Are You A Happy Mum?

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I chanced upon an article from www.parenting.com the other day, and thought it was an article very close to my heart.

I grew up enjoying playing with children and always knew that I wanted to be a mum. Of course, before I became a mum, I didn’t know the challenges that come along with motherhood and even naively thought that it would be easy. Now that I am a mum, I know how tough it can get sometimes, and how much frustrations I have to deal with on a daily basis.

The ironical thing about being a mum is that while I am happy and proud of my two girls, my main source of frustrations and emotional outbursts comes from them as well. If I had chosen to be a wife without any children, I would experience a lot less frustrations, but I also think I would miss out on a lot of other very happy and exhilarating moments in life. Maybe that’s why many people say motherhood brings out the best and the worst in us. It’s really very true.

One of the best decisions I made when I first became pregnant was probably to start this blog. 90% of what is being published on this blog are positive and happy stuffs, and I definitely intend to keep it that way. When I blog about the happy things, I am remembering the happy moments I’ve had with my kids, and that is really one of the best ways to stay happy – Focus on the positive and good things. Motherhood may be tiring and frustrating at times (especially when you are a mum of toddlers!), but by diverting my attention to all the happy and funny things, it keeps me sane and positive too. Once in a while, I post some of the not-so-positive things that I go through as a mum, but that’s also part and parcel of every mum’s life and worth documenting. 10% of that is more than enough though. =)

The other thing I do to keep my sanity is to go for ‘off days’. My mum-in-law takes care of my kids during weekdays when I’m working, so now and then, I’d take leave to go for some quality me-time alone, just doing things that I enjoy. Or my hubby and I may take leave together and go sun-tanning or catch a movie together. Basically, taking time out to do something without the kids. That, to a mum, is very therapeutic.

I want to be a happy mum as much as I can. Like I always say – Happy mums = Happy kids! If you are not as happy as you ought to be, then do something to get that joy back into your life. Mums ought to be the happiest people on earth, because we have the most meaningful task on earth. =)

Blog Source: The J Babies

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