Yep. I said it! Okay, so, I'm a new mommy...I mean, my son is only 8 months old and I am already realizing this is a REAL thing. I mean, come on! Mommy Wars?!
Before I had Emil I had KINDA heard about this but always pretty much blew it off since I wasn't a mom yet. But, now, WOW! I'm really surprised by this. I'm blown away at the reality of "mommy wars" and how women are really treating each other. Okay, so here's the deal....although I'm already sure you know.... Moms are judging each other, coming down on each other, talking about other people's kids (my kid's maturing faster than yours, mine sleeps thru the night and yours doesn't, na na na na boo boo!) and the list goes on. WHAT!? I am a HUGE advocate of NOT JUDGING others and trying to always be nice to others (understanding not everybody's perfect) so this is absolutely ridiculous to me.
I personally think women that do this are sad, ugly, lowlife, with nothing better to do women.... It makes me very angry and I will not participate in any such activities! I think we should ALWAYS support one another. I think we, as women & moms, should help each other! Come on. Remember when you first had your little one and your friends welcomed you to "the mommy club?!" Well, hell....I don't want to be a member of that club if all that craziness is going on...I'm going to start my own. It's where we can count on one another, love and support each other, help and lend a hand when needed. THAT'S the kind of mommy club I want to be a part of... I have a friend that is having trouble getting her little girl to sleep by herself and she's sleeping with her because she's tried it all and doesn't know what else to do. BUT she's not really talking to other moms about it b/c she's probably worried about how they're going to judge her! Seriously!? Let's lend a fellow mom a hand...help her out! She's just like YOU. She's a person, human, with feelings....doing the best she can......aren't we all?
I will say (after all this b!tching) that I do have some really awesome mommy friends. I have women that I can absolutely count on as fellow mommies that can support me, give me advice when I have questions, lend a hand etc. I love these women! I have a very close friend that has a little boy 5 1/2 months younger than Emil and I LOVE that we can chat with each other and help one another out...it's awesome! I love knowing that we can always support each other! That's awesome! I think we are all pretty darn awesome and, just like my friend with the little girl, we are all just doing the best we can! I absolutely love my son with all that I am. I do everything I can for him, every single day. I am a good mom (and you are too! :)).
So, this is my challenge to you (rant over, lol). Be good, do good. Support one another and build each other up! No matter what...help each other! You don't know what somebody else has going on so don't judge. I posted a much shorter version of this on my fb the other day and my husband made a comment to me about how it wasn't going to make a difference... I'm hoping that this will at least change or make a difference to ONE person.
Before I had Emil I had KINDA heard about this but always pretty much blew it off since I wasn't a mom yet. But, now, WOW! I'm really surprised by this. I'm blown away at the reality of "mommy wars" and how women are really treating each other. Okay, so here's the deal....although I'm already sure you know.... Moms are judging each other, coming down on each other, talking about other people's kids (my kid's maturing faster than yours, mine sleeps thru the night and yours doesn't, na na na na boo boo!) and the list goes on. WHAT!? I am a HUGE advocate of NOT JUDGING others and trying to always be nice to others (understanding not everybody's perfect) so this is absolutely ridiculous to me.
I personally think women that do this are sad, ugly, lowlife, with nothing better to do women.... It makes me very angry and I will not participate in any such activities! I think we should ALWAYS support one another. I think we, as women & moms, should help each other! Come on. Remember when you first had your little one and your friends welcomed you to "the mommy club?!" Well, hell....I don't want to be a member of that club if all that craziness is going on...I'm going to start my own. It's where we can count on one another, love and support each other, help and lend a hand when needed. THAT'S the kind of mommy club I want to be a part of... I have a friend that is having trouble getting her little girl to sleep by herself and she's sleeping with her because she's tried it all and doesn't know what else to do. BUT she's not really talking to other moms about it b/c she's probably worried about how they're going to judge her! Seriously!? Let's lend a fellow mom a hand...help her out! She's just like YOU. She's a person, human, with feelings....doing the best she can......aren't we all?
I will say (after all this b!tching) that I do have some really awesome mommy friends. I have women that I can absolutely count on as fellow mommies that can support me, give me advice when I have questions, lend a hand etc. I love these women! I have a very close friend that has a little boy 5 1/2 months younger than Emil and I LOVE that we can chat with each other and help one another out...it's awesome! I love knowing that we can always support each other! That's awesome! I think we are all pretty darn awesome and, just like my friend with the little girl, we are all just doing the best we can! I absolutely love my son with all that I am. I do everything I can for him, every single day. I am a good mom (and you are too! :)).
So, this is my challenge to you (rant over, lol). Be good, do good. Support one another and build each other up! No matter what...help each other! You don't know what somebody else has going on so don't judge. I posted a much shorter version of this on my fb the other day and my husband made a comment to me about how it wasn't going to make a difference... I'm hoping that this will at least change or make a difference to ONE person.
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