A few weeks ago, I had a migraine and I remember feeling intense pain in my neck. It didn't start all of a sudden as I had been feeling a lot more tired physically and mentally prior to that.

I even talked with a friend who told me to take it easy with whatever I am doing because I need to stay healthy to take care of my daughter.

The most stressful thing about being a mom is having the feeling of not doing enough for your kid(s). This feeling can haunt you throughout motherhood. It can make you stressed out and always want to do more so much that you may begin to neglect your own wellbeing.

We don't have only kids to worry about as mothers. There's also the rest of the family, our friends, taking care of the house, our love life and our jobs to worry about. Adding all these up can make life really stressful for a mom especially when she has to do it all by herself.

Not paying attention to your health as a mom will affect not only you but also your kids. It can make you sick, tired, and stressed and affect your relationship with those around you. If you are in this condition you may not be able to give your children the love and care you always wanted to give them.

That's why it is necessary for moms to take good care of themselves in order to be strong enough physically and mentally to raise their kids.

And in this post, I'm sharing with you six things moms can do to stay healthy physically and mentally so that they can be the best parents possible.

Moms, Do These 6 Things Daily To Stay Healthy Physically & Mentally

Eat

It sounds so easy but when you become a mom eating can be a struggle. And by the way, moms do eat to stay alive but most of us don't eat well. Some moms live on coffee throughout the day and others eat snacks because it's fast and easy to make.

I was feeding my daughter the other day I kept thinking of how much I worry about her eating right and having all the necessary nutrients for her to grow and be healthy. Then I remembered that while doing that, I barely have time to eat. This made me decide to eat first each time. Feeding her needs a lot of energy and doing this while hungry can be so draining. So it's important to eat first, mama. Get the strength you need to do the things you have to do.

Sleep

Sleep is medicine. When I had a migraine, I decided to just rest. I couldn't do anything anyway so I had no choice. I left chores like laundry for another day and used my free time to sleep. It took me three days of rest to begin to feel like myself again.

I just wasn't sleeping enough and while I slept I had a lot of things on my mind about what I will do the next day, how to be more organized and how to do things better. These thoughts never end. We are always thinking of how to be better moms every day and we don't realize how tiring it can be trying to be good enough every day. This stress may accumulate and cause fatigue as in my case. And like I said there are many other things to worry about too which may make us really tired at the end of the day.

So take time to sleep, mama. Your body needs it.

Drink lots of water

There are a lot of things that make you lose water as a mom. Sweating from doing chores and running behind your kids and for those who breastfeed that's a major way to lose water.

You need to replace your body's water in order to not dehydrate. Dehydration can make you feel weak, cause headaches and slow you down. Always drink water and eat fruits and vegetables that contain lots of water like watermelon.

Pause

Take breaks. This goes especially to the stay-at-home moms. When you are a stay-at-home mom you can just go on and on non-stop with your kids. You may forget to take a break because you are trying to get things done as much as possible. But I have come to realize that these chores have no end. They just keep coming and you just find yourself always doing something.

You need to take a break mama. Even those who work with organizations and companies have a break time. You need to take a break too. Read this post on five ways you can take a break as a mom to know how to take breaks from your motherhood schedule.

Appreciate yourself

Before anything, I want to let you know that you are doing well mama, though nobody sees you. Just know that you are doing well. You are doing your best and you are highly appreciated.

I know that because I am a mom too and I understand what it means to watch a baby or kids throughout the day non-stop. I was thinking about having a day to myself alone one time then it occurred to me that I have been spending time with my daughter for the past seven months, day in and day out and I am still sane. I need a pat on the back for that. And not only me but all the moms who are doing their best to nurture and protect these kids.

Bravo mama! You are doing well.

Do what you love

This is necessary for your sanity. Your mental health is as important as your physical so do something that you enjoy doing like a hobby so that it will lift your spirit, relax you and give you energy.

This could even be your career. If it means that much to you and gives you so much pleasure, then you should consider it again. Don't let your dreams be drowned by motherhood. Find out how to do both and do it.

Put yourself and your feelings first. Your desires are as important as that of your kids. Don't always show up as their mom, also show up as you. Your personality is important. Don't lose yourself, mama. You need to stay healthy physically and mentally so that those who depend on you will have only the best of you.

