Comments on: Feel like a failure as a parent? You may be doing everything exactly right. http://www.confessionsofameanmommy.com/feel-like-a-failure-as-a-parent-you-may-be-doing-everything-exactly-right/ Because sometimes being a parent means doing what's hard. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:23:59 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: dreamcatcher09 http://www.confessionsofameanmommy.com/feel-like-a-failure-as-a-parent-you-may-be-doing-everything-exactly-right/comment-page-1/#comment-3201 dreamcatcher09 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:30:37 +0000 http://www.confessionsofameanmommy.com/?p=46#comment-3201 When my daughter was in daycare, she was about 2 and a half. She had learned how to dress herself. She had her shirt on inside out, her pants on backwards also her shoes, but she was proud of herself so I let her go to school like that because it was her victory, sort of like painting the picture on the table instead of the paper. But yeah eventually her shoes were put on the right side, and and she learned how to put her clothes on the right way, Now she is sixteen and well on her way to becoming a well responsible young lady. Cool thank you for making me feel like I am ok in my decision making of being a mommy. When my daughter was in daycare, she was about 2 and a half. She had learned how to dress herself. She had her shirt on inside out, her pants on backwards also her shoes, but she was proud of herself so I let her go to school like that because it was her victory, sort of like painting the picture on the table instead of the paper. But yeah eventually her shoes were put on the right side, and and she learned how to put her clothes on the right way, Now she is sixteen and well on her way to becoming a well responsible young lady. Cool thank you for making me feel like I am ok in my decision making of being a mommy.

]]> By: Confessions of a Mean Mommy » Blog Archive » Babies are smart after all! (Or, why I’m justified not having gone to Mommy & Me class) http://www.confessionsofameanmommy.com/feel-like-a-failure-as-a-parent-you-may-be-doing-everything-exactly-right/comment-page-1/#comment-255 Confessions of a Mean Mommy » Blog Archive » Babies are smart after all! (Or, why I’m justified not having gone to Mommy & Me class) Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:17:25 +0000 http://www.confessionsofameanmommy.com/?p=46#comment-255 [...] that whole arena were a few free Mommy & Me-style classes at my local library, which I’ve mentioned before on this blog. I never really liked them much. The woman who ran the classes was a little too into the whole [...] [...] that whole arena were a few free Mommy & Me-style classes at my local library, which I’ve mentioned before on this blog. I never really liked them much. The woman who ran the classes was a little too into the whole [...]

]]> By: Denise http://www.confessionsofameanmommy.com/feel-like-a-failure-as-a-parent-you-may-be-doing-everything-exactly-right/comment-page-1/#comment-124 Denise Sat, 27 Jun 2009 12:46:19 +0000 http://www.confessionsofameanmommy.com/?p=46#comment-124 Aprel, thanks for your comment. Glad you stumbled on my blog, and I hope you keep reading! Denise Aprel,
thanks for your comment. Glad you stumbled on my blog, and I hope you keep reading!
Denise

]]> By: Aprel Phelps-Downey http://www.confessionsofameanmommy.com/feel-like-a-failure-as-a-parent-you-may-be-doing-everything-exactly-right/comment-page-1/#comment-123 Aprel Phelps-Downey Sat, 27 Jun 2009 06:05:51 +0000 http://www.confessionsofameanmommy.com/?p=46#comment-123 Hi Denise - I came across your blog tonight while doing a search for parenting issues to soothe a trying day with my 3 1/2 year old daughter. This blog entry about feeling like a failure hit the nail on the head for me today. You did such a great job of expressing what we all feel as parents. Thanks so much for sharing! Hi Denise -

I came across your blog tonight while doing a search for parenting issues to soothe a trying day with my 3 1/2 year old daughter. This blog entry about feeling like a failure hit the nail on the head for me today. You did such a great job of expressing what we all feel as parents. Thanks so much for sharing!

]]> By: Norine http://www.confessionsofameanmommy.com/feel-like-a-failure-as-a-parent-you-may-be-doing-everything-exactly-right/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Norine Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:38:39 +0000 http://www.confessionsofameanmommy.com/?p=46#comment-65 PS: Thank you for adding me to your blog roll! PS: Thank you for adding me to your blog roll!

