I think its important to be proud of yourself as a mother and confident in your choices. Every mother is different, and every baby is different. When people brag to me that their babies sleep through the night or whatever, I am not impressed one iota, as I wonder what their babies went through to achieve that. I prefer my baby to be able to do things in his own time. I am proud of this little person regardless of when he does things. As soon as I stopped caring what everyone else thought and what the books said, I fell even more in love with mummy-hood. Enjoy your little person and his/her uniqueness 