Move along Time Magazine..I doubt myself enough..You are just a speck.

When I saw the headline on the cover, I couldn't even see the picture.  I was intrigued, disgusted and thankful for the nugget of gold for my blog.  While this has been talked about constantly for the past two days..I have to talk about it too.  This is my sweet spot. (Cut the giggling, Sue.)

On this week's cover of Time magazine, there is a mom with 3 year old attached to her boob.  I am fine with breastfeeding (please read, "Do You Think You Could Pump Just a Little More?" from 1/2/12) but my issue..well, I have two issues:
1.  There is a 3 year old kid shown, full face, with his mother's name.  This picture will live forever.  Flash forward to his first year of college.."Hey weren't you the kid sucking on your mom's tit back in 2012?  Dude, how was that?"
2.  Breastfeeding is not as socially accepted as one thinks.  If it were, why are there breastfeeding blankets sold to cover your child if you have to breastfeed them in public?  Thank you Time, for alienating just another mom that needs to feed her kid while she is in Target.

So the title, Are you Mom Enough?  You are asking me on MY weekend?  (This is my weekend..God damn it!)  Are you doubting my abilities..making me guilty of my shortcomings?  Move along Time Magazine..I doubt myself enough..You are just a speck.

The article is about attachment parenting which is based on three premises:  breastfeeding (until the child is a few years old), co-sleeping (sharing a bed with your child) and baby wearing (slings and such).  I feel like I am the anti-Christ to this idea.  Breastfeeding for me was driven by two reasons--it was free and I wanted to lose the weight.  Also, my body wouldn't produce breast milk after each girl was six months old.  Most nights I don't want to sleep with Ching, let alone my kid.  And baby wearing--wasn't that months, 1-9?

I do feel the need to share that the majority of doctors quoted were men..never had a child attached to their nips.  The minority was one woman..she was not a mother but she did have a cat.

Overtime, while I have doubted, I have accepted my mothering style.  Some  is good, some not so much..most of the time (the style) is dependent on the day.  I laugh about it, some days lament, but I write about my journey so other mothers can perhaps relate so they realize that being a parent is hard.  No one method works all the time and (please) accept with what you can do for your child.

There are too many views to shun one and accept another.  If the child is loved, fed, clothed and physically safe, I believe the method is just fine.

I found it ironic that while I was trying to prepare for this entry, this is what I told Laurel:
JCW--Laurel, I need you to let me have 15 minutes to read this article and take some notes.
LAW--That blog again?(There is a tone in her voice that kind of makes me go yay(!) and swear at the same time.)

Not textbook attached but aware..Not perfect..but it gets me through my day.