hear! I don't know if it's only me, and I highly doubt it is, but I am constantly wondering if I'm doing enough of the "right" things for Amelia. Am I reading to her enough? Do I teach her enough? Is she eating the right foods?

First I'll tackle the food. Honestly I don't question myself on this too much. I try to give her as much of a balanced diet as I can follow on a normal day. She does not have sweets or chocolate. The only chocolate she has had was the lick of a spoon when we were baking. She'll eat on most days, more than her "5 a day". Maybe 6 or 7 because she loves fruit. We don't keep white bread in the house and we try to buy organic where we can. She doesn't like milk (I don't either) so she has two cups of toddler milk a day which has good iron levels in it, which for some reason is one thing I want to make sure she has above others. The only problem we have is that she is probably getting to much dairy because man does that girl love her yogurts!

I worry about everything with Amelia. Like most moms I guess. Maybe I worry more about a few things but has anyone else noticed that the focus is always on what we're doing wrong? So thanks to my MIL I pass this on to you...

WELL DONE MOMS! (and DADS!) Well done for having HAPPY children, SMART children. Children who are LOVED and ADORED like they should be. It's OK to question yourself because I think it makes us better people. But with every question add a pat on the back for how far you have come and all the things your child has learned because of YOU!