There are so many things that people without babies say, things I probably said before having a baby, and things people do, but when you're a parent, everything changes. We have been searching for a daycare or nanny for Carson for some time now, and thankfully I have fallen in love with one and that is where Carson will be going in the fall, but while we were searching, there were so many things that I just thought weren't good enough for my baby and I realized that I, well I am hypocrite.
When I was younger I used to babysit, actually I was still babysitting 2 years ago at 19 years old. During my search for the perfect person to care for my son, I talked to a lot of people. in particular and 19 year old. She just seemed so young to me, and so completely incapable of caring for my child in the way I see fit. I realize that this woman is only 2 years younger than I am, months younger than I was when I became pregnant even, and yet she just seems so very very young. It was then that I realized that I am a big huge hypocrite. I started babysitting at 13, people trusted me with their children at thirteen! Yea, I'm not even about to leave my child with another child. Yep, I'm a big huge giant ball of hypocrisy.
I used the think that anyone who nursed a baby past roughly 14-16 months was crazy. I am now very much considering nursing my own baby until 2 years or until he self weans. I also thought that cloth diapering was insane, and here is sit 5 1/2 months into cloth diapering my baby and I am addicted.
There are so many other things that I thought were prefectly ok before I was a parent and now I cringe at the thought. So tell me, other moms, what were you so adamantly against (or for) before having children that you have since changed your mind on?
