Supermom!

What qualifies a mom to be a "Supermom?"

 

I'm sure most of you reading this have been called "Supermom" at some point since becoming a parent.

 

Every single time someone calls me Supermom, my brain immediately thinks of every single mistake I made that day. Why is that? We all can shine in certain circumstances, but we also are making mistakes all the time.

 

-I had a little binky pouch strapped to my youngest daughter's car seat because it was a new, cool thing that didn't exist when my oldest was a baby. It appears that I'm so prepared to protect her from germs, right? Someone who either isn't a parent or did not have one of these new gadgets for their baby calls me Supermom. ........but she didn't see the baby drop her binky 3 million times and me pop it in my mouth to "get the germs off."

 

-Daugthers #2 and #3 only ate homemade baby food. It was a thing I wanted to do. I get called Supermom. ......they didn't see me give in to peer pressure and let the older ones eat 100 cheese puffs and drink too many juice boxes.

 

-I'm prepared with self-stick, disposable placemats for the kids to use at the out door ice cream shop. I get called Supermom. ........they didn't see me forget to clean their hands with hand-wipes before eating ice cream cones....with their hands!

 

 

Isolated situations can make it seem like we have it all together, but no one knows what is happening before or after those situations. And I'm pretty sure that no one has it ALL together ALL the time. Children are unpredictable - that's their job!

 

 

The only thing we do know is that we're all trying our best. 

 

If someone calls you Supermom, just own it, but NOT because this person is impressed that your children are impeccably dressed and accessorized, and you showed up to the party on time. Own your Supermom title because you love your babies, would do anything for them, and because you are doing your best..... even in the ugly moments when you feel like you're not.

 

......and maybe the most deserving reason for the Supermom title are the moments when we evaluate our own parenting behavior and think about all the ways would could/should have handled a situation better. The fact that we are evaluating ourselves at all makes us Supermoms because it shows how much we care, that we are always trying to improve, and that want to be the best moms not can be!