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You know what? I need to get something off my chest.
I no longer breastfeed.
I use disposable diapers.
I have had Nora sleep in her crib since the first day she came home from the hospital.
I don't generally wash my hands between petting the dog and picking Nora up anymore.
I even let the dog lick her face on occasion.
I have been known to let Nora cry at some point.
I have read the No Cry Sleep Solution and don't buy into it at all, and kinda think Dr. Sears is a bit nuts.
I don't even totally buy into the Happiest Baby on the Block because his theories on the evolution of human gestation are just not logical to me.
I do, however, buy into On Becoming Babywise.
I have Nora in daycare.
I put Nora down to nap on her tummy.
I have recently given Nora some solids (which she totally loves, by the way).
And I don't care that all these things are controversial and that there are those who would read this and think that I am doing wrong by my baby. Go ahead and judge me. You will anyway. I mean, we all do it. I can't help but have those thoughts pop in my head when I read things that I disagree with. But I keep those thoughts to myself because I respect the differences that people have and find that what works for one does not necessarily work for another. This is my family and this is the way I am raising my family. We discuss this stuff with our pediatrician, and even when I can tell she doesn't always agree with me (i.e. the tummy napping), she doesn't judge me because she can see what a happy and healthy little girl Nora is and that I only have her best interests in mind.
I am comfortable with the way I raise my daughter. So go ahead and judge me. You will anyway. But keep it to yourself because I don't really give a shit about the judgements of others when I know what's right for us.
I no longer breastfeed.
I use disposable diapers.
I have had Nora sleep in her crib since the first day she came home from the hospital.
I don't generally wash my hands between petting the dog and picking Nora up anymore.
I even let the dog lick her face on occasion.
I have been known to let Nora cry at some point.
I have read the No Cry Sleep Solution and don't buy into it at all, and kinda think Dr. Sears is a bit nuts.
I don't even totally buy into the Happiest Baby on the Block because his theories on the evolution of human gestation are just not logical to me.
I do, however, buy into On Becoming Babywise.
I have Nora in daycare.
I put Nora down to nap on her tummy.
I have recently given Nora some solids (which she totally loves, by the way).
And I don't care that all these things are controversial and that there are those who would read this and think that I am doing wrong by my baby. Go ahead and judge me. You will anyway. I mean, we all do it. I can't help but have those thoughts pop in my head when I read things that I disagree with. But I keep those thoughts to myself because I respect the differences that people have and find that what works for one does not necessarily work for another. This is my family and this is the way I am raising my family. We discuss this stuff with our pediatrician, and even when I can tell she doesn't always agree with me (i.e. the tummy napping), she doesn't judge me because she can see what a happy and healthy little girl Nora is and that I only have her best interests in mind.
I am comfortable with the way I raise my daughter. So go ahead and judge me. You will anyway. But keep it to yourself because I don't really give a shit about the judgements of others when I know what's right for us.
