Mid-Week Confessions

Ah, it's that time of the week. Time to link up for my mid-week confessions. This week's instalment will focus on why I'm such an AWFUL mom according to the people of Twitter.

I usually love Twitter peeps- they share awesome information and I can get an answer in a nano-second. HOWEVER, I started a slight firestorm recently and it has snowballed from there...so, without further ado, here's why Twitter thinks I'm a bad mom:

• I am #sleeptraining. I actually have sleep trained both my kids. I do a "sarah version" of sleep training- I'm not following a book or a prescribed plan, just a modified method of "GO TO SLEEP BECAUSE I'M TIRED". I have never been tweeted so many articles about how crying it out is harmful to kids and how I am ruining my baby for life. For the record, while there is some (very mad) crying involved, I'm not "crying it out" and I'm not ruining my baby.

• I #bottlefeed. I probably don't need to expand on why I'm awful for this one, but I will anyway. Nursing is best. I agree. But if you don't have the milk to feed your babes, then you bottle feed. Because I'd rather have my baby FED formula then STARVE.
• I once tweeted that I was buying #formula and #babyfood. Oh, the humanity! Listen, I make about 90% of W's food (and 100% of Z's food) but I have a few jars of apple sauce and prunes on hand, just in case. Sue me.
• I (jokingly) tweeted that I love to use TV to entertain the 6 month old. #tvbabysitter. Arg. I was joking people. BUT, even if I wasn't, I'm pretty sure that it didn't warrant being asked "why I ever bothered to have kids". Seriously.
• I don't #babywear. My kids get so much love and attention from me, that I can promise you. However, neither of them enjoyed the sling or Ergo. W didn't mind it for the first two months of his life, but he's since grown very fond of moving on his own and wants the freedom to do so. I love the idea of baby wearing, but my kids just weren't into it.
• (this confession has nothing to do with my kids)- DID YOU KNOW THAT R. KELLY HAS MADE MORE CHAPTERS FOR "TRAPPED IN THE CLOSET"??? This, my friends, is awesome news that really had to be shared!

Edited to add: I'm not trying to be right (as some people eluded to on Twitter today...lol) I'm just trying to explain why I make the choices I make. As I have said SO MANY TIMES- parents should make the RIGHT choices for them and their children. Respect.

Mid-Week Confessions

I found this awesome link-up from Saige Wisdom (love that blog!). My confessions:

• I was done Christmas shopping weeks ago, but I can't find some of the presents that I bought for the boys (they're hidden...really well...) so I just bought new stuff.
• I got my husband a huge tv for our bedroom. It's really a present for me as much as him, so that I can enjoy lying in bed and watching The Real Housewives of.... (take your pick, I watch them all...) and he can play his video games and watch shows on History Channel downstairs.
• I have a degree in History but I actually don't enjoy history that much. I find it kinda boring. I just happened to have the most credits in History when I switched out of Commerce.
• We will probably stay in for New Years. We have since I was pregnant with Z and as everyone knows that we don't get nearly as many invites as we used to. No one wants to babysit and my kids DO NOT sleep well if we are out at someone else's house, so we order in food, have some wine, and usually fall asleep before midnight. We are wild party animals, I know!
• I am slightly obsessed with owls recently. I am finding it really hard to not buy everything I see with an owl on it. I do not understand the source of my obsession (perhaps My Cafe Latte?)
• I had a bowl of "Loads of Butter Tart" ice cream for dinner last night. My son had a fried egg and carrots and pancakes. Don't ask.
• I was really close to getting into a parking lot fight yesterday. Someone tried to steal my parking spot and wouldn't budge. I actually took off my seat belt and started to open my car door. They drove off. Lucky for them because I am super tired and (obviously) easily annoyed. (but in actual fact I probably wouldn't have done anything because I'm a big chicken) (and I've never been in a parking lot fight before and don't really want to) (because it sounds like the beginning of a CSI where the mom of two young kids ends up dead in a crowded parking lot with no clues, right???)
• I have entered two short story contests recently. I don't know where it's all come from- all this fiction has been bubbling up inside me. However, I would never expect to win because my writing isn't that artsy writing that always wins contests.
• I secretly hope to get something frivolous for Christmas...something that I would never buy for myself...but in reality I'll be happy with new pots and pans.