Being a mother of two is indeed not easy. Time is the main factor and in which I am always chasing after. 24 hours a day is indeed too short for me coz it ends me without me realizing. With so many promotions, my obligations get bigger and there are just too many things I need to handle.
And these are my obligations as a mother of two:
- to wake up at 5 plus in the morning (currently) to feed my little baby before I prepare myself to work
- to travel to office with my colleagues' car (thank god I have her to send me to office every morning)
- to complete my daily task in office and leave office as early as possible. So, do not talk about performance in work, I have somehow prioritized my family first. Time flies in office too, without me knowing, it is the end of the day and I had to start rushing back. Going back will be with the LRT plus KTM and I will always be the one running to catch the train. So, forgive me if I do not greet you if you happened to bang into me along the street.
- I have my in laws to look after my two little ones while I am at work. And I know taking care of them is like taking care of twins although they are one year apart. So, I understand very well that they will be tired easily and I have to be home early to take over the baby sitting job.
- Besides, to complete the house cores like sweeping and moping the floor, wash, hang and fold the clothes, cleaning my own room, preparing two meals of porridge for my Byan (that is the only food I can prepare, don't talk about cooking for the family), ironing my clothes and manage my time well so I can have little time to blog (like what I am doing now) and chatting with hubby online.
- The day ends early for me. I try at my level best to go to bed with the baby before 10pm every night to make sure I have ample rest for another new day. And I will talk to my little baby to be "good" so to let me have enough rest before I fall asleep every night. You won't believe this, it works!!! Don't wish to praise her here, as I am superstitious to believe that it might turn otherwise. *touchwood!
Having said all these, I think I am a grown up. I am now able to multitask and to be more independent as compared to before. I used to be a very emotional person but I guess I now have to be tough to face the challenge I have in bringing up my two babies. My life has to be changed to accommodate them and these are the sacrifices which I have made:
- sacrifice my afternoon nap which I used to have, especially during weekends.
- forget about window shopping as I used to be a shopaholic (my husband knows this very well)
- have my long straightened hair cut short to make me feel and look better taking care of two babies
- forget about meeting my friends, yam cha etc... actually I have stopped that long ago...
- to spend wisely and to prioritise buying babies needs. But I am not known to be a big spender, so not much of a sacrifice, but rather a new commitment from me *ceh...self praise
- to have a healthy diet to sustain a healthy body. I have now say NO to spicy food which I love a lot i.e. sambal belacan, tom yam, laksa...
So, to all the new mothers out there, enjoy your parenting life. Take each day at a time and treassure the time you have with your babies while they are still small coz for all you know, they have grown up and you will miss these moments then. "If I can, why not you.... coz to me IMPOSSIBLE IS NOTHING"
Hhhhmmmm.....I hope after reading this, my husband won't come telling me, " How about another baby then?" HAHA!
Cheers,
The successful mother of TWO
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