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On a long train journey I overheard two mothers discussing their baby’s growth and development.
 

I began to reflect how mothers are constantly bombarded with opportunities to compare their baby’s progress with weight charts, developmental stages and media reports.

 

As a new mother I remember my need to judge my mothering through comparing my baby’s progress against another baby. I am also aware how detrimental this can be to the mother’s self esteem and ultimately the child’s.

 

It is a mothering challenge to love unconditionally, to celebrate children for who they are and not what they are.

 

It is a challenge for mothers to love themselves, to feel that they are good enough and not to check how they are doing through their children achievements – to find a soft kind tender place for the mothering that they do and celebrate that they are good enough and that their children are also good enough as they are.

Christine