LaToya M. Sutton

It’s been a long time since I wrote anything on my blog. While I was away, my life was changing drastically.

My sole focus for the last year has been having a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby. I accomplished those goals, and now my focus is keeping my baby healthy and doing what’s best for him.

I always say I’m a nervous wreck of a mother — constantly worrying about whether I’m doing the right thing. Between advice from Dr. Sears, Heidi Murkoff and the American Academy of Pediatrics, I’m trying to develop my own parenting style. It’s not easy.

My first motherhood crisis came in the days after Micah was born when breastfeeding proved to be more difficult than all the books and videos made it seem. I cried because it was hard and I felt like it was my fault that things weren’t going so smoothly.

Now, four months in, I can look at those first rough weeks and laugh at myself a little. Then, I really couldn’t believe it when I read that things would get easier. Now, I’m so glad I didn’t give up on breastfeeding.

There are still challenges everyday — like being a working mother. It’s hard leaving my son in the morning and keeping up with a pumping schedule throughout the day. But I’m willing to do whatever it takes for my little one. I guess it’s all part of my new life as mommy.

Tags: American Academy of Pediatrics, babies, breastfeeding, Children, family, Heidi Murkoff, home, motherhood, Parent