Abanye bathi umongameli ngumsebenzi onzima kakhulu kwihlabathi. Kodwa umculi waseFrentshi uNatalie Jomard ongenalwazi akavumelani nalo. Ngosizo lweemifanekiso, ulungele ukubonakalisa ukuba akukho nto nzima kunokuba ukhulele umntwana.
UNatalie wanquma ukuthetha ngokuthe ngqo, okanye kunoko kubonisa ukuba kunzima kangakanani ukuba ngumama: ngokukhathala okuqhelekileyo ukungabi naso sikhala. Kodwa ngazo zonke iingxaki, kukho ukufudumala kunye nenjabulo kwimifanekiso yakhe eya kukuqinisekisa ukuba ukuba ngumama yinto engcono kakhulu eyenzeka kumfazi.
Ukuncelisa ukulibeleka okokuqala ngethuba - kungenakulinganiswa.
2. Akunomzuzwana woxolo-isabelo esinolo lonwabo.
3. "Kulungile!" - into engenakwenzeka!
4. Uvakalelwa kukuba akukho nto into efanelekileyo kwi-wardrobe ifanelekile.
5. Uhambo lokuthengwa luyolonwabo ngakumbi.
6. Ulwalamano phakathi kwabatshatileyo luba yinto ekhethekileyo, kungekhona umthetho.
7. Xa iindlela neendlela ezahlukeneyo zingasebenzi, ngamnye umama ufumana iindlela zakhe zokusombulula iingxaki.
8. Kuze kube ngumama, akukho namnye umele umntwana onokukwazi!
9. Ubuhlungu kunye novuyo ngabahlobo boomama obungunaphakade.
10. Iimpawu zokudlala ezona zifanelekileyo zizo ezo ozozisebenzisa ukupenda, ukupheka, ukucoceka nokunye.
11. Ngamnye umama uba ngumqhubi oqeqeshiweyo, okwazi ukuphatha izinto ezili-100 ngexesha.
12. Enye yezinto ezibuhlungu kakhulu ukwesaba ukugqoka i-bikini kwakhona.
13. Ukuphumla elunxwemeni kuya kuba ngumzabalazo onjalo ngemisebe yelanga.
14. Ukondla umntwana udanisa wonke umntu.
15. Umyalelo kumbindi awupheli.
16. AmaMama ahlala esebenza kwimodi ye-multitasking, echithwe phakathi komsebenzi nomntwana.
17. Ukusebenza, kwanomnqweno oqinileyo, kuba ngumthwalo ongenakubekezeleka.
18. Abazali ngumzekelo kubantwana babo, ngoko ke oomama baphoqeleka ukuba badle ukutya "okulungileyo," nangona banenzondo.
19. Ngethuba lokukhulelwa, akukho nto ifumaneka ngaphandle koncedo, kwaye iyancipha.
20. Ngokufika komntwana, unako ukulindela ukuba izinto zibe kwiindawo ezingalindelekanga.
21. AmaMama ahlala esisebenzisa iincwadi ezizodwa, ezama ukufumana iimpendulo zemibuzo yazo.
22. Wonke umama uyazi ukuba kunjani ukuziva ngathi ibhaluni. Kwaye njalo!
23. Nangona oomama abanamandla abazi ukuba benzani xa isilwanyana sakho esiluthandayo sifayo.
24. Inzame yokugcina isigunyaziso esipheleleyo ekhaya iya kuba yintlanzi.
25. Inzame yokuqala yokutshintsha i-diaper ikhunjulwa iminyaka emininzi.