Commitments - Is there an end to it? (Working Mothers in General)

Member Name: angelheart

Product:	Working Mothers in General
Date:	13/10/01 (334 review reads)
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Being a working mum is not an easy job. Why? Well I would like to point out a few of my views on this subject.

Working mother has to go back to work after 3 months the baby is born. Three months is not really enough for a mother or baby. The reason being, the baby is still very young and you want to nourish and cherish and take good care of her.

I wasn't working when I had my son. But I had started working after a few months of his birth.

I remember when I had mine. At that time I used to live with my auntie. So she agreed to look after my son for a few hours whilst I go and work. So I had decided to take the job that Marks and Spencer had offered. It was only a Christmas job but I guess that was a start.

My working hours was 6:00 am till 3:30. Please note that I did not choose these hours. I had been given no choice, as the job was just temporary. Never mind! Getting up early in the morning was very difficult, as you know most of the babies like sleeping at daytime and stay awake in the night. My son was one of them.

I somehow used to manage to get to work in time. At M & S, the seniors were very strict and a bit prejudiced as well. Even if I was 5 minutes late, they used to have a go at me. I forgot to mention what job I was offered. It was a customer services job in the food department. These involved filling up the shelves early in the morning and then sit at the counter to serve the customers. Some customers were very nice whereas there were some grumpy as well.

Whilst I was working my dearest sister used to bring my son to work when it was his feeding time. Bless her! I used to love that moment of seeing him. Everyday you see your baby doing something new. He used to make my day.

Then we got our own place to live. The Christmas job was over. I couldn’t look for another job, as there was no one to look after my son. I didn’t believe in babysitting
as I had heard so many bad rumours about it. I am not saying that all are the same but I couldn’t risk it. So I took a break until my parents moved in with me. They had just come from India for good. Great! Now I can look for a job. I applied at so many places. Eventually I got an interview at one of the mailing companies. I passed and started the job straight away as they needed someone urgently. The money was not good but it was a start.

As this job was a full time job, I didn’t get to see my son until I got home. It used to take me one hour to get home from work. But I was not worried about my son because he was doing fine with my parents and sister.

Then as my son grew, I changed jobs until I got the right one. Except this job involves a lot of shift work which includes 1:30 PM to 10:00 PM and 7:00 am to 3:30 PM. When I am on lates I never get to see my son awake. And when I am on earlies, it is the same in the morning.

In the beginning, my son used to get temperature and always used to cry because of my shifts. It used to mentally effect him. I couldn’t leave the job as I have other commitments. I even tried to make my manager understand and make them change the timings. Unfortunately she could do anything. We all used to try and make him understand why I have to work. But how much can a 5-yr. old understand? It is not his fault.

He still makes fuss about the shifts but atleast it doesn’t effect him mentally anymore.

Conclusion

In conclusion I would just like to add this that although we want to stay with our kids, sometimes we don’t have choice. There are lots of other commitments you have to fulfil. I personally would love to spend some more time with my son but COMMITMENTS.......................................

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