Mommy Shamers ... This one's for you.

I. AM. OVER. IT.

I am over the dirty looks.

I am over the side comments.

I am over the "well if it were me".

I AM OVER THE MOMMY SHAMERS.

And you know what is so sad about the people that shame us? THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE KIDS.

I will admit, I used to mommy shame. I was the one that would give that dirty look when I saw kids screaming in the grocery store while their parents just watched .. because what the heck why are you letting your kid make such a scene?

But now I get it.

I get that maybe just maybe that kid is being dramatic for the 100th time today because their mom told them no and that mama is so. over. it. I totally get it.

But what I don't get is why I felt like I had the right to judge that family? Maybe because I thought "my kid will NEVER be like that" or "that mom is so mean". I was young and immature and had no idea what it took to be a mom. I was wrong and I will admit that.

So now that I see it from the other side, I am mad at myself for ever thinking I could judge another mom. Being a mom is HARD, point blank, end of story, bottom line, IT IS HARD. So to allllll you mommy shamers that don't even have kids, get over yourself.

I have been mom shamed to my face twice by strangers and I feel like it's only going to happen more and more as Parker gets older. Once, it was about breast feeding and the second time was about having Parker out in public at only 1 month old. NO I wasn't able to breast feed and YES I took Parker out in public when she was only 1 month old #fightme . Guess what, she's still alive and healthy and happy.

I didn't breast feed.

Parker slept in the bed with me until she was 6 months old.

I didn't make her baby food - it was store bought.

I gave her eggs & peanut butter before she was 1.

I use off brand diapers.

I took her bottle away at 11 months.

I don't use a buggy cover when we go shopping.

Parker starts daycare next month.

Oh and the best one yet, I'm a single mom with a FULL TIME JOB.

Everything I just listed is what I am mostly mom shamed for. And you know what, if you're a mom and do the complete opposite of everything I chose to do - good for you! I don't judge you or think my ways are better than yours. Every baby is different and what works for Parker, may not work for your kid and that's ok.

As a mama, were just trying to SURVIVE. So next time you see a mama struggling to keep her kids in the buggy or yelling at them across the store, how about you STOP JUDGING HER for how she chooses to parent her kids and HELP HER. Ask her if you can do anything for her, maybe interact with her kids or idk just be a decent human being and not give her the stank eye because her child wants a $50 toy and God forbid she told them no.

SO Mommy Shamers, get off your high horse and ask yourself why you feel the need to judge someone when you don't even know what they may be going through.

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