• About
    • Testing
  • Basking in Glory
  • Marathon Bloggers
  • Path to Fitness
  • Reading Corner
  • Sin-A-Mon : The Food Tales
  • Song on my Mind
  • The Header Story
  • The past thoughts
  • Thru My Lens

Monika's World

~ Monika's World : Some memories I am trying to treasure in a busy life

Monika's World

Daily Archives: May 19, 2011

What Mommyhood Taught Me | Post 19

19 Thursday May 2011

Posted by monikamanchanda in NaBloPoMo, Uncategorized

≈ 18 Comments

Tags

motherhood, NaBloPoMo, tag

Yesterday or was it day before me and Kiran were chatting and we generally thought its been long we have celebrated motherhood (no please I dont need a reminder that Mothers day just went by :P) So decided to make a new tag, here is what Kiran says about it

It’s been a while since us Mommybloggers came up with something to celebrate, well, mommyhood, so the lovely Monika and I came up with this. A tag that has us list out five lessons of life that Mommyhood has taught us, these could be sweet, bitter, funny, touching, whatever. These could be survival tips or cooking tips, or something as simple as the best thing to get puke smell out of hair.
So, the rules are simple. Put the badge up. Write out five lessons that Mommyhood taught you. And tag five mommybloggers

Motherhood is beautiful and changes your life a lot, everyone will agree it teaches you a lot. So why not share the wisdom with everyone. So here are my bits

1. “You can never break the baby” yeah saying that I might sound like a monster mother but that was what my mother told me when I became a mother, I looked at her and rolled my eyes when she told me that but now being a mother myself for 3.5 years I have learnt the exact same thing. And this is my advice to all new mothers be careful but not be scared what you do remember “You can never break the baby”

2. It taught me how precious sleep is and how being a light sleeper is the biggest curse of my life šŸ˜› Though touchwood Ojas has not been a child how has troubled me much much in the night but still waking up in the night for the feeds, sometimes to just calm them and now for the night training and attempting to go back to sleep when they do is so damn tough, it makes you appreciate the sleep that you always took for granted and makes you realise that taking a nap at 11am in the morning may not be such a bad idea šŸ™‚

3. That mothers are elastic as Kiran rightly puts it, Its made me much more confident in multitasking, its made me a better time manager, its made me realise that 24hours are really quite a lot of time if I have to do a never ending list of tasks, that in 24 hours I can do much more than I ever imagined, that if I was feeling tired before mommyhood in those 24 hours it makes me now wonder what was I thinking šŸ˜‰ that if I have to finish my to-do list which is never ending in itself for a mother.

4. Its taught me that howmuch ever I love my child, may be more than I love myself – I need timeouts for myself. I need me time and I need it regularly. I need time when I dont have baby talk anymore, I need adult conversation, I need my books, I need my spa, I need my online time and I need my work. All I all what I need to say that though my life will never be like my life pre mommyhood but I still need some part of that life alive for sanity

5. That whatever has happened in the day, how much ever the day sucked when I snuggle with Ojas in the night, his arms tight wrapped around my neck, his nose rubbing against mine and he sweetly giving me a sweet kissie on the cheek the world just seems perfect, all my worries melt away and I swear to myself that I can do anything just anything for that child of mine

And now the tagging 5 other mom’s…so here goes the list

The mad momma – because no one glorifies motherhood as she does and her motherhood posts are the ones I love most

Smitha – because her is one of the most balanced approach to motherhood

Shilpa – because I want to hear it from a new mother šŸ™‚

Ritu – because well if she has two such smart boys she has lot to share ofcourse

Mystic – because I really really want popol to make a come back on the blog… well this can be a start right?

PS: yeah I know this is my second post of the day but I was a day behind so thought of catching up

Like it, Share it

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Print
  • Reddit

Like this:

Like Loading...

Do It Yourself Jewellery Hanger | Post 18

19 Thursday May 2011

Posted by monikamanchanda in This and that

≈ 19 Comments

Tags

diy, do it yourself, jewellery

Yes yes don’t run away you are the right blog and it is a DIY post. Shocked may be Shruti inspired me too much Smile

I love junk and silver and that is a well know fact on this blog, now before this obsession used to be limited more to earrings but these days its extended and a lot to neck pieces, I love those long beaded chains, those chokers and have many of the same but the issue comes when we have to store them because they easily get entangled and become a mess so one day I decided that enough is enough and I want a way to sort them. I thought of buying a notice board and sticking pins and hanging them on that but this not being my own house currently made me think to put anything on the wall plus I couldn’t think of a place for it… so I began net surfing and sometime later I had a clear idea of what I want. See what I made below

IMG_2348

Its very simple all you need is a hanger and some old bangles, tie them to the hanger and with each other as shown above using a thread or tape as I used. Bingo now hang all your chains on it and hang this anywhere you want. I have currently hung in it my small covered balcony next to the bedroooms.

Like it, Share it

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Print
  • Reddit

Like this:

Like Loading...

Me, Myself and me

bundle of contradictions, a working independent woman, a mom, a wife, a daughter, a friend, a traveler and ya a blogger :)

Like it?

Subscribe in a reader

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 8,260 other subscribers

or get it in ur mail

Subscribe to Monika's World by Email

or make it ur favorite

Add to Technorati Favorites
Bookmark and Share

Or follow me in networked blogs

NetworkedBlogs
Blog:
Monika's World
Topics:
 
Follow my blog

Show some love err like on FB

Monika's World

Promote Your Page Too

Will always be proud of April 2011

Proud to be listed in

Best Blogs of India

Member at

India Counts

Also at

Visit blogadda.com to discover Indian blogs

My IndiRank

monikamanchanda.wordpress.c...
81/100

The Celeb Moment at BlogAdda

Would love to hear from u

SO WHAT WOULD DO U BUY FOR UR CHILD?