I was shocked and worried when I left the gynaecologist's office on the day he told me it was possible for me to have my baby by CS. Though I was scared of VB (vagina birth), I never expected to have a C-Section either.

It was the first time I was going to be operated upon in my entire life and that made me even more scared. Having a CS in Cameroon is not something new but society still believes that VB is the best because it is less risky and it's also seen as the 'normal' way to give birth. This has created some fear around being operated upon that most pregnant women in my country resist having a CS and make it a serious prayer point from the moment they conceive until they give birth.

One of the main reasons I didn't want a CS was that it was more costly than VB and also I was just scared of the process since it was my very first time to be operated upon. I didn't know what to expect or how it was going to turn out. On the other hand, when I imagined the pain of VB described by other women, humm, I was also afraid. Despite all of this panic, one way or the other, the baby had to come out of my belly.

I Secretly Wanted A CS. Did we have a choice?

We decided to have our baby in another hospital - not in the one where I did my antenatal checkups. I decided to have the baby at a district hospital instead of the private clinic where I was having my antenatal visits. After informing my doctor at the private clinic about my decision, she told me there was absolutely no problem and that she will only advise that I do my last checkups there so that they can know everything about my pregnancy before I give birth. So that they are more versed with my pregnancy journey by the time I give birth.

During my first visit to the new hospital, I went to the maternity section and I was directed to see a gynaecologist. My previous doctor was a general doctor and this was my first time consulting a gynaecologist. He told me after looking at the last echography and examining me that I may likely have the baby by CS. I was shocked obviously as I wasn't expecting to hear this. He told me that he thinks the baby is big and my passage could be small for the baby.

My former doctor had mentioned this after seeing the size of my belly and asked me to do the last echography. But the size of the baby as shown by the echography wasn't big and she was surprised because she thought the baby was bigger. I guess my very big belly gave the impression that the baby was big. The echography showed my baby was about 3kg and that wasn't big to the surprise of the doctors. But my new doctor kept saying my passage is small for the baby.

I remember during the last echography, I asked how I could know that the baby is too big and I was told that it all depends on the passage of the mother. If the mother's passage is smaller than the baby's, the baby will not be able to pass by VB.

By the time I changed hospitals I was already 38 weeks pregnant. My gynaecologists told me I should have given birth by now because the baby is mature already. My due date was just two weeks away. So he told me that if I haven't given birth two days before the due date they will try inducing labour. Though he wasn't sure that the baby will pass, he wanted us to try VB. And there was still a possibility of a CS in case it didn't work. He told me he is just informing me to get my mind (and finance, lol) prepared so that it should not come as a shock later on.

When I left the hospital that day, on my way home (the hospital wasn't far from home so I could walk the distance) I was faced with the reality of the pain to come with childbirth. I kept asking myself which one I prefer. Yes, I was scared of having my belly being opened up but I also feared the pain women describe for VB. Deep in my heart, I prefer a CS to escape the pain of VB but feared that I could die during the CS (yes, really I was scared).

This news from the doctor made us worried obviously. Having a CS is not bad at all. It's as good as having VB but we were trying to avoid a CS because of its cost and the fear of being operated upon.

Preventing a CS. Was it possible?

At the time, my grandma had come over so that she could help me out when the baby comes. She came a week before I gave birth. Together we decided to take walks in order to induce labour.

By this time, the baby wasn't descending to the bottom of my belly. It stayed in the middle, around my navel. This made my belly so pointed and one-sided. During the walks, the baby will go down to the bottom but after the walk, it will go back up to my navel.

We walked for the next week every day. Sometimes morning and evening. But the same thing happened each time. When I went back to see my gynaecologist who is also an obstetrician, he gave me an appointment for labour to be induced in two days. I did some more walking before that appointment and prayed for labour to come naturally before we got there but it didn't.

When we got to the hospital, it was in the evening. That night, I was given my first dose of labour-inducing medicine. I felt just a little pain like when I am about to have my period. In the morning, I was given the second dose and right after that my doctor came to check me. The baby had gone up and the bottom of my belly was flat when I lay down. At the sight of this, he asked that the second dose of medicine that I had been given be removed and I should be prepared for a CS.

