Kriste (l) with friend (r)

Judgment comes easy.   It is so easy to raise an eyebrow in another mom’s direction and question her choices, even before you become a mom yourself.  I know I don’t speak for just myself–that’s just how easy it is. Whether you’re a first-time mom in your twenties or you came to be a mom during those “geriatric pregnancy” years, it is human nature to cast judgment toward moms who don’t do it the way you would.

As a mom who came late to the party after waiting several years for the “right time” to have kids, I have been on the receiving end of my fair share of judgment.  Did I wait too long to become a mom?  Am I too old for this gig?  Was it the infertility my fault because I waited to grow up before I tried to have a baby? How could anyone put their career before starting a family?  Do you look at me and wonder if it took me so long to have a baby; are children that important to me? […]