When I became a Mom : Challenge for Moms

I saw different challenges in this platform and I thought of making one for all moms out there that would want to share some experiences and thoughts about motherhood.

One of the most fulfilling experience of a woman for me is becoming a mother. It changed me in so many ways and taught me new lessons. Now let me share to you 8 interesting changes and things When I became a Mom.

• Buying more for my kids rather than me buying for myself.

Whenever I have extra money for buying clothes and other stuffs, when I go to department stores, instead of going to women or men's section, I always ended up going to kid's section looking for dresses, clothes for my kids. When I buy online, most of it are for my kids. It makes me happy seeing them wearing those clothes. I buy for myself when really needed.

• Starting to Learn how to cook.

When me and my husband were not yet married I told him that I don't know how to cook and he said he will take charge. He is good in cooking and I am used that he is the one cooking for our food. But when my kids are growing I see the demand of learning new things. So I started to learn to cook some snacks and viand too. And I love how my kids appreciate the way I cook. I see the need to learn how to cook because I also need to prepare for my kid's food. It's not always good to just buy ready made foods or commercial biscuits, they should also taste some homemade snacks too.

• Learn how to budget money and save money.

Kids are growing and their needs are also increasing. When they were still young, most of the budget are for food and baby/toddler stuff, but as they enter schooling, more are needed like school supplies, tuition, transportation. There is really a need to budget the money for many payables and bills. I also learned to really save money for emergency cases and for their fund.

• Less Sleeping time.

Almost all moms can relate to this. When I become a mom, I really expected this to happen. Less sleeping time at night because I need to attend to my baby's needs. Feeding time, change diaper time and also taking time to let them fall asleep. There were times that the baby will wake up and play at late night or dawn. What I usually do when I am really tired is take turns with my husband. I will just have a nap and then he will be the one to take care for the baby for the mean time. When the baby sleeps, that's the time I can also sleep or do other things.

• Physical Change.

I used to be thin when I was in my younger age and early marriage days. When I became a mom of 1, my weight increased and now I am a mom of 3, I really increased a lot of weight. Sometimes, I am telling myself that it's just alright, I'm a mother, this is just normal. But now, I realized that it's not healthy for me and I need to change for my kids also. I still want to see them grow, so I would go for a healthy lifestyle. I may not be as thin as before but I would like to be healthy for my family.

• Always enjoying talking about my kids.

It is always fun to talk about my kids. When I am with my friends who are also mothers, we usually share chit chats about our children. What are our practices, struggles and also our kid's winnings. I enjoy sharing the little achievements of my children to other people especially to our family.

• Finding ways to have an extra income.

When I became I mom, I really see the need for extra income since the needs of our children are really increasing. So I engage myself to online selling - selling arts and crafts materials, skin care products and also preloved items. I also look for online opportunities like online surveys and thank God I found this platform, so helpful for me.

• Learning to appreciate little things.

Seeing the little milestones of my kids really made me appreciate them. From the time they learn how to giggle as a respond to "funny faces", from the first time they say "Mama" and "Papa", for the first time they learn how to walk, the time they start to learn how to sing, how to write. I really appreciate all of those. Their simple family drawings made me happy, that they appreciate the value of family. I am proud of every milestone of our children.

Closing thoughts

Becoming a mom is a gift from the Lord. It is a blessing to take hold of your kids and be able to nurture and take care of them. We should show our children our unconditional love. Motherhood as they say is learned and it is a never ending process. It's from kid's birth until they grow and make their own family.

So that's all. So for all mothers out there, this might be interesting to you. Feel free to join in yourselves and you can tag other moms too.

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