Mothers

Being a mother is a wonderful experience, it changes your life and having your child in your arms is the most beautiful thing there can be. That is not in dispute. But it is also exhausting. It means being 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, without rest, pending the care of a little human being. Sleepless nights and strenuous days even though we may not have even left the house. Not to mention if Mom also works outside.

Crying is the only way our baby has to ask us for help. And how not to do it? The baby cries to communicate that he needs something: he is uncomfortable, he is cold, he is hungry or needs to suck, he is in pain, or he simply wants to be in your arms, in contact with you. As you can see, all basic needs; a baby does not have folds nor does he want to manipulate us with his crying.

The work of mothers is one that has no end. From the time we wake up until we put our heads back on the pillow until late at night (or even at dawn!) We are active. And of course, most of the time we are tired.

When it comes to thinking about a future as a family, many couples wonder what the ideal number of children is. Although many agree that two is the perfect number, that the traditional "typical family" is the most balanced, the truth is that there is no answer that works equally for all families.

As parents we always do our best to give the best to our children. We know that their training in the first years of life depends on us, so we try to educate them to be good people with a good heart. It is certainly not an easy job, but we do it with a lot of love.

From the moment we become pregnant, mothers usually put the concept of "guilt" in our emotional backpack, as if guilt and motherhood were an inseparable pairing.

Women become mothers at increasingly advanced ages. Although the best age to be a mother, in biological terms, has been determined to be 25 years old, the truth is that due to the current lifestyle, the age of being a mother has been delayed in recent years. In Spain, according to data from the INE, the average age of first-time mothers is 32.2 years and 30% of women have their first child over 35 years of age.

I confess that until relatively recently I did not give due importance to the need to find moments alone that would allow me to disconnect from the outer maelstrom and connect with myself. I assumed that by becoming a mother I had to give up my own time, and the only moments I had alone were while shopping or taking a quick shower.