I am a 37-year-old first-time mother of a 14-month-old baby. That’s a lot of hyphens.
I was raised an only child and I was never around any other babies or small children (the first diaper I ever changed was my son’s), and I wasn’t raised with any particular method or philosophy. While this basically means I have no idea what I’m doing, it also means that I am free to investigate the wide range of child-rearing methods, ideas on discipline, schooling/ unschooling, or any other child-related philosophy with an open mind.
I read a lot of parenting books. A LOT. So many that I will get some great ideas from them, and then promptly forget or confuse them as I move on to the next book. I will use this blog to help me keep track of the general ideas and to remind myself who said what, and where.
“Snuzzler” is my baby boy. Hopefully all of this reading and tracking will help me be a better, more thoughtful, more compassionate parent.
I do take breaks from the parenting-book reading when I get overwhelmed. It’s a lot of information, and I have to just stop and process and try to think critically about the new idea I just read about that I MUST IMPLEMENT IMMEDIATELY. All of this reading and learning will be for naught if it just makes me crazy and self-doubting.
