To my fellow Mommies WITH LOVE

I need to be brutally honest with my fellow Mommies, lay it all out there!!! 

We choose to have home births (most of the time)

but if you choose to go a hospital to give birth;

I will STILL LOVE YOU!! 

We choose to delay and only give certain vaccinations, 

but if you choose to vaccinate your child;

I will STILL LOVE YOU! 

We choose to use both cloth & disposable diapers

no matter how you choose to diaper your child;

I will STILL LOVE YOU! 

We choose homopatheic medicines over a doctor,

But if you choose to take your children to a doctor;

I will STILL LOVE YOU! 

We will most likely homeschool our children in the future, 

But if you choose traditional schooling for your children; 

I  will STILL LOVE YOU! 

We choose to attempt breastfeeding as long as possible,

But if you choose to formula feed your babies;

I will STILL LOVE YOU! 

We choose to not always eat organic foods,

But if you choose to eat organic;

I  will STILL LOVE YOU! 

We choose to keep our children rear-facing in the car until they 2,

But if you choose to turn your children around sooner;

I  will STILL LOVE YOU! 

  

As Mommies we are faced with so many choices and decisions we have to make, let's be honest it's hard!! It is hard to always know what we should or should not be doing for our children! It's hard enough to educate ourselves and make informed decisions without the judgement from other Mommas!! Let's all do ourselves a favor and truly LOVE one another even if we aren't doing things exactly the same! We are all Mommas with the same goal - to love our children and raise them well! I would be happy to share information on anything that we are doing, IF you wanted to know, but at the end of the day it's your children and your choice and I promise I will not judge any of your mothering decisions!!! This world has enough bad stuff in it, let's choose to overflow with love for other Mommies, instead of judgement!! 

The season of 2 under 2!!

In this season of our lives, my husband works 24 hour shifts. There is very little about the 24 hours that he is gone that is easy. Taking care of both girls, doing all the diapers, dinner, bed, dealing with the temper tantrums of a toddler and the fussy cries of a newborn who is fighting sleep...let's be honest I count down the hours until he gets home! But for the last couple weeks my girls have found a new schedule, that involves both of them asleep by around 10 or so (the newborn does still get up for a midnight feeding)! This means about twice a week now (when Christopher is at work), I get to end my days peacefully!! A nice bubble bath, some peach tea, a salty snack and catching up on my tv shows!!!

While those 24 hours he is gone are typically rough days, I really can't complain, because then he is off for at least 48 hours!! I am so blessed to be Mom during this season and even more blessed to have such an amazing hubby who works crazy hours and helps me a lot when he is home!! Oh the season of 2 under 2....someday I will look back and miss it, so I am really trying to find the positives!!