I think the minute I had my first child I started experiencing guilt.  You know what I am talking about mommies.  You get those comments like “You should do this”, and your blood boils and you feel less of a mother.  Your child cries, and you feel guilty.  You leave them with someone so you can have a date night with your husband, you feel guilty.  You go back to work and leave them in daycare, you feel guilty.

You have another child, you feel guilty.  You are busy with the baby and your toddler wants you to play with them, you are busy and feel guilty.  You are trying to prepare dinner and your daughter says, “Play dolls with me”.  You obviously cannot at this moment, you feel guilty.  You are breastfeeding or emptying the dishwasher, or cooking, etc.  You wish you had more time to do everything.

Then daddy comes in like the white knight while you are finsihing dinner and your daughter says, “play with me daddy”.  Ofcourse, since he has just walked in the door he says “sure”.  Ofcourse daddy is the cream of the crop and you are the liver. 

I would just love one guilt-free day where I can feel like I am the perfect mom.  I would also just love to be able to do all the “fun” stuff like daddies do and have him deal with the chores.  That would be great!