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I think your last two lines are great; sum it up perfectly.
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Rebecca, you really need to stop dwelling on the past. i too was a teen mom, i have my son at 17 going on 18. it was the best thing i could have ever done. im now 27 with a 5 year old as well.i have a wonderful husband who isnt my kids bio father and they see him as their father. i was married to my kids father and we got a divorce after 4 years. my daughter was 4 months when i met my 2nd husband and we have been together supporting each other through everything. my husband and i are in the army. he is in afghanistan and i was in iraq for the entire year of 2005 life is hard no matter how you look at it. yes it was hard having a baby at a young age, but does it all matter to me now, NO. my son is older and most of my friends have babies in their 30's i feel lucky, things happen for a reason. im getting out of the army this month because it's too much for my mother to keep my kids while im in iraq, just be thankful that your mother is helping you and didnt kick you out the house or anything. you cant expect her to praise you now cause she is probably still bitter but give her time, she'll come around my mom did and so did the rest of my family, they all love my son and think highly of him. what happened 9 years ago doesnt even matter anymore. prayer is the key, bless you and your baby
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She's not saying that she regrets her kids. She's just saying that if she had the choice to make again, it would have been better to wait. After reading your story, it's obvious that you should have waited too. You had kids with the wrong man, or you wouldn't have another one raising them. Sure, everything turned out fine and dandy, but that doesn't make it the best decision.
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Rebecca, you sound like a very bright young lady! I very much appreciate seeing your story on this forum. I think this is just the kind of information that needs to be here! Colic, thankfully, does go away over time and when it does you will be sure you have a different child! I could give you all the suggestions for the ear infections but I'm sure you have already heard them, and they are not always practical. I could never get my baby to sleep on an incline, he would just slide to the bottom and be sideways in his crib, no matter how gentle the slope. Keep being as tenacious as you can and your determination can get you through anything!
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To "don't be silly"......it seems to me that the decision is already made and there is no turning back, that's all im saying and if you think about it many women have waited to have children with the "right" man and then 18 years later they are divorcing, there is no telling just know how to deal with the situation and make things better the best way you know how, obviously you haven't been in this situation, so you can't be talking from experience, go to another thread PLEASE!! and if you have ever been in a situation where things are hard for you at that moment, you would apprieciate another man fathering your children after experiencing something you have no clue about.
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I don't dwell on the past. I regret being irresponsible ans plain old STUPID! Just because you don't regret your choices doesn't mean all other teenage mothers feel the same way. At least I'm honest and can admit that I've made a bad bad move. And don'tr even start in with I don't love my son. Of course I love Brian. I'm just mad at myself because I cannot give him as good a life as I could have had I just been a more responsible person. YES, I regret my behavior. i think that I am a very good mother given my circ_mstances. I know Brian loves me. I know that things could also be worse. But teenage pregnancy should NEVER be glamorized. Maybe for some teens, it all turns out fine and great and they become everything they want to be and life is glorious. But they are the exception to the rule! For most of us, it sucks.
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