Because we didn't have enough going on last Saturday, between the two hour breastfeeding class and then working a six hour shift, I signed Aaron and I up for a Cloth Diapering 101 class early in the morning.
We had already decided on cloth diapering but we were lost. There are about a billion different methods to cloth diapering, literally. Its very confusing to the diaper newbie such as myself. Cloth diapering, like having a natural birth and using the Montessori method, isn't something Aaron and I announce to everyone. As we have found most people are very judgmental and think their way is the best way, especially parents. While cloth diapering isn't any harder than using disposables, majority of parents scoff at us in disgust and tell us it wont last. That we will cave to the societal norm of the disposable.
Since getting pregnant Aaron and I have made decisions based on what was best for Penelope, not easiest for us. Sure it would have been easier to give birth the 'American' way in a hospital with a array of doctors and a hoard of drugs but that isn't what is best for Penelope. Naturally birthed babies are different from the start, simply from not being exposed to harmful drugs, don't believe me? Look it up, research both arguments. Everyone we know with children has labored and birthed the 'American' way, and there is nothing wrong with it. We don't judge people or tell them they shouldn't have drugs, that isn't our place. Kind of like how people judge us for going the natural route, its not their place, but people cant help themselves. I'm sick of getting ridiculed for the decisions we make as parents. And it has only begun. Every family, every child is different. We didn't just go out on a whim and decide one day that natural birth, and cloth diapering are cool. We have done months of research deciding what is best ultimately for Penelope and for our family. Aaron and I would never tell anyone how to raise their child yet people do it to us on a daily basis.
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The best parenting advice we recived was "the only decisions you will regret are the ones you were talked into" it is your job as parents to take the wealth of infomation that is given to you and figure out what works best for you.
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