That was it. I was going to have a CS. It felt weird thinking about it. Then I thought, I was also going to be a mom. It felt weird and good at the same time. I had waited for this moment where I will be having my own baby for such a long time! I had never felt ready in the past, and neither was I at that time but I knew the time was right. I had told myself that I was going to have a baby at the age of thirty no matter the circumstance of my life. And in a few minutes, I will become a mom as I dreamt.

Fast forward back to reality, I was prepared for surgery. I had to prep talk myself to believe I will come out alive and there will be no complications. I made a prayer to God Almighty and got in the theatre. I had opted for a halfway anaesthesia but during the operation, I felt pain while they opened me up. So I started complaining and fear took over my body and then I was administered full-body anaesthesia. I slept off.

I woke up in the ward. Recovering from anaesthesia is like playing the game Super Mario. I felt like I was climbing stairs and each stage brought me closer to the light. When I opened my eyes I wanted to identify where I was and if my baby was alive. In the course of me asking where I was, I heard her cry. I told my grandma that the baby was crying and she said yes then I slept off. The next time I woke up, I was fully recovered.

It felt weird seeing my baby for the first time, trying to find the mom instincts in me and trying to see what feelings have changed or developed in me since I am now a mother. It even felt weirder seeing her father carry her for the first time. We were parents for the first time! It felt weird in a good way. And what was amazing was the fact that she looked like me from birth. No mistakes, that was my daughter. I would have loved to see her face the moment she came out of my tummy (that's why I opted for partial anaesthesia) but it wasn't possible.

Three days after putting to bed, while still at the hospital (we had to stay at least five days) I received a reminder for an event I registered on my google calendar more than a year ago. I was amazed at what it said. It read 'Have a baby by now or be pregnant already. I had written this some time ago when I was writing my goals for the next five years. At that moment, I had just celebrated my 30th birthday five days ago, my daughter was born two days after my birthday and I received this reminder three days after her birth. It felt so amazing! My dream came true at the moment I wanted and expected it. It made me believe more about writing down your goals, speaking things into existence and believing it will happen.

I never calculated that my daughter's birthday and mine will be only two days apart. Never! But it did happen that she waited for me to turn thirty before she came. It really amazes me and makes me very happy at the same time.

As I write this blog, she just turned seven months old and trust me those motherly instincts and feelings I was looking for in me are active and are so full in me. Motherhood has its ups and downs but it is amazing! My life has definitely changed and adapting to the new life of motherhood has taught me a lot.

Wow, I didn't expect to write this much. If you are reading this that means you read till the end. Thank you for reading my delivery story. Thanks for reading my blog. If you had a CS and want to share your experience please share it in the comment section. I and others too will love to read.

One of the things that made me worry when I started breastfeeding was that I could transfer germs to my baby while she fed. Yes, germs! I just wanted to make sure that my breasts were doing no harm but only good to my baby.

But most of all why I care for my breasts during breastfeeding is that my breasts are going through a lot of stretching and shrinking because of the production of milk. This made me think that my breast needs some special reward (pampering) for the great job they are doing. They also need some special care to maintain their elasticity (they will age eventually just like the rest of our body, so don't let the thought of having saggy breasts bother you, mama). That's why I give extra care to my breast as a breastfeeding mom and I want to share with you how I do it.

How to care for your breasts as a breastfeeding mom

Wash / clean your breasts

This involves the use of simple soap and water more than once a day to wash your breasts. I often take a bath twice a day and on days when I do take a bath just once, I use a wet towel to clean my breasts. You can clean your breasts 2 - 3 times a day especially if you have leaks.

Oil your nipples

Another way to care for your breasts is to oil your nipples. Now you have to be careful about the type of oil you use and its source. Don't use your body lotions or creams on your nipples while you breastfeed. It may be harmful to your baby. The best oils for your breasts are natural oils like olive oil and coconut oil. You may use palm kernel oil as well but make sure that they are of good quality and hygienic.

Oiling your nipples soothes them after the baby sucks on them and helps them to appear less dry. Apply the oil after the baby has fed before wearing your bra. Oiling your nipple also prevents your nipples from sticking to the bra especially when it leaks.

