I agree that we shouldn't make
mothers feel bad for their choices.
Breastfeeding isn't SO much better than formula that it's worth it to make other
mothers feel bad for their choices (or in my case, lack of choice) or to divide women that should be standing together.
Not exact matches
I grew up eating this cake and
felt bad that I never asked my
mother for the recipe and have been hunting
for one that was similar to her with a streusel topping.
I honestly don't ask this to bring up
bad feelings, but because it has been my experience that many doctors either aren't aware of this, or don't advise new
mothers about it
for fear of offending them.
She probably
felt guilty leaving her four week infant, was constantly concerned, and devastated when something was wrong,
feeling like a very
bad mother for leaving you all.
Whilst many
mothers opt
for a natural birth it can become just too painful so you shouldn't
feel bad about it if you do require some help.
My SO's
mother constantly makes me
feel bad that I don't leave the baby with her to watch
for an extended period of time.
Society isn't happy with single moms; according to a 2011 Pew Research Center study, nearly seven out of 10 said the trend toward single
mothers was
bad for society (although writer Tracy Mayor in Brain, Child magazine calls out the actual question asked by Pew researchers — how people
felt about «more single women deciding to have children without a male partner to help raise them,» not whether they think single
mothers per se are
bad for society.
I still
feel a
bad mother for failing to feed especially when you hear the stories of those that battled through.
He's also perfectly happy that the kids go back to their
mother's and act out because it's gratifying
for him; it's a way to act out his
bad feelings toward his ex-wife.
But
for me nothing works anymore and I am really frustrated and it
feels like I am such a
bad mother and have a
bad parenting skills.
These past few months have been really hard, and harder still has been my frustrated
feeling that things should not be this hard, that this should be an adventure, that it could be so much
worse, that I am a terrible
mother and that not only do I not blame Callie
for hating me, I hate myself.
I went to a hormonal doctor and he told me to keep to a 1200 calories but I think this is crazy
for a nursering
mother... so I'll stick to the frustration
for at least a year which is the time I plan to feed my baby because although it is keeping me fat and
feeling bad about myself me and my baby, we love to breastfeed and to be breastfed!
Once breasts are as accepted as bottles, there will be no need to claim that breastfeeding is better, or that we should
feel bad for the infants who's
mothers made that choice.
Don't let some other
mother make you
feel bad for your choices.
Those
feelings are normal and you're not a
bad mother for feeling bummed that you can't be in two places at once.
He'd told her she was fat and would end up even fatter like her
mother to finally get rid of her, it was cruel, but I can't say I
felt bad for her, she only cared about herself and used people
for whatever period of time so it's no big suprise that she's done so well with only a few minutes on TV.
You're not a
bad mother for having needs and
feelings and no super powers.
It was exhausting; it made me
feel like I was failing as a
mother; it made me hesitant to leave the house because, honestly, being a mom is tiring enough without having to deal with people assuming you're
bad at it or lazy or ill - equipped
for the job.
Not promoting formula and abiding by the law does not equate to making a
mother feel bad about how she feeds her child and we endorse the call
for Tesco to retrain staff.
There is much research and even more resources
for mothers to utilize to get support, but if those around her continue to make her
feel bad for experiencing these symptoms she will never seek out these services.
Moms have survived without a baby monitor
for generations so don't
feel bad if you didn't opt
for the
mother of all monitors.
when my first son was born in oct 05 i tried to breastfeed... my milk never came in... i tried
for 3 days and my son was screaming in hunger and i could hear his belly rumble... the nurses were not very helpfull... when i got home i ended up formuala feeding... my son is very healthy... i will try to breastfeed my second child but if i cant then i wont
feel like a
bad mother... like i did the first time...
Most importantly, the stories told by these Moms, who also happen to be very talented writers, will make you
feel not like you are living all alone on a deserted island
for bad mothers, but that you have finally, FINALLY found the elusive secret society
for Moms who are real people with real stress and real reactions to said stress and are saying it — out loud!
But it's still so important to hear that it's normal from the medical establishment (which
for years told us we should be happy and glowing, that serious nausea was «only morning sickness,» and made us
feel like we were going to be
bad mothers if we didn't absolutely love pregnancy).
The first pediatrician made me
feel like I was a «
bad mother»
for her less - than - a-formula-fed baby weight gain, when in fact, I was told by her new pediatrician she was perfectly normal and healthy
for her age at that time.
I talked about my dilemma and the moms in the group didn't make me
feel like a
bad mother for my cigarette addiction.
We need to stop spreading lies that
mothers will automatically bond with their baby because we don't need moms to
feel bad if that doesn't happen
for them.
I
feel badly, because it was my intent to write more frequently, to give more encouragement, and to share more resources
for grieving
mothers.
The nurses made me
feel like I was the
worst mother in the world
for wanting to hold off on the formula and breastfeed.
Just did nt want
mothers like me to
feel bad about themselves
for not achieving such nirvana.
Ones that try to make other people
feel like
bad mothers to make up
for your own inadequacies as a
mother.
So
for all of you
mothers that make other
mothers feel bad about not breastfeeding... STOP!
Marissa Rundell, the 19 - year - old
mother from Rochester who shared the video of the angry woman «screaming» at staff on a Delta Air Lines flight from New York's JFK Airport to Syracuse's Hancock Airport, didn't mean
for the post to go viral, and
feels bad that it did.
Bad Moms: After
feeling over-worked and under - appreciated, three
mothers band together to ditch their daily responsibilities
for fun and self - indulgence.
At first, Ruth and Amy's banter leads to some genuinely funny scenes between Kunis and Baranski, but as the older
mother's antics get increasingly more selfish and destructive to her daughter's morale, it becomes practically impossible to care or
feel bad for Ruth in any way whatsoever.
Holly could make
for a funny third - wheel Nancy Drew, ostensibly becoming the parent in the absence of her
mother and the incompetence of her alcoholic father, but seeing the young girl in persistent danger of physical or mortal danger leaves a
bad aftertaste to much of the action moments, and even when not in the middle of a violent confrontation, her idealized character
feels unnatural and scripted.
So prior to realizing Julian existed, she
felt quite guilty
for being the cause of her
mother's incarceration, but Julian made the situation that much
worse by depriving her
mother of a child.
«The only thing I can say
bad about this product is that it is making me
feel like a horrible
mother for making my dog sleep on such sub-quality products before I bought him this bed.
There is much research and even more resources
for mothers to utilize to get support, but if those around her continue to make her
feel bad for experiencing these symptoms she will never seek out these services.
Family functioning was assessed with an 8 - item scale (α =.83, N = 546) measuring the functionality of the family (eg, there are lots of
bad feelings in our family; in times of crises, we can turn to each other
for support; we don't get along well together).50
Mothers answered on a scale from 1 (strongly agree) to 4 (strongly disagree).
And I scream and scream
for a few seconds before having a quiet weep and
feeling like the
worst mother in the world.