What kind of mom are you?

I watched this video twice in a row because I thought it was hilarious!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikvcS3Oe-oA&feature=player_embedded

I don't know what's funnier - the dialogue between the two moms, or the fact that I could see parts of myself in the white mom.  Seriously!  For example, we were co-sleeping with the baby for months, probably 6, because it was easier to nurse at night if he was right next to me, as opposed to me getting up every three hours and running over to his room when he cried.  When he started eating solids, I made all his food.  It wasn't hard.. and I really liked knowing that he was eating wholesome, organic, unprocessed foods (see, like the white mom).  We are working on signing with him and I speak to him in Vietnamese (again, see white mom).

To redeem myself from looking like a psycho first time mom, there are things that I "failed" on, like sleep training the kid.  When he was younger and we were co-sleeping, it was no big deal.  We all went to sleep together and it was sweet.  Then, he started I don't even know what, but he would twist and kick us in his sleep.  Not only that, he would turn his body so that in our cal king bed, he moved in such a way that he would end up being the - (dash) and we would be the two |  | in the letter H.  Funny, yes, but enough was enough.  He took his naps in his crib so I figured that it would be easy for him to sleep in it at night.  When we first started, he would scream when we put him to bed.  I think it's because we weren't on a schedule or had a routine or anything.  Our lives are such that there was no consistency in our days and I think we're lucky the baby is so adaptable, he just rolled with it.  When we started instituting a bedtime routine, he was having none of it.  Cry, cry, cry, scream, scream, scream.  It was the worst and it lasted a month!  After that, when he willingly went to bed at night, he would still wake every 4-5 hours to nurse.  Why wasn't my kid sleeping through the night, 10-12 hours, like all the other moms were talking about?  The doctor said the baby didn't really need to nurse at night anymore and that it was probably just his way to get me to come get him.  I said, no, he really does nurse, and actively so for 10-15 minutes..  Maybe he was on a growth spurt?  Teething?  Who knows.

With his 1st birthday looming in a month, I decided to try to get him to sleep through the night.  Not only that, I was also going to night wean him and instill a routine.  Three tough things, all at once.  It's been about a week, but it's working out great!  After dinner, we play for a bit, he gets a bath, we read a couple of books, sing a few songs, then he gets tucked in.  I ferberized him (which is so painful) and I don't nurse him at night anymore.  I don't know why I waited so long to do all these things.  I'd like to think that it wasn't our time for it, since it all works out in the end.  Being a mom is hard and you just have to do what's best for your family, on your own timeline, crazy moms be damned!