Massage your breasts

A gentle breast massage is good for your breasts during breastfeeding to maintain its elasticity, reduce stretch marks and make your breasts more good-looking and healthy.

The massage must be gentle especially as you are breastfeeding. Use a natural oil like olive, coconut and palm kernel oil. Here is how to do a breast massage:

- Apply some oil on your hands and breasts.

- Place one palm on top of your breasts just at the level of your armpit and the other hand under the breast.

- Begin to rub the skin in a circular motion at the same time. Do this very gently as your breasts are more fragile during breastfeeding.

You can also do this massage while you take a shower or your bath with just your soapy hands. The most important thing is that you have a lubricant for this. You can also do it after your shower while you moisturize - but use a natural oil and not your normal body lotion or cream.

Oil your breasts often

Just like the points mentioned above oiling your breasts is a great way to care for them. And I won't stop stressing the fact that you need to use a natural oil.

Wear a comfortable and firm bra

You don't need a tight bra. It just has to be firm enough to keep them in a good position and that allows you to breastfeed easily.

Don't use chemical products and treatments on your breasts.

Avoid breast enlarging a,d firming creams or products made from ingredients you don't know. You don't know how it is harming your baby. I avoided using body lotions on my breasts for fear that my baby would ingest it.

These are the measures I take personally to care for my breasts as a breastfeeding mom. Breast care is really important and should be taken seriously because breast milk is the best food for babies so your breasts need all the care they can get. Pamper your breasts and give it the best.

Here is what I am currently up to.

Struggling to finish my school work

Guess who's got schoolwork dragging her behind? You guessed right, that's me. It's something I'm not proud of and yes, I'm struggling with finishing it because I have a Tortoise personality when it comes to working. If you don't understand what that means then read this post below. It will help you too.

Are you a Tortoise or Hare? Here is how to tell.

What's important is that I'm determined to get it done and move on before the end of the year.

Singing "Babylove, my baby love..." a lot lately

...especially while wearing diapers on my baby. She wears diapers from the brand Babylove which some time ago used the song Baby Love by The Supremes in their ad. I know just the start of the song and haven't listened to the whole song. But I sing the little one I know every time. This phase will pass too I know, lol.

Working on being consistent this October!

I love the month of October and I plan to be consistent with my efforts towards achieving my goals.

Feeling lighter and more active physically

I have a daughter whom I birthed by CS. I haven't been able to do any sport or physical activity of any kind because I wasn't yet time (for me). I don't know when doctors do recommend any form of workout for women after a CS but I decided to listen to my body and mind before I started working out. It's been two weeks since I started jogging for just a few minutes in the morning and I really feel better.

Yes, I have been skipping days (it's not been a perfect journey) but I feel the little I have been doing is fruitful. I feel lighter and movements are easier for me now. This motivates me to keep on jogging. If you want to know how I decided to start jogging then click the related post below to read.

Related: Why I Started Jogging Six Months After My C-Section

Still wondering...

...if I should consider 9/5 or only working for myself. I won't say anything further about this one. If I do right now, it may feel like fighting a war. Just read more about it in the related post below.

Related: Working 9/5 or 24/7

Those are updates from my end. Overall I'm fine. October is slowly emerging to be my favourite month so I'm happy we are in October.

Recently I had some research to do for my school project which required me to walk a distance. The first day I went out, I returned with a lot of pain below my abdomen precisely around my C-Section scar. I couldn't take my legs up easily as well.

Why I Started Jogging Six Months After My C-Section

I complained about this pain to my grandma when I got home and she told me that it was because I don't go for walks. And she was right. I hadn't been physically active for the past six months. I did only a few walks at the hospital to help the wound heal and it was painful. Thinking of that right now makes me realise how much healing has taken place. I couldn't walk straight and lifting my leg to take each step was painful and heavy.

After leaving the hospital, I spent my days nursing my baby. I didn't go out much. I only did it when I went for my checkups, baby's vaccination and when I was travelling. That is a lot of staying at home. If I didn't have any of these things to do then I would just stay at home. So I wasn't going for walks outside. I did all of my walking inside the house or within the compound, lol. And to me, it felt enough since I had to do a lot of up and down movements in order to feed and make the baby sleep.

