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Kinda how I feel sometimes.[/caption]For those don't know, there is a HUGE difference between babies that just sit up and babies that can crawl and walk. They become little terrors. Like tornadoes. It gets messy y'all. I can't tell you how many times my husband comes home these days, sees tupperware, zip lock bags- or any other item that inhabits the bottom drawer in my kitchen- on the floor and says "you know, you should really give Cooper more boundaries." The other day I couldn't find a credit card and I told the hubs that I knew exactly where it was, in those couch pillows where my 12-month old had most certainly stuffed it. It was. See above "boundaries" comment.
If you're a mom you know there are so many opinions out there to measure yourself up against. How to discipline your baby or child, what to feed him, what not to feed him, attachment parenting, parent-directed parenting...all while keeping your house (and let's face it...yourself) together. I've only got one crawler and it can be, busy. God bless you folks with two or more.
"Life didn't come with a fool-proof manual."
In a perfect world my little guy would sit in the playroom and play with his toys rather than tear apart my kitchen and bathroom- but that's just not reality. I read an article about the importance of discipline and creating a "yes" house-environment. Meaning, create an environment where there's not opportunities that cause you to need to tell a kid no. No temptations. Hah! When I read this I wanted to ask them...do you have a baby? Do they like, move around? Impossible.
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Coop's favorite drawer in the kitchen. Oh, who am I kidding, they're all his favorite.[/caption]I've kind of beat myself up over the fact that I may be too lax of a mom or allow him to do things that he shouldn't. I don't teach him baby sign language- am I prohibiting his language development? I let him cry in the pack-in-play for 5-minutes am I creating an insecurity in my child? This is just parenting, forget the insecurities I have about the house! I constantly feel the need to explain myself or apologize, but you know what, I'm embracing it now. And I'm hear to tell you that I 100% do not have my shit together all the time. There. I said it.
What I do know is that my son knows that I adore him, he is a happy, curious, logical boy, and he knows the word no. So, if there are a few ziplock bags on the floor to clean up every now and then, I'm fine with it.
"Don't sweat the small stuff, and it's all small stuff." -Richard Carlson
Now I need to go find my keys.
xox
Lauren
P.S. for all those on the quest to get more organized, take a peek a this article about the 7 habits of highly organized people. And, good luck.
http://www.operationorganization-mn.com/2011/09/7-habits-of-highly-organized-people.html
