Breastfeeding: Maybe breast milk is best, but you know what I was formula fed and i turned out pretty freaking fine!
Breast-feeders : self-praising, judgemental to mom’s who formula-feed. But some are decent and are doing a good job, must be hard work.
Bed-time: My baba sleeps with us in our bed, that way I can get cuddles throughout the entire night!
Routine: Uhm, you have to be joking. We do not have one of those.
Solids: From 4 months, paediatrician who is a specialist in allergies recommended this. Times have changed people.
Yummy stuff: Oh man, give the child a taste of the lekker goed.
Best Products: Pampers, Pure Beginnings, Elizabeth Annes, Bennetts. (UPDATE: I have actually changed over to Huggies Gold for Girls and I must say its amazing)
Germs: I was a freak when she was a newborn, i’ve calmed down quite drastically – kids lick stuff man.
Dummy: A precious gift, that must never be lost. Better than a thumb. (UPDATE: THANKFULLY Harper kinda weaned herself off her dummy YAY!)
Child care: Best to keep baba at home with a nanny for as long as possible.
Vaccinations: It is necessary, cant believe some parents are actually against this.
Baby food: Nice to make your own, not always possible, I make her home-made suppers and give her fruity purity and yoghurt for lunch. And she gets purity cereal for breakfast and little snacks throughout the day.
Walking – ring: Awesome if used in moderation.
C-sec Vs Natural: I had an elective c-sec due to baby being breech, doc advised this would be the safest option so I was happy to go ahead with this. Having a c-sec is not an easy way out and doesn’t make me any less of a mother than the next lady who pushed a baby out of her vagina – that does not automatically make you a good/better mom.
Competition: As i entered this new chapter in my life I’ve realised mom’s are extremely competitive, which I think is so silly, yes i brag about my daughter in all her wonder but never compare her to another kid, that’s just wrong and sets such a bad example.
Discipline: I intend to teach my child respect and to understand right from wrong WITHOUT having to resort to spanking, thank you very much.
Earrings: Ridiculous! Why would you want to put your little baby through pain to make her look “beautiful.” Sorry, but my daughter does not need earrings to make her look beautiful, she is already gorgeous. She can decide this for herself at a later stage.
"Spoiling": FIRSTLY babies cant be spoilt, its not possible people. Toddlers can be spoilt with material things but not with love by letting them sleep in bed with you or holding/picking them up when they want. I think its just crazy that some people think you can actually spoil a child by jumping to their every need and cry - thats called good parenting actually.