Sleepless nights ain't joyful mommies

I don't understand why; specially first time moms; say "joyful sleepless nights" when there little baby is born. Now if you seperate the two words 'joyful' and 'sleepless' they will probably make more sense. Yes being a first time or second time or everytime mom is definately joyful.. No matter what number child it is! Holding  the priceless jewel in your hands is joyful, no happiness can fullfil that place but please, sleepless nights it ain't that. And it's just the beginning that has no end.. People say actually not people your own mother would tell you " once he's 6 months and starts weaning you will sleep better" like hello that is so not true! My daughter is four and these two reasons will prove this (atleast for me) firstly i've had another child whose three  months and needs his feed just as im about to go to bed or its just night time toilet training for my daughter.. The waking up to take her to school.. Or morning vaccinne.. A mother cannot sleep in! Im not saying all this is bad, it's  just that 'sleepless nights are not joyful'

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Its a tech world!

In todays economy technology has taken such a valuable place in our lives or lets say taken over our lives that we are unable to differentiate what really is important and what is not. The quality time that was spent with family, friends or even at work is now more controlled by our iphones, ipads, notebooks whatever you may call it. 

Honestly speaking it made me forget how to actually write..

Accept it or not your in it too not because you want to but theres not really much of an option. We are all aware of the positive sides; it being the most accessible, informationaly loaded, time pass product; and the negativity;  unhealthy, stressful and time consuming; we still cannot seperate ourselves from it. With apps like viber, skype, whatsapp on the phone who needs; once upon a time; landline numbers.. When was the last time you actually used your house phone. Yes there is a minority out there who are not into this so please keep yourself out of it cause it is addictive and it will too take over you.

Sitting on the bed trying to put my son to sleep whilst I type this out on my iphone makes me think what will the world of techs be when he is putting his kids to sleep.. 

The second time

Just when your about to get your 'me time' as your first one gets more independent; the second one decides to come. The joyful nappy changing and enjoyable sleepless nights will start all over again when the little bundle of joy arrives. Well it happens when it happens I guess. But is the second time around the same as the first time. The primary difference I've felt is lack of patience and excess of emotions,anything makes me cry and nothing makes me happy! Honestly it's funny when you come to think about it but that's the truth of hormonal imbalance. Secondly I feel is that you are counting days; like literally. Since you know what's about to happen to your body, you just want the time to go as quick as it can but like the first time it WILL take nine months. The only similarity between the first and second is the shopping excitement and it only gets better when you know whether it's a boy or girl and if you don't know then better play it safe with whites, yellows and greens. 

There's always a next time mommy!

Wow! what all does a mother must do leaving her with no choice because it's not really an option. She needs to be an all rounder and make sure that things are going perfectly right. Now.. perfectly right is not really possible with kids around. You try to make them nutritious food but they refuse to even touch it, you teach them manners but they still misbehave in front of guests.. Well the list just goes on. And at the end, leaves me, as a mother frustrated and stressed and makes me wonder where is it that I'm going wrong. Let me first correct myself here, first of all I'm not doing anything wrong because as a mother you only want to what's best for the child so how can that be wrong?? I just need to sit back and take things slowly and one at the time, if they don't work out it's ok because maybe it's not the right time but with time your child will eat that food you made, will definately start understanding what's right and wrong... The point is that sometimes the time is just wrong to do all that but don't give up: there's always a next time!

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Montessori Teacher

Wow it's been a while since I last blogged and I would like to blame my new job for that.
I started working as the montessori teacher and am honestly loving it!
It is definitely tiring and by tiring I mean mentally (not physically). By the end of the day your brain is numb and stops functioning.  What tires me are not the questions in fact they are the most creative and interesting questions that actually make you think of an answer that is true and can be told in a context that they understand. What tires my mind is them constantly calling out your name every second of the three hours that I am there for (As I'm only working part-time). As much as I love my job and enjoy working with the young, new generation explorers; I've started to hate my name.
For any one who is studying to become a montessori teacher DO NOT change your mind; you will with time get use to the goods and the bads and will become the super heroes in the eyes of the little ones. (They always think you know everything!)
It's been an interesting journey; in less than a year it has taught me lots of patience and most importantly  the ability to understand kids and that sometimes they are too allowed to get their way around as long as it's safe to do so.

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