The road of Motherhood

So many things have surprised me about motherhood. Most more amazing than I ever imagined. Sadly with those good points there are always the bad.

Jealously

I never once thought someone would be jealous of how I parent my child. OK I'll admit that I have decided that I will go out of my way to insure I don't miss a beat when it comes to raising Amelia through these first few years. I take her education seriously, I make sure she has a wide food palate and I try to "home school" her to a level she can understand.

We have NEVER talked down to Amelia or used "baby talk" and we always explain things to her to avoid tantrums where possible and we do not spank. Amelia is 9 times out of 10 very well behaved. I believe baby wearing has made her a very confident little woman and I am SO thankful for the ladies that introduced me to it.

I spend a lot of time planning learning activities for Amelia, planning the next step to take with her, making sure my husband and I are both on the same page so she has balance.

I strive to be a great mom. I try hand make things, I go OTT for her birthdays, cakes everything. YET others seem to think what I do is stupid and don't agree with the way we raise Amelia and YET I discover time and time again that they copy, sorry, attempt to copy every little thing I do. Instead of using it as a point of contact, a point of similarity, it is used as a weapon to put down my parenting to satisfy something THEY lack.

I find this is common between working moms and stay at home moms. My husband and I decided when if we were going to have children I would stay at home to raise them. We decided to give up things in the present in hopes that our decision will benefit our children in the future. I have no problem with women who work it's just not for us. Yet I'm tired of being pointed at for being "obsessed" with my child.

Well I will continue to be obsessed with her and our future children. That is why we want children. We are a couple who enjoyed changing everything in our lives to move on to the stage of being happy to just sit at home, together, with a sleeping child at night.