Moms Standing as One to Raise Happy and Healthy Kids (Celebrating Moms for Moms Day – March 4)

by Kriste Stevenson

Kriste (l) with friend (r) Kriste (l) with friend (r)

Judgment comes easy.   It is so easy to raise an eyebrow in another mom’s direction and question her choices, even before you become a mom yourself.  I know I don’t speak for just myself–that’s just how easy it is. Whether you’re a first-time mom in your twenties or you came to be a mom during those “geriatric pregnancy” years, it is human nature to cast judgment toward moms who don’t do it the way you would.

As a mom who came late to the party after waiting several years for the “right time” to have kids, I have been on the receiving end of my fair share of judgment.  Did I wait too long to become a mom?  Am I too old for this gig?  Was it the infertility my fault because I waited to grow up before I tried to have a baby? How could anyone put their career before starting a family?  Do you look at me and wonder if it took me so long to have a baby; are children that important to me? […]