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Copyright © Marsha Maung 2005 Email : marshamaung@yahoo.com Site
: http://www.marshamaung.com Feel free to reprint or publish
this article on your website, ezine, magazine, newsletter…etc.
Please include the bio, links and credit intact. Until the
moment I became a mother, I couldn’t quite understand or
comprehend the depth when people say “Mothers are the strongest,
most noble and loving people in this whole wide world” It’s just
a whole bunch of cliché stuff that I could live without, thank
you very much! The pain. The joy. The sacrifices. The love. The
fear. The confusion. The anxiety, panic, loss of time, loss of
privacy. The internal battle between a person’s own inner
personality conflicting with those of being a mother. The need
to be alone and oneself roughly pushed aside because a child
needs caring, loving and affection. The loss of sleep, the loss
of opportunities. I knew but I never understood. Now that I am
mom, everything within me is screaming for attention. My needs
to be the best mom in this whole wide world and the need for me
to be the best that I can be. Now, I realize the weight of the
statement. We are the noblest people in this whole wide world.
There are many different sensations which come along with being
a mother. Some good and some bad. Best moments of motherhood
1.Seeing your baby’s first smile (does it matter that it could
have been wind in tummy? Nah!) 2.Breastfeeding 3.Baby cooing and
smiling when she sees you 4.Baby calms down when you give me a
nice warm cuddle 5.Baby’s first tooth 6.The first giant wobbly
step 7.The first word 8.The first baby utters ‘mamma’ or ‘mommy’
9.Getting down for tickle-time…right after story time 10.Seeing
your child/baby overcome an obstacle without your help 11.The
start of potty training (Very huge accomplishment) 12.The first
A, B, C… 13.The first 1, 2, 3 14.When your baby comes over to
you for a hug (for no apparent reason at all) 15.When someone
tells you that your child is handsome or pretty 16.When someone
compliments you on how well-behaved your child is 17.Child
learns how to dance 18.Enjoying the off-key singing of your
child 19.Seeing your child make new friends 20.Your child is
able to love someone else other than you and herself. 21.You can
dance around naked with your child with no inhibition 22.Going
shopping with your teen. 23.Kissing your child in the morning
before leaving for work 24.when your child gives you something
to show you what a wonderful mother you have been to him/her.
Worst moments of motherhood 1.colic 2.First month as a mother
3.Teething problems 4.Inability to understand what your child is
yabbering about (when learning to talk) 5.Sleeplessness 6.Awful
excess of weight 7.First few months returning to work
8.Separation anxiety (for both mother and child) 9.Missing your
child when you’re alone 10.The inability to watch a single TV
program or movie right to the end uninterrupted 11.Missing out
with all your unmarried, child-less friends 12.Missing out on
those romantic diaper-less moments with your spouse 13.Baby
giving your health shock 3 times a week 14.The first few days of
weaning baby onto solids 15.Weaning baby from the breast 16.You
feel like complete old hag in a disco or party. 17.First few
times baby starts walking (toddling) 18.Throwing a tantrum of
your own in response to your child’s 19.Clinging child when
you’re tired from work or rushing to meet a deadline 20.Starting
preschool 21.Employing a new nanny 22.When your teen gets
his/her driving license….oohhh….the tension and stress! 23.When
your teen tells you she’s got a boyfriend…worse still, she
doesn’t tell you a ting and you find out about it from your
neighbor.