This is a new blog, and I want to make something clear:  every entry on this blog is exported directly from my personal journal.  These are my real thoughts and experiences.  So no, I'm afraid this post is not satire.

And yes, I did buy Babywise.  No, I have not used it.  Yet.  I have to read it first before I can decide if I agree with it or not.  I have read other parenting books (Dr. Sears, Dr. Weissbluth, Baby Whisperer), attended La Leche meetings (not my cup of tea, personally), spoken to my pediatrician, other moms, my mother, etc... all in the name of research.  I try very hard to understand something before I judge it.

I've only been a mother for 9 months, and I don't follow any approach to the letter.  I do take what I can from other people as I develop my own parenting philosophy.  It's admittedly a work in progress.  Isn't everybody's?
