Bad Mommy

Or the sh*t I said I'd never do: Part 2.














Yep, that's my kid. Yep, he's sleeping on his Boppy pillow in his crib. Call CPS. So I know it's a No-No, but I let him do it sometimes anyway. He fell asleep while nursing & after fighting this nap for a good 3 hours there was no way in H-E-double hockey sticks that I was going to risk waking him up.

Andplusalso? There is a stuffed animal in his crib, actually not just one, but 3! And he has a blanket. Truth be told, the stuffed animals have been in his crib for months & I have pretty much let my kid sleep with a blanket since he was a newborn. Am I worried about SIDS? At this point, not so much. Before...you bet I was, but the kid has been able to roll both directions since 4 months & sleeping on his tummy for just as long. It's hard to believe that the kid has only been out of our room for a few months.

I remember being pregnant & saying "When Carter arrives, I'll never do this....or that...or the other.." I have pretty much broken every baby sleeping rule under the sun. Oh! Wait! j/k I DO have breathable bumpers. And you're probably thinking "Like that will make a difference with all that other sh*t in his crib...*eye roll*" But my point is, that when you actually become a parent....it's more or less inevitable that you will do SOMETHING or many things that you said you would NEVER do.

Besides, this....my kid sits in the shopping cart now, but before that I put the baby seat on top of the cart. Yep, another No-No according to "them." And, my kid watches cartoons pretty much every day. Yep, 8 months old & he loves the Sprout channel. Is that bad? Probably, but it could truly be a lot worse. He also sits in his highchair at home without being strapped in. There is no conceivable way for him to fall out of his highchair yet. If he starts trying to climb out of it, then we'll strap him in.

If someone had told me that they did these things before I had children, you best believe that I would have judged them. But, only because I had no concept of what it was really like to have children. The truth is that when you become a parent you have to do what you think is right, what you are most comfortable with & what works best for YOUR family. I think that becoming a mother has made me a lot more tolerant in a lot of ways & a lot less judgmental. I've learned there isn't always only ONE right way to do something. I'm slowly learning that I can't control everything & every one.

And that's a good thing.