But it wasn't. I felt the proof that day I walked for my research. It got me thinking about taking regular walks outside the house so that my lower abdomen could feel at ease. I didn't start immediately I got the thought though. It took me a month after this incident to start. And that was when my baby turned six months.

I have always been reluctant to do any physical exercise for fear of causing problems to the wound but at this point, my body felt ready to begin working out.

I started walking for the first two days. Then I decided to try jogging a little after walking. And that's how I started jogging. On some days when I don't feel like I have enough strength, I just walk or I don't jog at all. I listen to my body and mind a lot in the process. The goal is to push myself to do more but when my body or mind is not really up to it I leave it for another day.

The good thing is that I am motivated on most days to go jogging. But when I'm not motivated, I push myself to still do it. But I won't force myself to jog on a day that my body can't take it. On some days I'm just tired and need more rest or probably sleep instead of jogging.

The fun thing is that I jog only around the house. It doesn't take more than fifteen minutes. Some days I only do five minutes. I jog in my normal clothes and I always thought it was impossible to run or jog in flat shoes or canvas but the ones I use are pretty good. At this point, I've realised that there is no excuse to not start something as long as you can start with what you have.

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I'm really glad I started jogging and I hope to spread the positive energy and motivation it gives me for my other goals.

If you are thinking of starting a physical activity or workout after a CS my advice will be to start small and listen to how your body responds before you go to the next level. Our bodies are different and so is our healing. So go gently.

If you also had a baby by CS, please share your experience with healing in the comment section.

If you've been following up on the blog lately, I've been posting about how to make baby food which is commonly known as pap in my country Cameroon. I know there are mums reading my blog from various parts of the world and I thank you so much for reading my blog.

In Cameroon, pap is a meal generally made from corn. It is commonly made from soaked corn but there is also the dry version of it which is usually composed by adding other ingredients to make it richer. This composition is done especially for babies to introduce them to solid food and to make them grow well.

I introduced my baby to pap at the age of four and a half months. I was hesitant at first but since I had plans to wean her at six months, I decided to start making her used to eating other food. Though she is already six months old, I'm still breastfeeding her (wink) and pap is also an important meal for her.

I explained how I compose my baby's pap and what my baby eats in a day in these posts:

How To Compose A Nutritious Low-Cost Pap For Your Baby By Yourself

What My Six-Month-Old Eats In A Day

After composing the baby's pap, cooking it properly is the next step (obviously). And that's exactly what we are going to do now.

How To Cook Your Baby's Composed Pap

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- Sieve the quantity of pap you want to cook. You may also sieve all the quantity you ground and store so that you don't have to sieve it each time you want to cook it.

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- Add some water to the sieved powder and let it soak for about fifteen to twenty minutes. Allowing it to soak makes it get ready faster. But you can also cook the pap without soaking it first. I found out that it gets ready faster after being soaked for a few minutes. Whatever the case you have to mix the powder in some water before you cook it.

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- When it's time to cook, I heat up the pot to sterilize it. Put some clean water to it.

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- Add the soaked pap to the water in the pot and stir. You have to be careful here because if you cover the pot, in a few seconds it will rise and flow out of the pot when it boils. So either leave it half open (but it will take longer to get ready) while cooking or cover the pot but open it to stir it every few seconds.

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- Keep stirring and adding water when necessary while it cooks.

- Cook till the raw smell is gone (lol, yeah. That's how I know it's ready).

- Also, watch the thickness. In the beginning, it is better to make it a little watery since the baby is just starting with solids. The digestive system needs to get used to receiving solids before you can make it thicker. I remember making it thick the first time and my baby's stool was almost hard. So avoid making it thick in the beginning. But as time goes on, you can add the thickness so that the baby eats more. As the thickness increases, make sure to give add fruits to the diet of your baby so that they don't have problems stooling.

- Serve it plain or add some baby's milk to it before feeding your baby. I add a few scoops of her milk to it because she denied other forms of milk. So I simply add it to her pap.

That's how to prepare your baby's composed pap. Hope you found this post useful. Please share with other moms and let them get informed too.

