Judged and judging
February 11th, 2010 | 
Author: I doubt there is another title that comes with as much judgement as being a mother. Comparison, superiority, one upmanship, feelings of guilt and inferiority seem to be part of the package. I think the first year of being a mom is the most rough in this regard – everything feels personal. You have to wade through a bit of a swamp of your own opinions and those of others.
We all judge and feel judged (not always intentionally) – and a few years down the line when we have learnt our own lessons and become more flexible, we can no longer remember so clearly ‘how’ we used to think in that first see-sawing year of motherhood.
A friend posted this on a forum a while back – I had a good giggle as it could have been taken from quotes made over the past few years I have been chatting there from the subjects we have argued about, made statements and voiced opinions on.
Read through and then share your score (you dont have to say which ones they were 
) of judgments made and judgements felt.
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lol. the post brought back so many memories, of questioning myself, worrying if I was a good enough mother or would scar Baby for life. And yes, I felt judged and judged others.
The scary part is, you doubt yourself more often than not as it is! So the added pressure from other moms is really not necessary!
Judgment seems par for the course, what I stuggled with when writing about parenting options is by giving info on one topic, people who did not do it that way feel judged. Hard to get around it and make people understand that parenting is about options