Nataly, the CEO and co-founder of Workitmom.com, an online community for working moms, sent me this one.
Oh, the big plans lots of of us make before having kids:
I’m going to make my own baby food.
I’m never letting my child sleep in a swing or drive her around in a automobile to make her stop crying.
I’m never going to raise my voice at my child, let her enjoy TV so that I can get a break, or let her play with her food at the restaurant so I can finish my meal.
Right. find us a mommy who sticks to all her big plans and we’ll have to put her in a museum–you know it doesn’t happen. What happens is reality hits and we all realize that we will do a whole lot of things to maintain our sanity that we thought we’d never do.
So how about turning this into a fun activity by keeping a list of things I Swore I’d never Do as a Parent? whenever you do something that wasn’t part of your big pre-baby plans, give yourself kudos for being a real mommy and write it down. keep your list going as your baby gets older and if you’re really crafty, you can even add photos (say, of your ultra-happy baby eating fast food or sleeping in a swing?)
Be a good pal and share the fun with a few of your mommy friends. Bring your list to your next get-together and encourage them to create their own. then you can all share your real-mom moments and some laughs.
[Photo from rebellin.net]