Dear Kids : sometimes your mom has no idea what the right thing is to do, and I am not always right. I’m also 100% ok that you know that.……. Shocker. I don’t have all the parenting answers. Nope. 14 years in, still don’t. In fact, I think that was the biggest shock as a young new mom. It’s that i was a mom.  I was the adult.  I had these little humans depending on me, and I had no idea what to do A LOT OF THE TIME! That really freaked me out!! Did I think I would have...

I was SO worried that being the 6th child and the only one NOT going to be breastfed for at least 6 months, somehow she’d FEEL less loved? Or that I would feel LESS bonded to her? Or that somehow her babyhood would be less magical ?  I was honestly devestated when I realized breastfeeding was making her sick.  And that formula made her happier. Maybe I was offended.  Wasn’t I, her mom, supposed to be able to BE her EVERYTHING? Wasn’t I supposed to be able to give her EVERYTHING ?? Wasn’t I was supposed to be able to give her...