parenting

confidence has always been a struggle for me.

but the one thing that i do feel confident about is being a mom.

i honestly do not care what other people think about my 'parenting skills'

what works for my family might not work for others.

and i constantly remind myself of this

whenever i am about to judge someone else's parenting.

i just stop. it's negative & hypercritical. 

 

babies. i got this.

change them, feed them, love them.

when i was pregnant

other parents gave me endless advice on raising a baby.

sleep when the baby sleeps. ya right.

always have an extra pair of clothes in the car.

take them to this doctor. feed them that formula.

blah blah blah.

 

ever since luke hit 5...

that confidence that i once had is gone.

little people. holy shit.

they start asking questions.

they pay attention to every.single.thing.

WHY don't those same parents tell you what to do

when those precious little babies turn into walking, talking little people?!

how do you answer those hard questions?

 

i am fully aware that everything that i do or say

is going to effect who my children grow up to be.

and that freaks me out!

i know what i want them to be.

but getting to that point is going to be the hard part.

 

 

i came across this today.

and i thought it was absolutely perfect!

it's going up on my fridge.

i need to remind myself daily of all these simple,

 yet extremely important ideas.

 

and every time i think i'm screwing something up...

i just love the shit out of those boys.

seriously.... sometimes i don't know what else to do.

 

 

 

 

and i figure...

if nothing else...

they will never doubt my love for them.

right?