]]> By: Norine http://www.confessionsofameanmommy.com/feel-like-a-failure-as-a-parent-you-may-be-doing-everything-exactly-right/comment-page-1/#comment-64 Norine Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:38:09 +0000 http://www.confessionsofameanmommy.com/?p=46#comment-64 Great post, Denise! Thanks for getting me off the guilty mom hook! Norine Don't Put Lizards In Your Ears www.norinedworkin.com/blog Great post, Denise! Thanks for getting me off the guilty mom hook! Norine
Don’t Put Lizards In Your Ears
http://www.norinedworkin.com/blog

]]> By: Jennifer Fink http://www.confessionsofameanmommy.com/feel-like-a-failure-as-a-parent-you-may-be-doing-everything-exactly-right/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Jennifer Fink Tue, 19 May 2009 02:08:15 +0000 http://www.confessionsofameanmommy.com/?p=46#comment-25 "To be a good parent, you have to gradually and minutely fail your child" -- I'm thinking of having that printed up and hanging it in my kitchen! So this means that every time I can't quite get around to changing my youngest's diaper as quickly as he'd like, or I forget to get Boy #3 a cup of water, I'm actually doing them a good thing... Very liberating, if you think about it! Jenny www.bloggingboutboys.blogspot.com “To be a good parent, you have to gradually and minutely fail your child” — I’m thinking of having that printed up and hanging it in my kitchen!

So this means that every time I can’t quite get around to changing my youngest’s diaper as quickly as he’d like, or I forget to get Boy #3 a cup of water, I’m actually doing them a good thing…

Very liberating, if you think about it!

Jenny
http://www.bloggingboutboys.blogspot.com

]]> By: Denise http://www.confessionsofameanmommy.com/feel-like-a-failure-as-a-parent-you-may-be-doing-everything-exactly-right/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Denise Tue, 19 May 2009 01:02:23 +0000 http://www.confessionsofameanmommy.com/?p=46#comment-24 Hi, Cari! Nice to see you here, and congrats on your daughter. Two's fun, right? I'll check out your blog. Hi, Cari! Nice to see you here, and congrats on your daughter. Two’s fun, right? I’ll check out your blog.

]]> By: Cari Noga http://www.confessionsofameanmommy.com/feel-like-a-failure-as-a-parent-you-may-be-doing-everything-exactly-right/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Cari Noga Tue, 19 May 2009 00:35:17 +0000 http://www.confessionsofameanmommy.com/?p=46#comment-23 I'll join the chorus of agreement. You were on the mark with some survival advice to me (via FLX) when I had my first colicky newborn. Now with two (8 month old daughter) I think about the big picture more and this totally rings true. Hi to several other FLXers whose names I recognize here, and a plug for my own new blog on motherhood: www.matrilinealmatters.com, on my family's dual last names - our son has my husband's, our daughter has mine. I will look forward to reading more! I’ll join the chorus of agreement. You were on the mark with some survival advice to me (via FLX) when I had my first colicky newborn. Now with two (8 month old daughter) I think about the big picture more and this totally rings true.
Hi to several other FLXers whose names I recognize here, and a plug for my own new blog on motherhood: http://www.matrilinealmatters.com, on my family’s dual last names – our son has my husband’s, our daughter has mine.
I will look forward to reading more!

]]> By: Meredith Resnick http://www.confessionsofameanmommy.com/feel-like-a-failure-as-a-parent-you-may-be-doing-everything-exactly-right/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Meredith Resnick Sat, 16 May 2009 23:35:29 +0000 http://www.confessionsofameanmommy.com/?p=46#comment-18 What an authentic perspective - totally cool. I see "failures" as part of being someone who is continually growing. Having kids who are now young women I've learned that the greatest gift is to be a model. Learning how to "fail" with grace is truly a success in my book. Congrats on your newest "baby!" Meredith What an authentic perspective – totally cool. I see “failures” as part of being someone who is continually growing. Having kids who are now young women I’ve learned that the greatest gift is to be a model. Learning how to “fail” with grace is truly a success in my book.
Congrats on your newest “baby!”
Meredith

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