tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321710438703162714.post3869282655350092838..comments2024-03-19T05:29:43.622-04:00Comments on My Little Slice of Mommie Heaven: Worry and Inadequacy In Their PlaceMommieVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01802987098837731695noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321710438703162714.post-77968574750459286902010-09-26T23:23:54.525-04:002010-09-26T23:23:54.525-04:00Yikes. I have a hard enough time finding balance b...Yikes. I have a hard enough time finding balance between work/life without a little one. Wondering how I'm going to do it WITH a little one! Thanks for your honesty. Reality checks like this bring comfort to those of us who have yet to cross this bridge.<br />Pixie--<br /><a href="http://curdsandkimchi.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Cheese Curds and Kimchi</a>Pixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17742248761172865856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321710438703162714.post-58165336647407588962010-09-24T19:46:18.295-04:002010-09-24T19:46:18.295-04:00Ernie - do cloth! It's amazing how easy it is...Ernie - do cloth! It's amazing how easy it is to do, especially from the start. Also, remember that it's not an all-or-nothing thing. Lots of mamas do sposies the first 6 weeks or so whie getting their bearings (me included) and then do cloth after that. In fact, common advice on our Cloth Tushie Tuesday has been to keep some disposables on hand to use when you need/want to. I don't find cloth to be any harder, so I've only ever done sposies to keep from using diaper cream on the cloth diapers, but know that it's not supposed to be something to make things harder, and it's okay to use disposables when you need/want to.<br /><br />Julia - this week we are going to talk about convincing others to cloth diaper - do you have a hubby, babysitter, etc that you had to get on board with cloth diapering, and how did that go. We'd love to have you link up!MommieVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01802987098837731695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321710438703162714.post-19957775109945506902010-09-24T13:03:50.067-04:002010-09-24T13:03:50.067-04:00it is so hard to find a balance. i used to try to...it is so hard to find a balance. i used to try to read blogs at work and do other fun stuff, but i find that when i'm at work, i have to do work stuff b/c that will make me a better employee.<br /><br />and at home, i do home stuff!! so hard to balance and juggle though.<br /><br />and i always forget about your cloth tushie tuesday meme. i want to do it but i keep forgetting!!Julia Ladewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04487045483723860344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321710438703162714.post-56786022891092906662010-09-24T07:40:31.218-04:002010-09-24T07:40:31.218-04:00I was delighted to find your blog. I am also a cho...I was delighted to find your blog. I am also a choice mom. Working has always been hard and finding the balance is impossible. Thanks for saying that out loud!Larahttp://www.meandmyguys.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321710438703162714.post-42885017085673328232010-09-23T18:05:52.024-04:002010-09-23T18:05:52.024-04:00I think most people are satisfied with good enough...I think most people are satisfied with good enough, anyway. If they're sitting around thinking, "Is MommieV really giving me ALL her heart and soul and energy or is she just winging it?" those people need hobbies.Serifm8https://www.blogger.com/profile/06976964762910714905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321710438703162714.post-80731055122326251562010-09-23T16:10:04.240-04:002010-09-23T16:10:04.240-04:00Great post. I will be a working mom a few months ...Great post. I will be a working mom a few months after my baby is born, and I'm already worried about it! I hope to try to focus on work at work and home at home, but I already struggle to do that.<br /><br />I'm glad I found your blog. I keep going back on cloth diapering, and see that you've got some resources here that will help me make my decision.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321710438703162714.post-77383982566143145942010-09-23T05:30:14.136-04:002010-09-23T05:30:14.136-04:00I agree with the "good enough" status. M...I agree with the "good enough" status. My house is never as tidy as my house was when I was growing up, but I don't have the housekeeper my mother had to help her. My meals are never as calm, my clothes never as well-ironed, my childrens' hair never as neat. They ARE good enough. The kids are bright, happy and healthy and that is what matters most.<br /><br />However, inadequate isn't a word I like or would use, because it means "NOT good enough." Simply by deciding and embracing the idea that not everything has to be perfect, allows you to believe in yourself as a great mother regardless. No matter how tired, unfinished, or disorganized you are at the end of each day, you have worked and played hard and you are a great Mom. Believe it.<br /><br />Lisa (ICLW #86)Lisahttp://lisa@yourgreatlife.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321710438703162714.post-3101464075087566062010-09-22T23:45:15.504-04:002010-09-22T23:45:15.504-04:00Visiting from WMW! Thanks for being so honest. I...Visiting from WMW! Thanks for being so honest. I can totally relate. Is there ever a moment when I'm not worrying about work or home or both?Susan DiMickelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13376687779868147687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321710438703162714.post-42597807147724751752010-09-22T22:12:09.353-04:002010-09-22T22:12:09.353-04:00I love your blog! I found you though ICLW. I'm...I love your blog! I found you though ICLW. I'm definitely leaning towards cloth diapering and I love that you done so many posts on the options!Cape Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16794147638520761158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321710438703162714.post-49891453488838653572010-09-22T20:47:43.358-04:002010-09-22T20:47:43.358-04:00working and being a mom at the same time has been ...working and being a mom at the same time has been the hardest thing i have ever done!<br /><br />your whole post is awesome! and, it's okay to not get it ALL done becusae for them, we are good enough!<br /><br />ICLWandreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10548514864368948179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321710438703162714.post-39747569590709123942010-09-22T19:07:27.045-04:002010-09-22T19:07:27.045-04:00I hate admitting that I always feel inadequate, bu...I hate admitting that I always feel inadequate, but it is so true. There is always something that gets overlooked. Always and it drives me insane, but there it is.Betsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11848143041881649504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321710438703162714.post-53699719845755275332010-09-22T16:22:27.620-04:002010-09-22T16:22:27.620-04:00Thanks for this post...I am such an overachiever.....Thanks for this post...I am such an overachiever...I am worried even before my wee one is here that something will get neglected but I am determined it won't be my little guy.Deliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15722272897374729535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321710438703162714.post-2538763597592859282010-09-22T16:22:11.981-04:002010-09-22T16:22:11.981-04:00It's amazingly hard, isnt it, the balance. I ...It's amazingly hard, isnt it, the balance. I have no option but to work, but I fret over it. I fret over everything. Mainly all the grey area, which seems to be almost everything with parenting :)<br /><br />ICLWSarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12248242606378957930noreply@blogger.com