Choices, Choices

Well I was at the doctor today with my 3 kids and we were discussing vaccines......and on my way home I started thinking about my way of doing things. As a parent it is so hard to know if you are making the "right" choices for your kids. I really kind of feel like our society is a little brainwashed into thinking that they don't have choices with a lot of things that they actually do have a choice with. Society is so good at training us into believing everything that we hear. The most effective way to get people to buy into an idea is the use of fear. Which I have to admit, works on me too, especially when it comes to vaccines. That whole H1N1 thing was crazy! And when I was pregnant with the twins, was questioned by my obstetrician as to why I didn't get the vaccine. But the OB that delivered the twins was really cool with me doing my own thing and did not make an issue of it like some people did. I know that for the time being, what I am doing with my kids is what I "think" is best. I am not saying that it is the best, I said that I "think" its best. For instance, I breastfed G until she was a year old but some people (like my mother) told me that it was gross to nurse a baby that old. I am breastfeeding the twins now and will continue to breastfeed them until they are a year as well, we share our bed with our kids (not my favorite way to sleep but again....I "think" its best for them), we do not vaccinate and after today don't ever plan on it, we had planned home births with both pregnancies (neither worked out for reasons out of my control), and I am all about baby wearing, which to some "old fashioned" people think is dangerous. These are things that I really think are best for MY kids. There are some things that I would like to add to this list, like growing my own organic fruits and vegetables, but neither myself of my husband have that kind of time. I really love that I have choices with how I am raising my kids and am married to someone with similar beliefs. I never thought I would have 3 kids, and I seriously can not believe I am actually parenting children on some days because at heart I feel like a kid myself still. I wonder how many people think that too when they wake up in the morning. Well with all the choices that I have to make now and in the future, I just hope that my kids all know that I did the best I could and it is all out of my love for them.