Baby books....what do they know anyways....

Baby Books, Baby Books, we have all kinds of baby books with all kinds of advice in them...at first it is really great...all of the knowledge...all of the information...with all this advise and information it would be impossible to fail.....at least that is the hook....that's how they hook us to buy and read all of these different baby books on everything you can imagine...with them we will be better parents....yes I bought it...hook...line...and sinker....but I am just about ready to ban baby books....unless they are going to support my own personal thoughts on parenting....I'm done with them....Collin was the first to bring this to my attention...as I have urged him to open up the baby books....he finally looked at me and said I don't think the mothers in Africa read these baby books...they do what is natural....he is right....100%...I really think we can over analyze all of the information we are bombarded with....not that information is not wonderful...and I truly believe knowledge is power....but more importantly I think it is dangerous territory when we begin to question our own instincts based on what someone else has wrote as gospel...I truly believe that if we clear our mind and listen to ourselves instinctually we make alot of right choices...whether its in business, love, or raising children....today we purchased a activity seat for Dylan...it was a spontaneous purchase...I was so nervous buying it....what would my baby book say....was it a good purchase....how was it rated....will it harm him...this was absolutely crazy I am a grown woman....I have helped people make the largest decisions in their life....and I am panicking because I don't have my baby book to tell me what to do....my nervous frustration of not being able to make a decision with out my baby books approval soon turned to being down right mad....mad at the the stupid baby book....and mad at myself....for not relying on my own ability to make this fairly simple decision...as soon as we got home...I of course checked my baby book....it says that they are o-k but that children that use them are not as quick to walk as children that don't use them....basically that if I use it for extended periods of time its not healthy for my child....duhhhhhhhhh.....moderation is everything in life......I knew this without having to be told this....but its crazy that I did not trust my own instincts on this purchase...that's the real problem here....not what the books says...but that there was a part of me that did not listen to my instincts...as I look at this little play contraption...it looks pretty fun in fact it says words in Spanish and English....so I guess best case scenario Dylan will be slow to walk but will be able to speak Spanish....worse case scenario he will hate it and walk early and we will give it to Winston...he already can walk.... and will love it....I don't mean not to sound appreciative of all the information these books give me ...but I truly believe our hearts know best.....with that I am going to finish reading one of my baby books...........until tomorrow