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S/O of FTM research post

Drea926Drea926 member
in February 2013 Moms

I think in some ways I do way too much reading and researching. I make myself crazy, and when things don't turn out the way I planned, I feel like a failure. I will second guess myself constantly and worry that I'm not doing things right.

It's great to have so much information at our fingertips but I think there can be information overload. I'm trying to back off a bit and even cut back on my bump-ing because I'll compare myself to what everyone else is doing and end up feeling inadequate. Do I sound nutso here?

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  • brachysirabrachysira member

    No.  I quit facebook for similar reasons.

    I hate when people claim they should do something known to be terrible because their intuition says so, but you're just deciding to not stress about every detail which

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  • meechellebellemeechellebelle member
    No I am the same way! I keep reading things and comparing my babies to what I read. Oh my baby is doing what that baby is doing does he have a milk allergy too? Why isn't my baby sleeping as long as this baby? Etc etc. it's definitely information overload
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  • Kc283Kc283
    imagebrachysira:
    No. nbsp;I quit facebook for similar reasons. I hate when people claim they should do something known to be terrible be
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  • wifeofadamwifeofadam member

    That was the biggest lifesaver for me in terms of parenting.  It happened sometime between #2 and #3.  I just put down the books and started trusting my instincts more.  It is very liberating - I finally realized that God gave me motheri

        
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