I am curious what makes you the mom you are today. Please feel free to post or if you wish you can email me!
There are SO many things that make me the mom I am. My mom was amazing, and I think that plays a role in how my children are first and foremost in my life, and I think losing my mom as a teen also helps me appreciate my time with my children… you never know when your time with them will be up.
Having my daughter at a young age also molded me into the mom I am today. Mostly because I feel I have always been a mom. I never had that “free” time before kids and so it is just 2nd nature and easier to accept the amount of your time and energy that goes to my children.
Being a full time student and/or working mom through my daughter’s younger days has also really made me appreciate that I can be home with my boys. Not being able to breastfeed her also gave me the drive to make it work with the boys, and my almost 16 month old is still nursing strong… his brother nursed until 14 months when my milk dried up from pregnancy.
I also think my time in college really does affect my parenting. I am no longer a teacher, but do use an array of the skills learned in my home and my daycare. I also have found that some things I experienced or learned, my psychology minor for example, have actually become important in my parenting… particularly with my 3 year old son who has autism. I was destined to be his mother. He has a strong love of music and will sing words he never says and music calms him down when he is upset. (I have a bachelors of music education) The psychology background has helped with his general diagnosis and therapies. I changed a lot in college… going from a rather shy and introverted teen who would never stand up for herself to a woman who is never afraid to push for what she, or her family needs. This has been important in getting Logan services he needs.
So… tell ME what kind of mom you are and how your parenting style came to be!
Tags: autism, Mothering style, Parenting Style
I think what makes me a mom is how much I love my son. I have always wanted to be a mom and when I was given that opportunity I fully embraced it. When I had Caeden my FIL was dying of cancer so I saw him embracing each and every moment with Caeden I learned from that. Right now I’m swamped with school and I see my son acting out and because of this I’m rearranging my life so he doesn’t feel like I’m not there for him or even home. I have no desire to do that to him. He comes first. Always will.
I think that’s what makes me the mom that I am. I live for Caeden. If I was to never have any other children I would be totally fine with that. I’ll just live for Caeden. And if we’re blessed with another child, I will live for that child in a totally different way than I live for Caeden – I’ll love them equally but with different type of love because we all know that each child is different!
Thanks Kristen!
I think Gerry’s passing affects you like my mom’s did. When you see how easily life can be taken away, you learn to appreciate even the smallest things, especially when it comes to our families and children!