Comments on: Listening to Your Instincts Will Never Steer You Wrong https://mommyevolution.com/listening-to-your-instincts/ Mom Smarter! Sun, 14 Sep 2025 16:20:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 By: Mommy Evolution https://mommyevolution.com/listening-to-your-instincts/#comment-151479 https://mommyevolution.com/?p=11255#comment-151479 In reply to Ellen.

He’s lucky to have you. Keep listening to your instincts and honoring what your grandchild needs.

]]> By: Ellen https://mommyevolution.com/listening-to-your-instincts/#comment-151392 https://mommyevolution.com/?p=11255#comment-151392 I care fulltime for my 4yr old grandson who has delayed speech and behaviour, he has been with me since he was 9 months. Even my mothers instinct kicks in on the occasions when he has a problem I haven’t seen before, sometimes I struggle to cope with his behaviour but he has a good heart and can show caring if he goes over the top.

]]> By: Mommy Evolution https://mommyevolution.com/listening-to-your-instincts/#comment-123604 https://mommyevolution.com/?p=11255#comment-123604 In reply to Full Spectrum Mama.

Oh my YES! I still listen to my instincts — and the difference is now when I feel that my instincts are taking me into a different direction, I’m not afraid to speak up.

]]> By: Full Spectrum Mama https://mommyevolution.com/listening-to-your-instincts/#comment-123510 https://mommyevolution.com/?p=11255#comment-123510 In reply to Full Spectrum Mama.

Re-reading this years later with the same experience.

Thanks for the reminder that our instincts MATTER.

Love,
Full Spectrum Mama

]]> By: Whettham https://mommyevolution.com/listening-to-your-instincts/#comment-112754 https://mommyevolution.com/?p=11255#comment-112754 In reply to Chantale.

It’s difficult to accept that these instincts are NEVER wrong. If all mothers’ instincts were correct there would be a lot less dysfunction and kids and families running a muck. As parents we’re all fallible and make plenty of mistakes. We “listen” to our kids and learn what they need as individuals, but these things are learned as we get to know our kids; they’re not really instincts. The author was very attentive and, though she may not have known why she did it or how she learned what to try, she learned what to do and what not to do. I don’t mean to split hairs, but words are important. I feel that it is a mistake to just blindly follow our first thought. If there was never a wrong instinct then those horrid shaken baby instructional videos wouldn’t exist. Every childis an individual and needs to be parented accordingly.

]]> By: Jennifer https://mommyevolution.com/listening-to-your-instincts/#comment-55992 https://mommyevolution.com/?p=11255#comment-55992 In reply to Robyn R.

I would definitely agree with that, too!

]]> By: Robyn R https://mommyevolution.com/listening-to-your-instincts/#comment-55951 https://mommyevolution.com/?p=11255#comment-55951 I agree that a parental instinct is best–but add to that if you find later that something in your instinct was off course, DON’T blame yourself. You have to go with your gut because it’s right about 99.9% of the time. For the once in a while when you’re off, learn, forgive yourself and move on. The rest of the time, you’re still right.

]]> By: Jennifer https://mommyevolution.com/listening-to-your-instincts/#comment-54146 https://mommyevolution.com/?p=11255#comment-54146 In reply to Jessica.

I completely agree! Experts can give us ideas but we are the ones in the trenches with our kids and often just “know” what they need.

]]> By: Jessica https://mommyevolution.com/listening-to-your-instincts/#comment-54118 https://mommyevolution.com/?p=11255#comment-54118 I think that, too often, we downplay our maternal instincts, which is a huge mistake. We rely heavily on the “experts”, who have spent much less time with our children than we have, to make decisions for our children. I think that, deep down, even if we don’t have the education and training, we instinctively know what our children need and just need to find our conviction within to advocate on our child’s behalf.

]]> By: Jennifer https://mommyevolution.com/listening-to-your-instincts/#comment-54082 https://mommyevolution.com/?p=11255#comment-54082 In reply to Erin.

It’s crazy how people so easily brushed off what we were experiencing or minimized our feelings. How wonderful it would be if people validated what mothers were feelings, high needs kids or not.

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