A Beautiful Mosaic

Crunchy. Instinctive. Attachment. Helicopter. Authoritative. Permissive. Scrunchy. Have you ever been confused at just how many parenting styles there are? I know I have been. It's even more confusing when you are trying desperately to fit a mold and find other parents with the same values and styles. I finally came to a simple conclusion the other day: I have a Mosaic parenting style. I'm pretty sure almost every single one of you does, as well.

What is Mosaic? Exactly what it sounds like it is. It's bits and pieces of every type of parenting style there is. Named or not. With it's own book series or never heard of. Debated on mid-day talk shows. Criticized on the evening news. There's so much judgement and prejudice in the parenting community about what is the right or wrong style or what is going to harm your child for life… They should sleep on their tummies-they should sleep on their backs, don't give them a pacifier-pacifiers reduce the risk of SIDS, put the baby down or they will not learn to self soothe-hold the baby or they will feel abandoned… I could go on for HOURS! While I have opinions on every single one of these issues (and so many more), I don't feel like all of my opinions match a set style. And why should they? It's parenting.

So I'm going to be posting based on what issues arise in the day-to-day life of staying at home raising a 2.5 year old and a (almost) 1 year old. I'm going to write transparent, honest blogs with my opinions… and if you don't agree, that's OK! That's the point. We are all here creating our own Mommy (or Daddy!) Mosaic!