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Not All Mothers Are Mothers

Not All Mothers Are Mothers

We have all had , at least once in our lives as children , a time when we pretended to be a mother . Whether we had a doll to take care of or a baby brother or sister or even a pet dog , we all had our role-playing moments as mom ' Behind our minds was the thought that we would make great moms someday . We would love our kids in the sweetest way

However , motherhood is not as easy as it looked .as most of you would probably know by

now . There may be some of you who take to motherhood as a goldfish takes to water . That is not the case for everyone , though Not all mothers are mothers right from the start

Motherhood is a 24 hour job that entails so many sacrifices . Sleep becomes a luxury if you are blessed with a cute little tyrant who undergoes biological changes that make him an insomniac every now and then . Eating times that used to be peaceful are usually disrupted when the little one wants a bit of cuddling . Relationships can be strained if the people around you do not understand your focus on the baby Sometimes you would just want to stop the world from spinning and just breathe

Being mom ' is a novelty if you are a child . However , it can be pretty overwhelming if you are supposed to be at the prime of teenage life . Instead of purchasing the latest make-up essential , you find yourself purchasing diaper rash creams . Instead of buying fashionable clothes , you end up peeping through the girdles to get back to shape Instead of hanging out with friends , you are hanging on to sanity because the baby is Some women can handle this big responsibility easily . However , if you are at the stage of your life when you also still want to be pampered this could pose as a serious problem . This is a dilemna that many women undergo and it could be worse for teenaged moms

If you have read The Women of Brewster Place , you would encounter Cora Lee , a mother who cannot cope with the developments of her children when they are growing up . She loves having babies because of their dependence on her but she finds it hard to sustain the relationship once the babies become children with preferences of their own . She finds it so hard to deal with the situation when patience and compromises have to be met . She is not a role model mom

When one defines the word mom ' many of us immediately think of a woman who cares for us or cooks great food or gets things organized at home or someone to come home to when the world gets quite tough . Being a teenage mother now can make these ideals we relate to motherhood heavier than expected . These tend to impose more pressure on ourselves and it can really be overwhelming

This is why there are those who would...

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