Everyone starts out their parenting journey with specific ideas of what they want to do, how they think things will go, how they intend to handle certain situations. And then the kiddos come along and sometimes plans get thrown up in the air, sometimes they work. What's for certain is that parenting is never what we expect it will be. We learn things as we go along, what works and what doesn't, why we do what we do, why we want to change what we've done. I've been a parent for six and a half years. I join millions of women who have been parents, some for less time and some for far, far longer, and not one mom is going to parent exactly the same as the other, so there is no one right way to parent a child. There are different ways to do everything and as long as a mommy (or a daddy, of course) is doing their honest, hard and true best to be the best parent they can be, there should be acceptance and maybe even an attempt to understand it. As the mother of two, I have been down several different roads. My daughter is my oldest. I have learned and changed much since she was born, and my son sees the fruit of that. I have continued learning and the next child will see even more differences than his/her older brother saw. Research and experience and gut feelings are why I do what I do, but my way is not always appropriate for others, so keep that in mind as you read my journey.
Note: I brought this over from my "crunchy" blog because I plan to purge that one. I know, I have been through a lot of blogs, but this one...should be easier to continue.
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