Mathematical Mama

I don't think about getting out of the house most days. Staying at home with the kids has become the norm. We have breakfast. They play until lunch. We eat again. Z takes a nap.  More playing.  I fix dinner.  Z eats 4x as much as JP does.  Playplayplay.  Jammies and bed. Then mommy shoots zombies. (Have I mentioned my newly-found addiction to XBox and Left for Dead...?!?) I don't get out much anymore except for craft nights. I didn't really think about being under socialized... until this week.  I kept finding myself in situation where I'm interacting with SAHMs who are... not very socially with it.  Women who don't have much interaction, except thru the internet or Facebook, and who are VERY passionate about the choices they make for their kids. Not to say that's a bad thing... it was just very intense... and in your face. More like on your computer monitor. Maybe it's just a difference in personality.  I'd like to think I'm pretty laid b...

There are times when I hate the internet. I hate that people have such access to boundless supplies of research materials, both accurate and inaccurate. I hate that sometimes parents make decisions for their kids based on misinformation. I hate that some parents aren't more open to different methods.  Not to try them, but just to realize that there are different ways of rearing a child, and even if it's not the path you choose, it's still not wrong. I feel this way because I can relate. I chose to start my daughter on a bottle in addition to breast feeding before 4 weeks.  According to some people, I didn't operate with my child's best interest at the forefront of my conscious. Instead of taking the leap in preparing my daughter for my return into the work force when she was 6 weeks old, I should have been foregoing sleep, and nursing her for HOURS on end. I'm a horrible mother. When I was working full time, we often made something specifically for my...