CAN WE HAVE A AMOL ARTE PLEASE

THE WEDDING STORY

A MOTHER OF THREE DAUGHTERS : GOD SAVE HER

DO U STAND UP?

THE MOST IMPORTANT YEARS REALLY

A SUNDAY FOR ALL RELIGIONS

AND THREW HIM DOWN THE STAIRS

EDUCATION A RIGHT OR A PRIVILEGE?

THE AUTO SAGA

Your precious words

Santhosh on Heroes of the Mountains : An o…
nikita on Ladoo for the Elephant Go…
Manish on Heroes of the Mountains : An o…
Sima on Heroes of the Mountains : An o…
Rebecca on Heroes of the Mountains : An o…
Santhosh on Heroes of the Mountains : An o…
Zarine Kharas on Heroes of the Mountains : An o…
shruti artsycraftsym… on Heroes of the Mountains : An o…
Rajlakshmi on Heroes of the Mountains : An o…
Srabani Rao on Screen time : a permanent deba…

RSS Sin A Mon Tales : for the foodie in u

  • Of being busy, Sabudana Vrat Namkeen & Weekly Menu
    I haveĀ been terribly busy for the past sometime. No time to breathe, too much work kind of busy. An exciting new consulting whose details I would share with all of … Continue reading →
  • Diwali Special Moong Dal Ladoos
    I chanced uponĀ this videoĀ yesterday, about a grandfather missing his family. I was completely engrossed in the emotions of the video, when I realized the Diwali surprise. Watch this till the … Continue reading →
  • Molagapodi Recipe : A guest post by R’s Mom
    I have known R’s mom for a very long time now, been reading her blog for years when she was a mom of one R to now when she is … Continue reading →
  • Menu of the week 21st Sep and a bloggers block
    As it goes the last post I did was the previous Monday and was a menu of the week post. The whole of last week went off with me thinking … Continue reading →
  • Menu of the week 14th Sep and Recipe for Ragi Vermicelli
    It’s been a couple of months now, I have been sharing weekly menus now and the emails & response to this has been overwhelming. I am so glad you think … Continue reading →

Tweet Tweet

  • @_alps I am reading them very slowly because I don’t want them to get over 1 hour ago
  • 6- cheating by counting a work read 🤣🤣 But honestly enjoyed a ā€œgyaanā€ giving book after forever https://t.co/FRTcQOr1Ra 10 hours ago
  • 5 - Move over Nordic Noir because Delhi Noir is here. Black River by @nilanjanaroy is gritty, disturbing at times b… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 10 hours ago
  • 4 - dark & humourous stories about a 88 yr old serial killer. Very good read indeed https://t.co/anHUP85zdf 10 hours ago
  • 3 - I had read Camill’s Ice Princess series long ago and enjoyed it. Then this popped up on my list while talking a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 10 hours ago

Looking for something?

Now Reading

Raise your Voice

Plant a tree and Save Earth

together we can make a difference

RSS India Helps

  • Fwd: Urgent appeal for Rahat Floods..
  • Help needed for a baby

Around the world

Locations of visitors to this page

I wrote about

10 day you challenge 55 word fiction 55-er Abc Wednesday ABC Wednesday round4 Abc Wednesday Round 5 Abc Wednesday Round 6 award baking bangalore birthday blogadda blogging book book review books cake Canon SX200 IS car causes to champion contest Delhi dessert drive family feelings Feminism festivals fiction flowers food Friday Feast friends fun garden highway travels india indian just me life love LRP main course Marathon Bloggers memories movie music NaBloPoMo Ojas parenting personal photography pics picture pictures politics project 365 rant recipe review society tag ten on tuesday This and that thursday photo challenge travel travel tales veggies wedding weight Weight loss Weight loss update whole wheat wishes wordless wednesday

The hit thoughts

  • My Name is Madhavi
  • Elephant (aka Safari) ride 2100 kms
  • Day 10 : The madness of an Indian Wedding
  • happy happy wala birthday | post 17

My Moment of Glory

My Interview at WebneeTech

U have company

From 23rd May'09

  • 364,295 came, thanks guys

I see ya

Did u Cruise January with me

I did it

June’s Daily Dose

ABC Wednesdays

A Picture is worth a thousand words - currently running The musical journey Also did

moi current state

My Unkymood Punkymood (Unkymoods)

Plagiarism is a virtual sin

Protected by Copyscape Plagiarism Check Software Creative Commons License
Monika's World is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India License.

My recent ramblings

  • Save your family from Dengue
  • Heroes of the Mountains : An ode to the brave mountain people
  • Screen time : a permanent debate for today’s parent
  • Teri Bindiya re …
  • Dear Badi Mummy : A letter to my Granny
  • Things I never want to forget about N #4
  • Things I never want to forget about N #3
  • Things I never want to forget about N #2
  • Things I never want to forget about N #1
  • Gratitude Journal Part 1

My past ramblings

Let Me be Myself

I scribbled on…

May 2011
M T W T F S S
 1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
3031  
« Apr   Jun »

A Place for Booklovers to hang out

Blog at WordPress.com.

  • Follow Following
    • Monika's World
    • Join 316 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Monika's World
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...
 

    %d bloggers like this: