I have almost two hundred hours of college credit, but no degree yet. I fully intend to complete my bachelor degree someday, but I will never complete my education. There are just too many fascinating things to learn about!
Like most new parents, I started consuming baby care manuals as soon as I found myself expecting. Add to this books and articles on baby psychology, education, discipline, and all other media that promise to help people to not screw up their kids.
Probably the saddest and funniest thing is that so many of these methods directly oppose each other. Soon you find yourself in a world of mama bears who are preaching their breast feeding, ferberizing, babywearing, toileting, and whatever expert-advised child rearing method is trending.
Rather than encouraging more mommy wars, I take the " whatever works" approach. You want to purée organic veggies, fine. You want to potty train a newborn, go for it! If something isn't going as planned, Sempre Gumby!
At the end of the day, I am going to kick back with a Dr. Pepper and a sleepy baby and say, "Sleep training... Maybe we'll try that tomorrow."
In any case, books will carry you part of the way, but experience is the real teacher. This is why we need the "Mom Blogs." Experts may tell you,"Autism usually affects boys," but then you find that your little girl has Autism, and suddenly you see there are Autistic girls all over the place! Our eyes are opened a little bit everyday, and we learn so much from those we meet.
I hope to connect with and learn from some others who are on the journey... But for now, there's a busy baby to chase!
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