During my visit to the hospital, the doctor asked me the weight of my baby at birth and my response was that I didn’t know.
The doctor looked at me surprisingly and his next statement was “but it’s not been long you had her.”
I smiled knowing that if he asked me more questions besides her blood group and date of birth, he would be wasting his time to get a response.
Truth be told, I get confused with the year sometimes, but I have managed to register it now.😅
After I got married, I realized I started having more mummies give me details on child birth and somany intrinsic details that I always wondered how they would remember such after tens of years.
Knowing me and knowing my kind of memory for some kind of details, I just knew it would be difficult to keep up. But just maybe, when I become a mother, this kind of memory might just fall on me.
Fafafa fowl!🤣😂😅 It became worse.
I managed to hold on to my daughter's weight, height, the exact time of delivery and other details for about 5 months and only the most important to the best of my understanding stuck with me.
Does this mean I’m not a good mother?
I see a lot of women judge themselves because they can’t hold on to things like these. Especially when they see other women talking about things like these and they are trying hard to remember but can’t remember.
I, for one, dislike waking up early except it’s business related, but I force myself to do so for the sake of my little girl. At some point I was asking myself why we took her to school when she’s not even up to two. I accept I’m learning on that but I wouldn’t judge myself as not a good mother because of that.
Motherhood is such a beautiful yet painful journey. Everything about the woman changes. Even if she’s killing it like nothing has changed, she’s just doing a good job masking the changes and giving the best of herself out there.
Hello Mother, judge not thyself. You are doing an amazing job.
Carrying a child, birthing the child, nursing the child and still trying to be all that you can be is not an easy feat.
Sometimes you wish you could take a break from motherhood? And this happens so often?
It doesn’t make you less of a wonderful mom.
As to the question if I’m a good mom or not, my response is, I’M A FANTASTIC and FABULOUS MOM.
I know you are too.🤗
I’m rooting for you.👍🏽
©Ala Pepple.
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