Mothering Corner

Most of us agree that health is the most important aspect in our lives. Without health, no matter how wealthy you are, your life will not be as complete as it may seen. I used to put my work first when I was single and working for long hours was pretty common. But after being a mother, I know that I must take good care of myself as if I’m ill, no one can help me with the kids. Furthermore, I don’t sleep enough so I have to exercise well and continue taking my health supplements.

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I was getting some books at the book store this afternoon and I came across the recipes section. I stopped buying recipes for a very long time since I don’t cook much, except preparing for the kids. It’s not hard to prepare their meals but I don’t have much variety. Luckily, it’s only as frequent as once a week (the most!) so I don’t have to crack my head thinking about what to cook.

My mother said she had never been in the kitchen before until she’s married to my dad. It’s a basic instinct. Every woman will know how to cook well one day. Most of them will do it for the kids, if not for the husbands. So, I felt better about that. LOL! I blamed it on her for not letting me in the kitchen when she’s cooking, so I have no idea what cooking is. It’s a joke only my mom and I will understand.

But one thing for sure, a kitchen is a woman’s territory, only one ruler per kitchen. So, since the kitchen is occupied by MIL, I will have to get my own outdoor kitchen if I am serious about cooking. She doesn’t like anyone to mess up her kitchen, and so does my mom. How about you?

When I was working, I have never thought of the possibility of working from home, but now, it’s something that I truly enjoy doing every day.

In my opinion, these are some of the benefits of working from home:

• To be able to be there for the kids most of the time
• More freedom because I don’t have a fixed schedule unless I’m rushing for lots of offers
• The money is great, and so far it’s not subjected to tax *touch wood*
• It doesn’t feel like a work, moreover, it’s more like a hobby
• I’m learning a lot since the day I started blogging for money and I have a better idea of how to manage my websites now. Of course, it will not be as complicated as a company that requires 30 day of free trial intranet software to manage the whole operation. You will be your own boss and you work for yourself. As long as you are willing to work, you will still be able to earn.

Of course, some bloggers are skeptical about blogging for money as no one knows how long or how far this can go, but why worry about that? As I said, it’s nothing more than just a hobby, but it brings money to you.

When I was a full time breastfeeding mother, I shopped a lot of nursing tops, especially when I was having my first child. I had to breastfeed in public or in front of other family members at some gathering and since most of the people around me don’t breastfeed, I try to be discreet so that they will not criticized me for being exposed. Besides, they were surprised to see how discreet breastfeeding can be with the nursing tops!

I shopped a lot from online sites, both local and oversea. All of them have ecommerce software which is really convenient and make my shopping experience a wonder one. If you are thinking about getting up a web store, besides looking for the right products, you will have to look for shopping cart software, such as the software from Ashop Commerce.

Without a shopping cart software, it’s not easy to operate a web store in larger scale. But I stopped buying a few months after my second child. I found a way of making my own nursing tops, and it’s more trendy too. It’s actually a mix and match skill where I put on the tube and top as a set of nursing top. So, I look much better with my own “designs.”

This blog was really messed for the past 48 hours, and I couldn’t do much about it. It’s the server and the codes got messed up as well. I left everything to my webmaster because I’m clueless of what to do anything.

But after today, it will be moved to another server, again. This time, I hope that it’s not going to be down in the future as I don’t want to get any emails from TLA again. Ya, even if there is only 2 links, but they are still ads links that I have to nurture carefully.

When I was studying at school, I was too busy with activities and I didn’t care much about how I looked. In fact, I looked dreadful as I was so dark! But it’s the weight problem that bothers most girls and lots of my friends were starving themselves to look good. One of my friends had actually messed up her menstrual cycle in high school because she didn’t eat much at all. Let’s just say that they were putting their health at risk to be slimmer.

If this condition is not being identified and corrected, they might be suffering from anorexia nervosa. Eating disorder has a lot to do with the mentality. No matter how think these girls are, they will still think it’s not enough. But Avalon Centers offers partial hospitalization program for anyone with eating disorder to undergo their treatments there. It has to be treated because it can be life threatening if left unattended.

So, being thin is nice, but being healthy is wonderful.

I’m not a saint. I have my mood swing also, but I know how to handle myself well. If I’m really stressed, I will just go for a spa or do some shopping alone. 3 hours later I will be back with a brighter mood. I did that yesterday, and now I feel so much better.

But some mothers are pushing themselves too hard, they don’t know how to relax or put themselves first anymore. I used to be like that when I have only my boy. Everything about him came first and I was really tensed. I put all my hobbies or things I used to enjoy away just to be a good mother. But when I have my second child, I began to see how things are pulling a toll on me. I am not saying that my kids “controlling” my life, but it’s me who doesn’t know how to balance my role as a mother and as a person I used to be.

It took me some courage to be out of the home when they were napping. I couldn’t trust my maid last time. But now I know that I can have about 3 hours of private time for myself, and be back home to my kids again. Of course, I can’t do tthat everyday. Twice a week will be great enough!

So, mothers, take some time away from mothering. It’s good to be a supermom, but a superwoman is not only a mother as well.

I have almost forgotten about this until MIL brought it up just now. One, my maid was preparing the grapes for my kids and I was taking my shower upstairs. My maid didn’t cut the grapes into smaller pieces and MIL was not happy about it as she’s worried that my gal may be choked. She bought up some cases of kids choking by nannies who were ignorance about choking hazards, maybe just to “remind” my maid.”

But I was wondering if the nannies will be jailed for the death of the kids? I didn’t follow those cases, but I believe that most of the parents dropped the cases, and I don’t understand why. Maybe nothing can bring back the children already, so they preferred not to bring up the cases again. But things like this happened in US, I bet most of the cases are still running hot. You can also hire Florida wrongful death attorney to help you out in your cases to maximize the monetary compensation.

But will money bring back the kids? Just think about it.

I was there at St Anne’s Church, trying to move my ways up to the stairs to do a prayer in the church and do you know what I saw? Lots and lots of beggars! That’s why when hubby asked if we should bring my kids there this year, I said no. I don’t want to leave the impression on my kids that their mummy is damn cruel and stingy and didn’t want to help the poor. Nor I want my kids to be scared by the children beggars who are quite pushy sometimes. Just read about 5xmom’s post about poverty, go to the comment and you will know what I mean.

Sometimes, it’s not that I don’t want to help, it’s that how to help? There are so many of them and you will just be wondering if you are there for a prayer or giving donation? At times like this, I wish that those richie rich can come out of thei castle and do them a good deal. But that will promote even more beggars. Gee…

I guess I don’t have to mention that I’m a lousy cook again. Sometimes I felt bad that I’m not the one who prepare my kids’ meals everyday, unless MIL is not around. Even if I cook, the meals will be as simple as possible without any frying or grilling because I tend to burn the dish.

MIL joked to me that I might burn down her kitchen if I try to cook with her stuffs, so it’s better for me to get my own kitchen and burn it down. LOL! How cruel hoh? But it’s only a joke. I guess I will only have the change to learn about cooking if I’m moving out. As long as I’m staying under the same roof as MIL, I don’t have the kitchen at all.

But honestly, I’m clueless when it comes to shopping for gas cooktops, kitchen utensils, and anything needed in the kitchen. How to choose the best one? I guess I will never know until I put my hands one them and cook for real for some time.