Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Life of a working mom:

Leave from work around 5 pm, pick up the kids and get home, get the dinner ready, feed everybody, clean up, homework for kids, get next days things ready, read to kids, play/talk to them and when they are sleeping, login to work for few more hours. Sleep for few hrs(not a good sleep as baby needs to eat in the night also). Get up in the morning, get ready, get the kids ready , make the breakfast, have the kids eat, load them in the car , drop them to school and then reach the work by 9ish.

A guy in my office, who goes home by 7ish pm watch some TV, has dinner, helps the wife with kids and chores (may be an hours?) and sleeps for 9-10 hrs, gets up, goes to gym and reach office by 9.

How do I match the energy of this guy at work? and this "guy" is not just a guy, it can be any single girl or a girl without kids.

Does it mean that Girls should not be allowed to work once they become mom? I wish, I would have cribbed about not being able to work but at least my life wouldn't be running by the hands of clock and having the guilt of not being a good mom or not a good enough employee?

I don't know whats right or wrong?

Monday, October 6, 2008

Who am I and Why do I want to write about Parenting

I am a working mom of a beautiful 4.5 yr old girl, Navya.
4.5 Yrs ago I was a very ambitious career oriented woman, always aspiring to do best in my studies and in my career. I always thought "Parenting" is way too overrated. After all how hard it can be to raise "somebody" who doesn't know anything in this world? Provide good food, good education, love and discipline them, and I'll get a perfectly raised kid. Why do people ever give up their ambitions to raise a kid? How hard it can be to manage work, house and kid? May be add 3 more hours in your day to day work?
I know all the moms reading this are smiling at my ignorance(of 4.5 yrs ago)
And what do think today?
Raising a kid is most difficult, most complicated, most rewarding, most exhausting, most satisfying (and many more feelings with superlative clauses) thing I have ever experienced in my life so far.
As a parent, every new day bring new challenges and new rewards. When I talk to other moms I realize, even though it feels to me I'm the only one experiencing all this , I am not.
And that's why I started this blog to share my experiences, views, questions and suggestions with all the other moms/parents out there.