be a great mum

what does it mean to be a good mum?
offering good food, a warm safe home, lots of love and affection, healthcare, good hygiene, oppurtunities, & discipline- have I missed anything?

Today took ds2 to music and to a playdate, and had a playdate over after school for ds1, got a video of the boys, and cooked them a beef pie that had loads of veges hidden in it :-)went to look at ds1 picture in an exhibit and talked to him about how important family is.

It wasn’t until recently that I realised that this ‘thing’ was a dig at myself! Of course I am a great mum and simply adding it as something I ‘wanted’ to do was just belittling how great I actually can be at motherhood.

Ok I am not the most maternal person in the world, and I’ve never professed to be. But I tell you what, somebody does something to affect my family and they’d better watch out because this lioness guards her cubs with pride and love.

I teach my girls right from wrong, cover them with kisses and tell them they are beautiful people daily. I try and bring their learning on with puzzles and games and I hope they know that I only tell them off because I love them. I clothe them, bathe them and feed them up as best I can.

bows – I thank you, I am a great mum.

I am in my 5th month of pregnancy and my babe is kicking like crazy. Well, shall we say, he is constantly active it seems. Being my first child, this whole pregnancy thing is new to me. I have started reading parenting blogs and wow, life can get kinda crazy with kids sometimes and I can see how some mothers would think, “oh I wish I would have done that differently” or if only “I could do better next time.” I think to be a good mum it’s important not to beat yourself up over not being perfect. That helps and so does a glass of wine now and then! (after your done breastfeeding of course!)

Well my LO is poorly :-( Sick and everything. Been to the docs and they’ve given her something.

I just know that I am being a good mum but feeling the way I feel. She’s so helpless and I know I won’t sleep a wink tonight (well maybe only a little) as I’ll want to check on her!

Bless her :-(

I have no idea how I can say whether I am a good mum or whether it is a goal? Perhaps I should say both? I have achieved it and will continue to achieve it?

My two girls are the most important things in my life (and dh!) and I think I’ll only know if I have ‘done this’ in 20 years time when they’re grown up and can tell me themselves.

Since this is sort of a personal goal only I can weigh I need to knock it off of my list. People tell me that I’m a great mum and I feel as though I truly am. I love my daughters and there isn’t a single thing that I wouldn’t do for them. They are my life…a part of me…my legacy…my loves.

Nah, I’d settle for my daughters to just think the world of me. I don’t want them to look back and wish they had a different mum.