Another year is coming to a close, which immediately puts us in a state of reflection. Our kids are another year older, which then turns us into sappy, emotional women singing the song of “Where does the time go?” – but it’s true and touches us nonetheless. One of the coolest things that I have realized about blogging is that it chronicles the years and experiences that I have with my son, and these reflections aren’t just in my memories or pictures, but literally at my fingertips.
Beyond just those memories, it is the feelings, the emotions behind being a mom, that I get to let live through this medium. It’s quite an experience! Looking back, as with all years, I feel like this one was a doozy. Branden turned 6, and it was a year of learning to really accept him as this person he is becoming. We have experienced good, bad, and crazy moments – but they all counted! Here are our top 5 motherhood posts of 2014, the ones our readers loved the most!
5. The “B” Word – Surviving the Breastfeeding vs Bottle Feeding Debate
This article was truly therapeutic for me to write and gave me a voice in the never ending debate of choosing to bottle or breastfeed your new baby. Whenever we are pregnant, we tend to develop such strong opinions about what we want or how to raise this new little baby growing inside of us that we sometimes forget how our opinions can hurt others. I questioned the wavering levels of support that we give one another and the pressure that we lay on our fellow moms. Read more here.
4.Procrastinating? Get off Your Mommy Butt and GO FOR IT!
This was an awesome editor’s post and truly an inspiration to moms all over the web who were finding themselves stuck in a “procrastination rut.” There are those times when exhaustion from the Mommy job trumps excitement in the other spheres of our life and we need to push forward to stop making excuses and just go for it! Great advice as we approach 2015. Read more here.
3. 8 Things Never to Say to a WAHM
I absolutely loved every second of writing this post, and it truly stemmed from many personal experiences of people saying the wrong thing. As we have moved into “the digital age” and many moms have started working from home, the term “WAHM” (work-at-home-mom) was coined. Many people still don’t understand it, and that’s okay, just don’t say these 8 things to us! Read more here.
2. My Fight Against The “Anti-Technology” Moms
This post transpired quite a bit of chit chat on social media, everyone wanting to put in their two sense – and I love that! As women and moms, we have BIG opinions and this is a great place to share them. This post allowed me to dig into the fact that I think it’s pretty okay for my son to love technology – I know that I do. And that I’m alright with bringing along his tablet or whatever to a restaurant so my husband and I can eat in peace. You have to pick your battles as a parent and to me, this isn’t a big one. Read more here.
1. I’m Not The Mom I Wish I Was And That’s Okay
This was, by far, the most popular motherhood blog post of 2014 and I’m so happy it was, as it’s filled with such an importance message of acceptance that we all need to understand. Being a mom is tough and most of us enter motherhood with this unattainable idea of how we will be as mothers. Then, as we inevitably don’t live up to it, we are filled with a constant pit of “mommy guilt.” As long as all your decisions are being made with love, you are on the right track. Read more here.
As always, thanks for being along for this crazy ride with our Project Motherhood team and experiencing right along with us. Moving into 2015, we have lots of goodies in store for you all because we wouldn’t be here without YOU! We would love it if you would subscribe to our email list and become a “Project Motherhood Insider” – getting goodies NOT FEATURED ON THE BLOG, delivered in your inbox every Friday!
Fashionably yours,
Allison
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