Being a parent is hard work and sometimes you wonder if you are doing a good job? You hear about other families, other people’s kids and it can be easy for doubt to creep in. Comparing yourselves to others is natural, and depending on the situation, can either make you feel like parent of the year or a total failure. The last thing you want to hear about when you were up all night with your ten month old is how someone else’s two month old is sleeping through the night! Or how about running into that mom who is always perfectly put together when you can’t remember the last time you got a shower?
Comparisons can be harmful to your self esteem and your outlook on how you are managing. It’s easy to fall into this trap. Before you close the blinds and shut yourselves off from all human contact, you have to realize that everyone has good and bad days. No one has completely mastered being a parent!
Take some time and check out this month’s video below to see how you can deal with those moments you feel like you don’t measure up. Later this month, you will receive some tools to help you when you are playing the comparison game.