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Advice for Mothers

This post was inspired by this other post from over there.  I hate being judged as a mother.  Motherhood has also taught me to stop judging other mothers.  Before I became a mother I would see little toddlers throwing tantrums in the supermarket and think if that kid’s mother disciplined him well he wouldn’t be [...]

Friday's Five: Skills Every Mother Needs

I am making up for all the missed “Friday’s Five” posts.  Another Kolena Laila post.  Motherhood is awesome, exhausting, bewildering, fun, crazy, exciting and did I mention exhausting.

Becoming a mother comes with lots of new skills like changing diapers, burping and juggling.

Stain Removal

Stains are a part of motherhood.  Did you know that bananas stain terribly?  So [...]

My Thoughts on Motherhood and the Mother

I’ve been thinking about why Egyptian women tend to let themselves go after having children.  You know the drill, you’ve seen it so many times and it is certainly a very easy trap to fall into (I fell in head first, thinking I never would have).  I don’t just mean weight gain or physical changes, [...]

Meet Woowoo

Woowoo, Woo for short is Lulu’s favorite toy.  I think he’s not a toy to her he’s her friend.  Woowoo is a plush baby harp seal.  Woo is her constant companion and she is so attached to the little bugger it is weird.  He has lost his nose and is dirty and stained all over, [...]

Baby Observations

My daughter and I enjoyed a lovely day out today and I learned some interesting things.

She tortured a 3 year old girl by calling her “baby” the little girl kept telling her “I am not a baby you are a baby” only to find my little one year old insisting on calling her “baby”.  They [...]

Motherhood and I

A couple of days ago I got an email from David about this really interesting project; around the world in 80 clicks, asking mom bloggers what they love about being a mom.  Starting off is Catherine, who has a more detailed intro on it and has written such a sweet yet realistic post.

Here’s how it’s [...]

What Mommy does all day

What a Mommy does all day

10 reasons why it is better to be a stay at home mom than work

I was just thinking that staying at home has lots of its perks so here they are

No managers, just one very bossy baby.
There are no deadlines, just one ongoing very long day trying to finish all of your small tasks
There is no competition, there can only be one mommy, so you are always employee of [...]