Rewriting the Baby Milestones - My Guest Post on Hobo Mama

When Baby was born, I experienced every cliche a new mama expects to encounter. I was in love; Baby was the apple of my eye; he completed me. Baby was completely perfect to me in every possible way.
When family members and friends met Baby, they seemed to validate his perfection. He was such a good baby, so nice and calm, so beautiful.
We appreciated these compliments, and of course, we agreed with them, but then I started wondering what these comments actually meant. If Baby screamed for seemingly no reason when someone was visiting, would that make him a bad baby? If he fussed, would he be considered not nice?
I began to realize that when it came to discussion about babies, people were most comfortable inserting them into boxes or categories.
Please visit Hobo Mama to continue reading this post.I am thrilled to have a guest post running on Hobo Mama today. Lauren of Hobo Mama is the co-founder of Natural Parents Network, the co-host of my very favorite blog carnival - The Carnival of Natural Parenting, and the first blogger who truly inspired me as both a parent and as a blogger.