{Brooklyn} The good and the bad

My friend Amy posted this comment tonight on Facebook "people's posts about life with their children/babies lately are starting to make me nervous!". I had to laugh and then I wondered. She is 30 weeks pregnant and the reality of being a mom is quickly approaching. At first, I felt guilty that I was one of the people probably freaking her out with my crazy stories of parenting Brooklyn. But then I thought, I wish I would have been prepared by some of the realities prior to becoming a mother.

The truth is this...there is no truth. Every mom has a different experience. Every child has their own personality. You have to parent each child differently. I've been a bit frustrated by Brooklyn lately and only recently learned that I can actually talk and explain my frustrations to her and she tends to respond versus me getting upset and scolding her. Seriously? She's only 1.5 years and she already reasons with me? I recently told her that she would have to wait for me to finish watching a movie before I put her favorite music on the CD. Well, I guess that was not to her liking and she walked right over to the TV and turned it off. Well, I wasn't so happy about that but I was happy that she understood what I was saying enough to react. What a little smartie pants. Parenting is the hardest thing I've ever done, and the most entertaining. I often have to keep myself from laughing.