As mothers, most of us think we are always doing something wrong or that we could always be doing something better for ourselves or for our kids. We constantly look to what our friends or family or the nearest self help parenting book is doing and if what we do isn’t the same, we feel like a failure. Oh, why, oh why was this given to us?

My husband says I constantly over-analyze and that I read too many parenting books, and that I put too much faith into what I read on the Internet. Um, yeah, that third one can be dangerous. It allows you to read about so many different parenting styles and perspectives first hand that it drives you crazy because you never know what the hell you should be doing.

Why can’t we just be OK with who we are? Why do we compare ourselves to what every other Mother/Parent out there is doing?

On most days, I’m Ok with me BUT my confidence wavers when I read about what other parents are doing, or if I talk to our family or simply by seeing typical parents out and about in our small town.

Why do we find it so hard to resist that which society says we should be if it does not work for us?

Oh the joys of motherhood…and my ramblings…