An introduction

So, hi! I'm Kristina. I'm 30, I live in IL, and I am not a perfect mother. But I think I am a GOOD mother.

I have one daughter, Allyson. She's currently 18 months old. And here is why I'm not a perfect mother:

- I do not use cloth diapers. The three of us (me, Allyson, and my husband Ben) live in an apartment with no onsite laundry. I figure I'd be crazy to use cloth diapers. That, and my mom used them with me and HATED them.

I also, for some reason, dislike the term "dipe." Then again I also dislike Rachael Ray because she uses stupid abbreviations - "EVOO," "sammy," etc. Ugh!

- I only breastfed for eight weeks. I was going back to work, and my place has nowhere to pump really. I knew it was the best thing for her, really, but I just didn't enjoy it. Plus I was moody all the time and neither one of us slept. (Ben slept in the bedroom, and slept full nights. JERK.) But once I got her on formula and got myself on birth control, she slept through the night and my moods evened out. I tried it, really, but it just wasn't working. But she seems fine now!

- I cannot get my kid to eat! I try, but she'd rather not, thank you very much. THis is why, at 18 months old, she only weighs 21 pounds. Ben says if I try to force food on her now she'll develop issues with food, and he's probably right.

- I let my kid watch way too much TV. She only really watches Sesame Street and Sid the Science Kid and Game Show Network, so at least it's educational (sort of). Plus I don't buy into the theory that it hinders language development. It's because of Sesame Street that she already knows what O's look like.

- I definitely don't buy into the "shots are bad OMG" pandemic people have created for themselves. Ally's all caught up on her shots until she's four. Thank goodness!

But I think I am a good mother. She's happy, she's healthy, she's tall for her age, she's smart and super-hysterical. She knows how to use a fork (and prefers them to spoons, which the nurses thought was weird). And she's totally weird and totally mine.

This blog is just a place for me to talk about being, well, me - part-time office clerk, full-time wife and mom. A social experiment, of sorts. We'll see how this goes.