Don't get me wrong, I love a variety of blogs. But the ones that I love the most are personal blogs. If you are wondering what a personal blog is: it is a blog where the blogger shares their life and things happening around them. it is usually filled with emotion and personal opinions about the topics discussed.

When I started blogging, I read a number of personal blogs and felt motivated to start mine. I visited and navigated lots of blogs. But the ones that I really enjoyed reading were the ones with personal stories.

Reasons Why I Love Personal Blogs

I enjoy reading about the lives of others

Personal blogs are a window into other people's lives. It allows you to see and understand how others live and experience life. And I find this amazing. Personal pictures and thoughts grant an understanding of someone else's culture just like you are living with them.

They make you feel less lonely

On personal blogs, people share their journeys and the things they deal with daily. These stories are shared to give a sigh of relief to others going through the same thing and make them feel less lonely in their situation. I love to have the me-too or the glad-I'm-not-the-only-one feeling when I read a personal blog.

I believe personal blogs are good for learning life lessons

There are lots of life lessons to be learned from personal blogs. The stories of others inspire, educate and inform you. Everyone is going through something and sharing those experiences helps those in that same situation to learn from you

They are entertaining and comforting

Some personal blogs have a very soft and comforting tone while others have a remarkable sense of humour which makes the blog interesting and entertaining.

I don't know if you were expecting a list of personal blogs that I read but I'm sorry that I can't share one because I haven't made a list. if you are a blogger reading this please comment below and leave a link to your blog so I can check it out. And if you are a lover of personal blogs, which blogs are you following?

Personal blogs are written with a lot of love and emotion. I hope you read more personal blogs and interact with them.

A few months into my pregnancy I couldn't control the changes my body and face went through. My skin changed completely and I discovered that all the products or things I tried were to no avail. So my only beauty product at the time was olive oil. I hated any fine smell while pregnant so olive oil was the only thing I used until I put to bed and even a few months after (about four months after).

This post is not about how olive oil saved my beauty life during pregnancy. It is about how I am bouncing back to taking care of my skin again after having a baby. This came about when my face recently broke out uncontrollably.

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The thing is while I was pregnant, I suffered from acne during the first months only and by the fifth month, my face was glowing while other parts of my body were just trying their best. This went on till after I gave birth and last month my face was filled with acne again.

I hope I'm not rambling here but long story short, I decided to take my beauty into my own hands and start caring for my precious skin.

That's why I decided to try the turmeric and honey mask.

Tumeric became such a trend at one point in the history of beauty that I wanted to trend with it as well. But I didn't have access to it. Every blogger was talking about or recommending turmeric. And here we are now trending after the trend with no worries.

Turmeric and Honey face mask - How did it work for me?

Day 1

Here is my face before I used the turmeric. This is the first time I used turmeric on my face. I have eaten turmeric but never used it on my face until now.

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The first day I applied it, I let it stay on for a little more than an hour. My aim was to let it on my face for as long as possible so that I can get better results. I believe that the longer honey is left on the skin, the more it works.

Honestly, I didn't expect the turmeric to be grainy. I thought the powder was very smooth. So after mixing the honey and the turmeric powder, I applied it to my freshly washed face. My face was even still wet when I was applying it. But let it not be too wet as it may make the mixture watery and dripping from your face.

So while applying the mixture, I rubbed it in a circular motion. This helps to exfoliate as the grains rub the skin. After applying it, I started making faces for the camera - lol.

By the time I was ready to wash it off, I wet my hands and scrubbed on my face with my palms to further exfoliate. Please don't do this scrubbing if the skin of your face is fragile or too soft. It could peel it off or give you wounds. Just gently wash it off if you have very soft or fragile skin.

The change I realized after using it on day one was that my face was softer, brighter and smoother. This encouraged me to look forward to applying it again in the days to come and to be consistent with it.

Day 2 - 5

I was chased and almost stung by a bee. While I did some work outside, a bee followed me because of the smell of the honey. I ran away each time in fear. The bee found a way right into the room where I was and I ran out. I started making sure that I had nothing to do outside when I applied my mask in order to avoid another encounter with the bee. This bee didn't even make the honey I use but it wouldn't let me put my mask in peace oh.

