World's |Okayest| Mom

Hello, world of bloggers and blog readers! This is my official first post. Prepare to be un-amazed!

The idea for Help Me Mama came from several things that have happened to me recently:
1) I became a mom to a tiny(ish) human being who was amazing and beautiful and CONFUSING.
2) Being the researcher/control freak that I am, I researched every little thing he was/wasn't doing (ie:Is he pooping enough? Is the color normal? How much should he eat!? WHY ISN'T HE SLEEPING!?).
3) I found that many websites/blogs/message boards seemed to be outlets for moms to brag about their perfect babies that take 2-hour naps 3 times a day and never ever cry.

I did, however, find a few tiny corners of the internet where normal moms shared normal stories about their "normal" babies, and I found these real people to be more comforting to my weary sleep-deprived self than any book or blog that told me what my baby "should" be doing.

I can't help you "fix" your baby's (freakin') short naps or give you the secret to a "happy baby", but I can try to help you keep your sanity on the days when being a mom is hard (which, in my experience, is every day).  And I can tell you things like, "I just nursed my baby to sleep even though all the books tell you not to.  Why did I do it?  Because it's what I needed to do in that moment to get him to go to sleep so I can get ready for the day.  Boom."

In part, this blog is my personal fight against The Super Mom. I say, let's all just be GOOD moms.  Let's be moms who are nice to each other.  Let's be less Judge-y and more Help-y.  Or, if you'd like to be a bit of an underachiever like myself, you can join me in my journey to becoming the World's Okayest Mom.

Enjoy the heck out of your babies today.
-Katie

PS: Will someone please buy me this? http://www.zazzle.com/original_worlds_okayest_mom_mugs-168350901019700487