Overprotective Mother

Over the weekend I was called an "over-protective mother" at least once. I say at least because earlier today I read a post on facebook about something pretty similar but no names were mentioned & that post has been recently removed by the author. But who's to say it wasn't towards me? Before I go any further here's what the post stated, "to all my relatives make sure you wash your hands & boil in hot water & sanitize ur hands before you care the baby.. & ask permission to the LOVING & Super OVER protective mother...!!!!!" it was written exactly like that.. so I didn't change anything! Okay.. so now here's the reason why I think this post may be about me.. on Thanksgiving the father of my son & I took our son to visit his family (I will not mention which side). When we first walked into the house we were greeted with a group of screaming teenagers! Our son is 7 months old.. regardless how old he is I think people should know that noise like that can be damaging & frightening. Anyways.. so dad (son's dad) decided to take our son out of his car seat.. a few seconds later not only was our son the center of attention, but was being passed around the house like a sack of HOT POTATOES! What mother wouldn't freak out about this? I have no issues with anyone holding my son, okay maybe a little issue.. but it's only RIGHT to wash your damn hands before you touch a child or anyone! Family or not, I've seen people walk out of the bathroom without even considering washing their hands. GROSS! Another issue I have is that I have a friend whose baby got salmonella from her father, since the father never washes his hands. So like I said.. family or not.. be courteous! Mind you I didn't say a word, but I'm sure you can see the horror on my face when I saw Ares going from one set of arms to another.

I didn't say anything about the issue.. but I did think it. So it was just surprising that I read a post about something I had thought of. It may be about me & it may not be.. but my point is: a mother knows best. When your opinion is asked for, that's when you give it.. other than that.. it's not welcome. FACT!

Saturday my own ninang (godmother in tagalog) called me strict & over protective. Only because she was trying to feed my son cheese... yea.. dairy! I've read infants aren't ready to eat cows milk at least until they're a year old. So.. I was a bit freaked out. I'm not perfect. I'm a first time mother experiencing these things. It's nice to get help every now & then.. but when it comes to what's best for my son.. I think every mother would agree with me that MOTHER KNOWS BEST!