Mommy challenge. No judgement.

Strictly about us moms and our beliefs.

What's your child's name? Patrick John

Is your child a boy or girl? Boy💙

What wipes do you use? Pampers sensitive (tried huggies, they fell apart trying to get them out of containers during a couple massive blow outs, and parents choice sensitive, they seemed to irritate his skin)

What diapers do you use? Pampers Swaddlers (have also tried huggies)

What baby lotion do you use? Aveno Baby

What baby wash/shampoo do you use? Johnson and Johnson

Bite, rip or clip their fingernails? Clip and file

Do you exclusively breastfeed? I did for the first 6 months.

Do you vaccinate? Yes

Believe in circumcision? Yes but he wasn't circumcised until almost 10 months old.

Co-sleep or seperate? Both. Started separate but now all he wants is me

Whooping or timeout? Time out

Carry around GermX? In my car

Do you believe in CIO method? To an extent

Do you believe in abortion? Depends on the persons circumstances and personal choice. I believe adoption is a better alternative.

Public school or home school? Depends on the child and what their needs are. I'm a special education public school teacher so...

How many children do you have? 1

How many children do you want? 3-4 (both biological and adopted)

Age you were when you had your child(ren)? 26

On birth control? Yes

Stay at home mom or working? Working

Baby wear or stroller? Depends on what I'm doing

Are you a single mother? Yes

What do you carry in the diaper bag? Diapers, wipes, booger wipes, snack/spoon and meal, pacifiers, teething toy/or other small toy, poop bags, blanket/burp cloth, cup for water or breastmilk, anything else that I may need for a particular activity or weather (hat, sunscreen, swim diaper, etc)

If you could tell new mother's one thing, what would you say? Use your resources (lactation consultants, pediatrician, parents, etc) and always advocate for your child.