Motherhood

Motherhood

 Is motherhood everything I thought it would be? Yes and no. Yes, because it's all the joy and love I thought it would be. No, because you never imagine how hard it really is.There's a saying: "Motherhood is the hardest and greatest thing a woman will ever do." 

Before I had kids, I worked in childcare for almost 7 years. I was also going to school for early childhood education. I thought I knew what I was getting into. I had this motherhood thing in the bag. After all, I loved babies. I thought, "If I can take care of ten kids all day long or 4 infants, then how hard could only one be all the time?" The toddler room wasn't my favorite so I stayed away from there as much as I could. 8-10, 1 and 2 year olds in the same room was CRAZY! Oh how little I knew. Really I was only taking care of kids for 7 1/2 hours. I got an hour lunch, 2, 15 minuet breaks, and weekends off.  Watching someone else's kids is nothing like, I repeat nothing, like having your own children that you are responsible to care for 24/7.

The Truth about Breastfeeding

The truth is, most people don't know anything about breastfeeding. I am still learning things after 3 babies and 44 months. A recent post on a site I frequent got me upset, even though I laughed about it, too. I just can't believe people actually think like that. I thought to myself, "How ignorant this lady is". This would be a very long blog post if I talked about every aspect of breastfeeding, so I won't do that. There is already a ton of information out there, so I will just touch on my experiences and what I have learned.