Lets all stop the mum shame

Jacki Daniel - 11 Apr 17

We are all in this together supposedly. But we all judge mums on mumming, on how we are getting on. How much weight we have lost post baby. How our baby is coming along. Etc……

Yesterday I was in a well known supermarket and wanted to get some jars for Fred. The jars were on offer so I got 2 lots. The lady behind the checkout scanned them all in and then said ” are these on offer? I never used them I made my own baby food” I honestly felt flawed and then I started the ” I  do a mix of both, I make him healthy finger food and dinners…….” I just got quieter towards the end of my sentence as I felt I was getting that look. The look where the other person believes you are just speaking Bullshit.

I walked away from the supermarket feeling shamed, felling guilty that I don’t give Fred all homemade all natural all organic blah blah blah…..

I don’t see why another mum should make me feel this way. I have a healthy amazing 7 month old. In 3 weeks Im returning to work and he will be at nannies and nursery, now nursery will feed him lunch and dinner so I don’t have to freak out about being organised. But at my parents who both are self employed and work from home, wont have time to make him different meals.

I hold my hands up, I am not a great cook, I can make things and follow recipes but Im not that organised. I have recently found some mammas on insta and have started doing their recipes.

Mums we need to stick together. Stop all the judging and shaming, we all doing this in our way.

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Jacki Daniel

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