I have a 6 month old and he is our first. Both my husband and I are 25 and we live across the country from both our families so Ive been staying home with him. Being on our own has its pros and cons of course but since being a mom I feel like my own parents just knock me down.

I’ve been trying to get into dental school since graduating but of course with getting married and having our son it’s put on hold for now. I was looking at doing an online masters and just be bringing the idea up to my parents they literally shot me down and basically were saying I’m not putting my son first and thinking about his needs. And How “I do things without thinking about the consequences”. Literally my dad said that to me and it still stings like I’ve literally worked hard my whole life to always do the right thing.You know I get where they are coming from how trying to do school would be difficult and with my husband working crazy hard and having no help it would be hard I GET IT! IM LIVING IT! Everyday I know I have no help. But it was just ridiculous how they were talking to be like I was stupid instead of just actually having a meaningful conversation about their concerns. I just let it go they never apologized for how they spoke to me.

I told my mom how I was going to do a fun mud race with my coworkers. And she goes “mmmm no” you don’t know what’s in there like germs and your breastfeeding your son. Think about him you have to be smart about what you do so you can take care of him.... 😕 seriously I was like what the heck my husband is super supportive and wants me to do it so I can have fun and he’ll be there with our son cheering us on.

I love my parents to death but damn. 😓 it’s like I want to tell them things about my life but if they seriously just put me down every turn I make I just can’t do it ugh