We Are Family

Cause the girl in my mirror
Is crying out tonight
And there’s nothing I can tell her
To make her feel alright
Oh the girl in my mirror
Is crying ’cause of you
I wish there was something
I wish there was something
Oh I wish there was something
I could do
-Britney Spears

I know it is so wrong and does no good but i pity this girl too much. Being burdened so much that i might say at times that “pasan nya ang daigdig”. I wonder if there are also other working moms out there who are in the same predicament. Works hard all day long in the office. Her schedule is tight as she has to finish all her work for that day and also giving time to express her breastmilk 3 times the whole working hours. Comes home tired and has to take care of the baby by herself at night. It’s not much a pain in the ass if the baby is not sick or teething but he is monthly. He goes cranky at night and wants to be carried the whole time. Once she puts him down, he gets settled but not for long. The poor mom hasn’t got her sleep yet when the baby yells out again and has to be lulled to sleep. Without any sleep she has to work in the office the whole day then the same thing happens at night. And it happens not just for a few days but it extends from 1 to 2 weeks.

I pity her, though i know i shouldn’t. Last time due to stress and fatigue, she has asthma that lasted for a month. Oh if you could only hear her cough non stop the whole night. Eventhough she’s sick or not up to her feet she has to take care of the baby. The baby won’t accept any other caretaker at night as he is so used to her mom. Oh what to do?

The father works at night so he is not there to share the duty. I know, this mom often resents that her husband can sleep soundly while she works almost 24 hrs. During week-ends when the daddy has no work, he would try to share the load. However, the baby cannot be comforted by him.

Oh poor thing! Life is really not fair sometimes.   I believe that if the couple are both working, they should also share in the domestic chores. Do you agree?

To add up to that, her co-workers will often criticize that she has to be late or has to take some time off to take care of the sick baby. Or that she has to take some time off to express her milk. Oh the poor thing! Give her some slack.

If you are in her shoe, what would you do? Will it be best to give up her secular work so that she’ll have fewer things in her plate? Should her husband find a daytime job so that he can help in her domestic duties?

(haaaay! yun lang masasabi ko)

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