Hey everyone, sorry it has been a few days since I have been on the blog. With the Christmas season coming up everything has been crazy. From traveling to last-minute shopping and of course cleaning.

But, I figured that today’s blog post will be based on the decisions that I, as a mother, make for our son. I would like to add that yes my husband makes a lot of the decisions for our child as well, so please do not feel as though I run our lives. We are a team and that is how we raise our son.

One of my biggest pet peeves as a mother is when somebody else tries to parent my child as if I am not able to do so myself.  Now, I am very confident when it comes to my parenting skills. I think that my husband and I are doing a hell of a job. So when someone gives me their opinion (I use that word lightly) it sometimes strikes a nerve.

For instance, if I am standing in line to see Santa Claus and the only way to keep my child content is to let him ride the damn train that goes around, then that is probably what I’m going to do.  What the parents around us don’t  know is my sons favorite thing in the world is trains. After that it is probably Santa Claus. I am not spoiling my child by letting him do it, I am not ignoring my child’s needs by “Side tracking” him,  and he is not going to grow up to be a stuck up child just because I let him ride the train repeatedly.

Don’t get me wrong, I will take advice and try to utilize it the best way that I can. But when you tell me that I am doing something wrong or that I should do it differently it absolutely kills me. When it comes to my son in any situation I always think of the worst possible outcome. Whether that be we are riding in the car, we are on vacation,  or he is running around outside. I am very mindful of the things that could happen to him and the outcome of situations.

When people try to tell me to do things differently or tell me that I am doing it completely wrong I looked him dead in the face and I say ” Well, I’m the mom that’s why we’re doing it this way.”

Now please understand that  I am not a rude person. I believe that every thing that I say needs to be something that I wouldn’t mind my child saying. So when I do say that to people, I make sure to say it in a nice tone and to say it when it is necessary.  But if you knew my little boys every day life and how we go about it, you would clearly see that I am doing a great job. In fact I am the best mother that he could ask for.

We are raising him the best way that we see fit. If those that are telling me how to parent and those that are telling me that I am doing it wrong would think before they speak, I would appreciate it.

There are a lot of incidences where others find it necessary to tell a parent how to parent. Cosleeping, breast-feeding, discipline, manners, potty training, eating habits, exercise, and the list goes on.  We all have heard the saying “It’s takes a village”  and to an extent I believe that. But sometimes you have to let a parent parent the way they see fit. Because after all, they are the parent that is why.