Archive for March, 2011
Modern Day, Mainstream Mom?
This is a little fun for all of you moms out there who consider yourself a modern day but maybe not so mainstream mom. Give it time and soon you will see that the items below will describe the mainsteam mom. Which of these can you relate to?
You know what attachment parenting means.
You went to prenatal yoga and used many of the moves during labor.
You consumed sushi, wine and or beer while you were pregnant.
You gave birth at home, in a birthing center or in the water.
You refer to your infant car seat as a “bucket” and only have them in the “bucket” while you are driving in the car.
You own multiple slings.
Your older children carry their babies in a sling and nurse them on demand, just like mom.
You have a crib but it is full of stuffed animals or baby’s clothes.
Your baby has a room but sleeps with you.
You make your own organic baby food and freeze it in icecube trays.
You have used your breastmilk to cure just about everything….diaper rash, pink eye, ear infections.
You don’t know how many times a day you nurse your babes because you nurse them on demand.
You make an educated and informed choice not to vaccinate.
Your child’s doctor is a chiropractor or homeopathic doctor.
Your toddler doesn’t know what cow’s milk or juice tastes like.
When your 4 year old sees images of a mother giving birth in a hospital they ask, “Mommy why is she in the hospital? She must be very sick!”
You go to the toilet when you change your baby’s diaper, not the garbage can.
You have a collection of super-cute soft soled shoes.
You know what EC is.
You let your baby crawl on the ground where there is grass and dirt.
You have arnica, a netti pot and maybe some chinese herbs in your medicine cabinet and that is about all.
You and your children spend most of your summer days digging in the dirt in your garden. And you have to tell them to save some of the tomatoes for dinner.
If you have a TV, you never watch “A Baby Story” or “Special Delivery” because you yell at the TV too much.
You have had a VBAC!