Got these two questions from a women’s committee who’s interviewing mummies for mother’s day.

What was the first year of motherhood like?

First year of motherhood was actually 70% joy and excitement + 20% worry + 10% tiredness.

Every experience is a wonder.
Joy in seeing and holding Bliss for the first time, her learning how to flip, sit, trying new food, crawl, saying her first words, taking her first steps, etc..

Worry when for the first time she vomited, fell from the bed, the separation anxiety when she goes infant care.

The tiredness was relatively little due a supportive spouse and a cooperative baby who slept through the night at one month young.

First Year of motherhood with Sage was actually quite different. Was cruising along fine for the first 3 months, but something was off in the 3rd month, was crying for no apparent reason. That year was in a blur, with covid lockdowns and restrictions. Sage started school for 2 weeks and school was closed for like 2 months. With lots of support from Kelsen, I managed to cope and slowly thrive. Every child as with every pregnancy is different, I’m very thankful that I went through both times with relative ease. Motherhood or rather parenthood is a partnership in most cases, how we work together with our spouse in raising our kids. We all learn and grow together.

What is your proudest moment being a mother?

Seeing the kids being kind and reminding people around them to be kind to the animals and the environment 🙂

Took the chance to subtly remind people to be kind to the animals and the environment. It’s hard to really pinpoint a proudest moment being a mother, it ranges from Sage being able to go toilet by himself to Bliss saying that it’s ok to not do well this time, she’ll try again.

Being a mother, is to me, a chance to learn to be responsible not just for ourselves but also for people that depends on us.