At any age you will always have people judging you for becoming a parent. Even at 25 people tell you how young you are and that you should have waited. Well I'm 19 and my partner and I decided to create a family when I was 18. We got pregnant straight away and we were so over joyed by this news. I was balling my eyes out while on the phone to my best friend who had also just gotten pregnant (10 weeks a head of me) fast forward 6 months and I started working full time. Left the house at 6am and got home at 6pm. Worked up until 5 days before I gave birth. 38w 4d my waters broke and 5 hours later (I was then 38w 5d) we had a gorgeous little boy lying on my chest after 9 mins of pushing. It happened so fast that we got to the hospital for them to tell me you need to push NOW so no drugs for me which is what I wanted. Now I have a beautiful 5 month old boy, we've lived in our own place since I was a couple of months (we were flatting before this and my boyfriend is 10 years older). So anyway naturally when anyone becomes a mother there are always unwanted opinions and so much judgement when comes with it (especially when your partner is older) I had to stop breastfeeding at 8 weeks because my son was sent to the child's hospital due to my breasts and milk. I kept going after that even though it was scary as hell because society tells you you HAVE to breastfeed. Well one night while I was feeding my son while crying in my boyfriends arms cause it was incredibly painful we decided I couldn't keep going with it. Of course then I had people say about me oh she's not breastfeeding cause she's young and doesn't wanna ruin her boobs. Like girl, if I whipped my boobs out they'd hit the floor, I'd say they're pretty ruined from trying to breastfeed. However I love all the changes my body went through after having my baby. I have no also got told you're not allowed to leave the house cause since you're a young mum you have to make sacrifices. So does that mean I'm never allowed to leave the house with my child? I've been told I'm lazy because I was staying at home for the first 4 months of his life. I now work again and my partners work and we work around each other's hours so went don't need a baby sitter. Of course got judged for then going back to work. More people come round to my house to let me know I can't provide a clean and tidy house for my boy. There were toys on the ground and a couple of dishes on the bench. Why is it okay for mothers to judge other mothers? I sometimes co sleep, I formula feed and the father of my child is older. Since when does any stranger have the right to judge me? I am young but that means NOTHING! I am the greatest mother to my little boy and he is the light of our lives. If there's a perfect parent out there, please let me know because I highly doubt everyone would agree with everyones parenting style. Some might not agree with co sleeping but I do that every now and then. So please tell me when is it ever okay to judge a mother who is doing her best? I'm amazing and I am proud of being a mother at 19.