15 Things I Learnt When I Became a Mother

Becoming a mum changes your life in numerous ways. This fun infographic nicely sums up 15 things that you'll learn as a mother.

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What is a Stay-at-Home Mum Worth?

Being a mum is one of the hardest jobs around. Long hours, lots of multi-tasking, various skills needed... the list is long. Unfortunately us mums don't get a big pay check at the end of the month for all the things we do. 


What would you be paid if mums were – you know – actually compensated for the work you do? Find out what you would make if you were paid an annual salary at  http://www.salary.com/mom-paycheck/ (unfortunately this only works for those in the US)

Birth and motherhood survey

I recently received an email request from Samantha Reisz, a graduate student at Mills College in Oakland, CA, in Infant Mental Health. As part of her program, she is working on a research thesis project and is currently recruiting participants and collecting data. Her study explores the maternal psychological experience of birth and feelings about relationships and motherhood. It is an internet survey that takes 20-30 minutes to complete, and is anonymous (unless a participant chooses to give us identifying information, which is entirely voluntary and does not impact the results). They are recruiting mothers who have a baby under 12 months to whom they gave birth. The link is www.surveymonkey.com/s/birthandmotherhood.

Though birth is has become a more discussed issue in the past year or so, there is a serious dearth of methodologically sound research in the area of mothers' psychological experiences of childbirth, particularly in regard to how it may or may not be related to things such as personality, relationship with her partner, her feelings about being the mother of this child, feelings about motherhood in general, and maternal self-esteem, to name a few. With the ever increasing rates of cesarean deliveries,understanding the relationship between childbirth and later maternal functioning is very important--even if there is no relationship, which would be a relief and comfort to women who were not able to have the birthing experience that they wanted. 

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Super Mum Award

Know someone who's a great mum? Nominate them for the first SUPER MUM AWARD! Just let us know who they are and why you think they desire the award. The public will then vote for the winner here in the site.

Do you know a super mum? Does she go above and beyond? Does she always come up with the best games to play or have the best ideas for mealtimes? Has her child been ill and she shown her real strength as a mother? What ever the reason, I want to hear about it. Show her your admiration for her and what she does and nominate her for this award. It's sure to put a smile on her face!

Just post your nomination in the comments section of this post. Nominated mums will then be voted on by readers of this website and the winner and SUPER MUM announced on June 1st 2010.