This is my confession

I dislike confessions. I dislike "confession" posts. Why are we confessing? Why do we feel the need to confess to our blog audience? Why do we feel guilt, like we are bad moms. Why do I have to feel like I am confessing when I tell you that I sometimes use baby food pouches (organic of course (insert sarcasm ) instead of my usual homemade baby food. Why is this a confession? Do we put so much mom pressure on each other that we feel the need to make a confession out of a completely normal and should be guilt-free thing?

Yes, I try to be organic and natural by cloth diapering, breastfeeding, and making baby food. I play with my kids, I interact with them, I try to keep the cell phone/internet time to a minimum when I'm with them. I try to be a good mom. Hell, I am a good mom. I am doing my best and that is what's best for my kids. So what if I'm not perfect all the time. I shouldn't feel a need (nor should you) to confess this. This is called being normal! By definition Confession is:

Noun A formal statement admitting that one is guilty of a crime. An admission or acknowledgment that one has done something that one is ashamed or embarrassed about.

Am I (are you) seriously ashamed and embarrassed to feed your child prepackaged baby food, diaper them in a disposable, not miss them every minute you are away from them, feel the joy and happiness of taking a weekend away with your husband, savoring nap times? We all should stop feeling shame for being normal, good, loving mothers. This post is not direct at/towards anyone. It is simply a trend that I've noticed on several of the blogs I've seen recently. Instead of admitting our confessions, why don't congratulate each other on the things we are proud of? I don't ever really feel judged in my decisions (people do call me crazy but I tend to laugh that off- hoping they are only kidding :)). I don't feel like I judge anyone else. I just want a community where everyone makes decisions for their family that they are proud of.