Day 6 - 9

My face became clearer, smooth and dark spots were less dark but I had the strongest desire to stop doing it because it started feeling like a lot of work. But I kept on and wanted to push myself to do it for two weeks as planned.

On day eight and nine, I added some water to the mixture and kept it for some time before applying to my face. The turmeric was softer and less aggressive to my skin when I rubbed it. I recommend this method when you don't want to scrub your face. Adding water is also good because it enables the components of the mask to deeply penetrate your skin.

Why I didn't do it for two weeks

This face treatment was meant to be done for two weeks but I couldn't go all the way. I was quite busy most of the time and the best times I could apply this mask was when I was doing laundry. But since the bee won't let me do my thing in peace I had to find time specifically for applying this mask which made it feel like a chore. It's easier to do this while doing something else than to do just this alone. I hope you understand what I mean. I had to apply the mask and stay indoors till I get to wash it off. It was hard to deal with that.

Stopping it was not planned though. I realized that I had skipped one day, then another and then another before I made up my mind. I would have loved to do a full two weeks but I couldn't.

My overall thoughts of the mask

It's a good mask! I know you may be thinking 'why stop it if you recommend it?'. But this mask is good because:

- It's natural and there are no side effects

- Honey and turmeric are very good for the skin so mixing them up to apply on the skin is doing your skin a lot of good.

- It softens your skin, brightens your skin and fades dark spots.

- It can also be used to exfoliate your skin to get rid of dead skin cells.

- It's affordable and the ingredients are easy to find.

Will I use this mask again?

Definitely yes! I will use it again. Maybe this time once a week. I used it continuously for over a week because I had issues to clear off my face. So now, once a week will do for me.

if you want to try this face beauty mask, please do. But stay indoors if you live where there are flowers because flowers attract bees and bees will question you for using their honey. lol.

With pleasure, I'm glad you read this post and hope you share with your friends. I'll see you in my next one as always.

Ngumabi.

When it's time for your baby to transition to eating food other than breastmilk, it can make you worry about a lot of things. Amongst these worries are:

- what will I feed my baby?

- when do I start adding other foods to my baby's diet?

- how much will it cost me?

- do I buy baby food or make it at home?

- how do I make sure that these new foods are clean and healthy for my baby to consume, etc?

With these doubts in mind, we have to make a decision. Most times, parents are looking for the cheapest way to feed their children. Because that's something they will be doing for a very long time. And also, parents want their baby's food to be very nutritive and healthy.

Today, I'm sharing with you my low-cost method of making baby food. It is very nutritive and will make your baby transition from breastmilk to solid food well.

How To Make Nutritious Low-Cost Pap (Baby Food) At Home

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Ingredients

To compose this baby pap, you will need:

- Corn

- Groundnut

- Dry Fish

- Soybeans

- Rice

Measurements

The measurements should be proportionate to each other. Pap is usually made with corn so other ingredients are added to enrich it or make it more nutritious. So the corn can be a bit more than the other ingredients.

Value

The groundnuts and soybeans are for plant protein and the dry fish are for animal protein. You can omit the dry fish if your family is vegetarian. Rice and corn are carbohydrates and rice helps to make the pap thicker and smoother.

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Preparation

All the ingredients have to be quite dry and clean. Select the grains to remove the bad grains from the good ones. Take off the scales, skin and bones from the fish.

You may fry the soybeans a little before grinding.

To make sure the grains are clean, wash them after selecting then dry them again. I dry mine in the sun.

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Mix them and grind all together then they are quite dry.

NB: In Cameroon, we go mostly to grinding mills to grind a lot of things. If you are in Cameroon, make sure that you find out if your grinding mill will accept grinding the whole mixture or if they will prefer to grind it separately. In towns like Yaoundé, most grinding mills will grind all the grains, and fish mixed together but in Bamenda, most grinding mills will prefer to grind them separately before you mix them together.

This is what you get after grinding and mixing all together. This one was ground separately and then I mixed it. But sometimes when I find a place where they can grind this all at once I am so happy because it just grinds everything all together.

After grinding, you can sieve it all at once so that you will not have to sieve it every time you want to cook it.

This is how it looks like when it's cooked.

I'll show you step-by-step how I cook this baby food in the post below.

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