Since becoming a mother I have eaten my words a thousand times! Literally nothing can prepare you for it at all. Not because it's difficult...it can be sometimes, but because it completely changes YOU as a person and everything you thought you knew about yourself! No matter how much you think it won't...it will. Firstly, about the kind of parent you will be.... I was going to be the most strict parent ever...as it stands I'm so laid back. I intended to have him in his own bed in his own room as soon as he came home from the hospital...he literally never even used his cot and was with me pretty much until he went into a big bed. He was going to nursery as soon as he was 6 months old...he will go age 4 as normal. He was NEVER going to have technology 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 He was not going to be rocked or driven in the car to get him to sleep...he literally got to sleep one of those two ways until about a year ago. I could go on... Aside from that, there is a long list of things that everyone knows better than you when you become a mother. Advice is fantastic and very much needed sometimes, but when it's unsolicited it can actually do more harm than good. "They should be sleeping through the night by no. They must be not getting enough milk to be feeding so often, you should give formula. He should be eating solids by now. A little bit of sugar won't hurt him. Are you sure he's allergic to Dairy? Surely a little won't hurt? Shouldn't he be sitting by now? Shouldn't he be crawling now? Shouldn't he be walking by now? Shouldn't he be talking now? Shouldn't you cut his hair? Isn't he hot? Shouldn't he be in bed by now? Shouldn't you get him off the boob now? Shouldn't he be in his own bed? The list is endless. It gets to you at first, but now I have THE ONLY BIT OF ADVICE any mum needs; ALL KIDS ARE DIFFERENT. ALL MUMS ARE DIFFERENT. ALL FAMILIES ARE DIFFERENT. DO WHAT WORKS FOR YOU AND YOURS!!! YOU'RE DOING AMAZING!! #mumblogger #mumlife #mumactivities #mummyblogger #mummyblog #mumblog #mummylife #mumblog #mumsofinstagram #mummyprobs #mumproblems (at In Deep Thought!) https://www.instagram.com/p/CP0IvuZFVL6/?utm_medium=tumblr
