21 ways to enjoy being a mom
- When you're tired, hand your kids a brush, point to your head, and tell them to play beauty parlor. When you're really tired, pretend that you're Sleeping Beauty.
- Take your mother to a spa. While you're both getting seaweed wraps, tell her all your favorite memories of growing up.
- Take a bath with your infant. Make sure your husband is around for the handoff, so you can relax until the last minute. (Don't forget to smell your baby right afterward. Heaven!)
- At the end of every summer, take a family photo for the holiday card (you'll be happy to have this accomplished once December comes). Every year, add a framed 11-by-14-inch print to your front hall. Your kids will be proud now and laugh later at the funny styles.
- On St. Patrick's Day, dye the milk and eggs green and turn the furniture upside down so your home looks like total chaos. When your little ones wake up, tell them that the leprechauns came.
- The next time you have to go to a boring kiddie activity, invite another mom-friend along. Hide wine in sippy cups for the two of you to nurse undercover.
- Play Freaky Friday with your husband and switch roles for a day. Enjoy his renewed appreciation for his Super Mom wife.
- . In the dead of winter, fix some snacks, get under warm quilts, and watch Happy Feet on DVD. Tell your kids you love them even more than the penguins love their chicks.
- Go to the beach in the off-season. Throw rocks in the water and collect shells. Put them in a vase and use it as shelf decor in your living room.
- Skip the Raffi and Barney. Turn your kids on to Bob Marley, They Might Be Giants, and Gwen Stefani.
- Take your baby out to the movies at night. (Infants love the dark, and loud trailers make them snooze immediately.) Then you can sip your soda and munch your popcorn in peace.
- Buy yourself that fancy watch, strand of pearls, or whatever piece of expensive jewelry you've been lusting after. Justify your purchase by rationalizing that you'll pass it down to your daughter (or son's wife) eventually.
- Take your kids to live music performances from very early ages. Cheap ones outdoors are great to start with in case you need to make a hasty exit (like when a diaper explodes).
- Use your kids as an excuse to do the things you want to do, like going to silly feel-good movies, eating mac and cheese for dinner, and jumping in the moonbounce. Use your kids as an excuse to get out of things you don't want to do, like going to a wedding or office party.
- Every Mother's Day, have a picture taken with your kids. Keep the photos all together - along with special cards, ticket stubs, mementos, and anything else that makes you feel good about being a mom - in a shoe box. (Of course, you must get those new shoes you love in order to do this correctly.) Every year, look through your Goddess Mom box and see how much your kids have grown.
- Give your kids quiet time every day. Let them learn to be by themselves with books, crayons, or blocks.
- Let your whole family take a day off and hang out in pj's all day long.
- Rent Sex and the City on DVD, and reminisce about the days when you were single and the biggest problem you had was whether the "He" of the moment was going to call. Let the romance of your youth seduce you. Then remember that, despite your freedom, all you really wanted was to fall in love and have beautiful babies.
- Pitch a tent in the backyard. Use it as your outdoor reading room. Or when there's a full moon, plan a family campout with sleeping bags, a transistor radio, and s'mores, of course.
- Invent a house fairy. Give her a name, and tell your kids that she is always watching them and counting up their good deeds.
- Listen for the deep, happy sighs that come after your kids play or laugh really hard. Tuck them away in your heart.
How to take care of your skin pregnant ladies?
During pregnancy, women go through a lot of hormonal changes, causing plenty of physical problems, as well as mental problems such as that of depression, anxiety, stress etc. One thing, however, what women hate the most is that of skin problems that begin to occur during pregnancy. Change in diet, and changes in the body internally cause the skin to become oily, and this leads to problems of acne, blackheads etc. in most pregnant women. Some women also complain that their skin loses its natural glow during pregnancy. Here are some tips for such anxious women on pregnancy skin care.
1. Keep your skin clear Wash your face regularly during the day, to prevent dirt from settling on it. It is not necessary that you use soap or face wash all the time. Just washing with plain water too helps a lot. Also, make sure that you have a bath daily for the purpose of hygiene. For those who complain of extremely oily skin, washing the face and daily bath are the most important factors to keep in mind. You can also start with steaming, to ensure that no blackheads develop on your skin, and that it gets cleansed thoroughly on a regular basis. Cleaning your face several times a day with rosewater on cotton balls also helps to have a naturally cleansed and beautiful skin.
2. Watch out what you eatWhen you are pregnant, your focus is on food that helps your baby to stay healthy and grow properly. However, even in that, you need to make choices wisely, and ensure that you are not consuming too spicy food as that can cause stomach problems. They are also a cause of skin acne. You also need to avoid eating excessively oily food, as well as junk food, which may lead to wrinkles, and also take away your skin’s natural glow. Try and eat as much of fresh fruits and vegetable as possible, so that your entire body system remains cleansed. And a healthy body’s results will always reflect in a healthy skin.
3. Be on your Nature Glow
Try avoiding chemical treatments and facials as much as possible. Go in for natural homemade face packs, or other herbal packs, which are safe for the skin, and do not cause any side effects. Chemical based products and treatments cause the skin to age early, and also make the skin dry. This is the reason why skin experts suggest using natural products to enhance your skin quality, most of which can be found at your home easily, such as yogurt, orange peels.....etc,.
4. Drink water , Drink water,and Drink water...
This is the simplest and best technique to get rid of all the waste in your body and have a naturally clear skin. Also drink plenty of fresh juices, and other natural drinks such as coconut water etc.
5. Apply moisturizer and sunblock
When stepping out of the house, make sure that you apply a good quality sunscreen that prevents your skin from sun damage. Also invest in a good quality moisturizer that you can use on a regular basis, so that your skin does not become dry.
What Nobody Will Tell You About Being a Mother
When it comes to being a mother, there are some things that you just will never hear from others and that you’ll just need to learn on your own. One is that it’s impossible to predict and control the experience the way you imagine. New mothers especially have all sorts of plans for how those first few months and weeks will unfold, with ideas of how they’ll spend time with baby while keeping their homes spotless and preparing gourmet meals. Rarely does it ever occur this way; you’ll be more exhausted than you know and will suddenly realize that those other plans just aren’t a priority.
What no one else will tell you about being a mother is that you’ll be better at it than you know. Yes, you need to understand signs of health problems in your baby and need to know when it’s time to switch them to solid food, and other such details. But a mother’s instinct will often carry her through these times more than she can imagine and you may be surprised at how attune you are to your baby’s moods, wants, cries, needs, and so on.
When you’re ready to welcome baby home, relax and enjoy the experience. One thing other mothers will tell you is that it goes by far too quickly and you’ll always wish you had cherished every moment of it.
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