by Penny on September 25, 2008
Are you a mother from hell? Well, the truth is, you won’t know it yourself even if you are. It’s determined by your children and if they say you are, you are. Of course no one wants to be a mother from hell but do you agree that mothers are very much a misunderstood group? So if you are labelled as a mother from hell by your children, don’t feel too badly about it because you are probably just misunderstood and so wrongly labelled.
Mothers normally only have nothing but the best of intentions for their children. They may be the naggiest creature on earth, and it irritates the children to no end, but believe it when you are told that mothers would never want bad things for their children. That’s why they nag, scold, ask and expect too much out of you, because they care about every single thing that you do. That is what a mother is.
This topic came up because a few of us young mothers had a very animated chat about horror stories of mothers from hell. After listening to all the unbelievably stressful remarks from some mothers out there, we came to realise that we may just turn out like that one day. And that one day may not even be far along.
So let’s not be quick and judge our mothers for being what they are. Instead, be thankful that they’re there. When you become a mother from hell, chances are you will be running to your mother for comfort, wanting her to tell you that you are not a mother from hell!
by Penny on September 24, 2008
In the wake of the tainted milk scandal going on in China, apparently the Health Ministry has issued a list of safe milk products for consumption. I can’t vouch for the accuracy of this list, as I received this in the form of a forwarded email.
Anyway, here’s the so-called safe list of dairy and milk products to share, listed by brand.
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by Penny on September 22, 2008
There are various unsophisticated methods that can act as an initial screening for down syndrome babies performed on pregnant women. Two of such methods are measurement of the foetus’ spinal cord and size of the skull and a simple blood test. Both methods are inconclusive until a further test known as amniotic fluid test is performed. You can read more about amniocentesis here on Wiki.
For pregnant women nearing or above the age of 35, their risk of carrying a down baby is said to be higher than for a younger woman. This has caused many women to seek some sort of tests in the initial stage of their pregnancy if they fall into this age group. An amniotic test cannot be performed too early on during the pregnancy and it does carry a slight risk of a miscarriage. Plus, it sounds like a scary procedure where a long needle is inserted into the stomach to extract amniotic fluid.
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by Penny on September 21, 2008
When we got woken up by baby at an ungodly hour of 7am (mind you it’s a Sunday!), a thought suddenly entered my mind – my early to rise baby has changed our lives forever, no more sleeping in for the weekends! I groaned while the baby happily whacked my face to make sure I’m awake.
I finally sat up and he pointed to his bag of goodies – toys and books. I gave him the whole bag and he contentedly picked a toy at a time to play with. After a while, he decided the toys and books didn’t interest him so he climbed on me and sat on my lap. It was then that the father decided to wanna join in the family hug too. He leaned closer towards us but before we got any closer, my little one-year old pushed his father away, and then shook his little index finger at his father and exclaimed “No no no no!”.
The father tried several times more but he got the same responses, being pushed away and had a little finger wagging at him. I laughed till no end. It’s a form of cheap thrill, I know…but which mother wouldn’t be happy to know that her baby wants her all to himself? I’m the happiest mother in the world today! And you know what? I don’t even mind being woken up at 7am anymore!
by Penny on September 18, 2008
Mummies out there, just a friendly reminder that there’s just 2 days left to drop me a story on “The best thing about being a mother” and stand to win a cash voucher! Have a shot at it for fun 
You can read the initial post about this little contest here.
