Jennifer Ansiton Happy Just the Way She Is

Us Magazine reports on Jennifer Aniston’s attitude to motherhood and I think it rocks.

During an interview on CBS This Morning Sunday, the Wanderlust actress complained that it's "very narrow-minded" for people to assume she's unhappy without a baby to nurture. "That doesn't measure the level of my happiness or my success in my life, in my achievements, in any of that."

To assume that if a woman has expressed interest in having a baby but doesn’t have one yet that they are somehow unhappy is presumptuous on our part.

The actress, who's currently dating Justin Theroux, 40, added that she doesn't give "a crap what other people think" and she's happier "than I've ever been."

Bravo for Aniston expressing her feelings on the issue. If only we all could say loud and proud that we are okay with who we are and what our beliefs are without worry about what others will think of us.As mothers, we need to respect not only other mothers and their ways of parenting, but possible mothers-to-be, or even those women who choose to not be mothers.

Mayim Bialik Touts Attachment Parenting in Her New Memoir

Celebrity baby Scoop gives us a great interview with Mayim Bialik on her new book “Beyond the Sling: A Real-Life Guide to Raising Confident, Loving Children the Attachment Parenting Way.”

“She first stole our hearts as the hat-wearing teen Blossom and the saucy young Bette Midler in Beaches. Now we love Mayim Bialik as the quirky neurobiologist Amy Farrah Fowler on CBS's The Big Bang Theory. Not only does she have an outstanding acting career, she also holds a Ph.D. in neuroscience and is one of the most hands-on moms in Hollywood.”

What interests me the most is one of the struggles I find myself facing, which is that I want to raise independent children and not have my kids think that they are going to get everything they want in life, but at the same time, I want to give them everything they need and be there as completely as possible for them.

Bialik speaks about the challenge of how exhausting attachment parenting can be, but how ANY kind of parenting is exhausting, which is true.

"I'm always exhausted, but most parents are! But yes, if you make the decision to have your child breastfeed on demand and you make the decision to be the primary caregiver to your child, if you make the decision not to sleep-train your child because you believe they will be ready to sleep independent when they're ready, yes it's exhausting!

I also see a lot of parents that don't parent the way that we choose to and have a tremendous amount of anxiety, worry, and fighting with their children over things that I don't fight with my children about. So I think it's actually a trade-off of where you want to put your energy. It's a lot of work early on with your child for sure. But like I said, for many of us it's worth it."

What resonates the most with me about what she says is her attitude toward other mothers who disagree with her style of parenting. We are all entitled to our own opinions and ways of raising children.The book is part memoir, part explaining what attachment parenting is.

“And also, I talk about this in the book, everyone's allowed their own opinions! Some people want to have a conversation with you, and some people just want to be right. I've really learned which is which, and know when to smile and say, 'Thanks for your opinion. This is what works for us and I'm glad you're doing what works for you.' "

This is the attitude I’m looking to foster through Celebrity Momster:  Let’s celebrate our parenting styles, look with curiosity to other parents and their ways, and see what we can learn from each other.

Be Yourself to Be a Good Mom

When it comes to the correct way to parent, I think we’ve all fallen into the trap of assuming our way is the right way. Or being like differences are okay up to a certain point, but if someone parents in a totally different way there must be something wrong going on there.

There obviously have to be some lines drawn if a parent is doing something that is harming a child, but that can be a very subjective area.

I hear a lot of mothers who choose to have more than three or four kids get flak for overpopulating the world or for taking on too much.

Celeb Baby Laundry caught up with Angelina Jolie to find out what were the most important things in Angelina Jolie’s life, not surprisingly, she said, “There are far too many things to count. But everything that matters in life has to do with being a parent.”

Jolie’s added advice for other mothers, “Be yourselves. Don’t listen to what people say.”

I think this may be the simplest and most powerful message we can learn as moms. We need to do what feels right for our family. Yes, read books and be open to hearing how others parent, but in the end, just do what feels right for you.