Kulungile, xa ikhaya lokubeleka lishiywe ngaphambili, kwaye wena kunye nosana kunye nootata bangena kubomi abazimeleyo. Kudala kuya kuba nenani loogqirha abaza kubangela indlela yokucwangcisa nokondla iimvumba. Kodwa akusiyiki, uMama ujikeleze, oko kuthetha ukuba yonke into iya kuhamba kakuhle. Uhambo lokuqala, ukuya ekhaya ngoku, ukuhlamba kuqala nokulala ebusweni bakhe. Ixesha libaleka ngokukhawuleza, inyanga iphelile. Uyabona indlela umntwana akhula ngayo, ukuvuvukala, ubomvu. Namaxesha onke ngexesha lokuncelisa, uyayiqonda indlela elixabisekileyo ngayo le nyana.
Kodwa abazali abaninzi benza iimpazamo xa becinga, oko kuya kukhula kwaye kuya kuba lula. Ngeke kube lula. Akukhona ngomsebenzi wakho womzimba, kungenxa yomsebenzi omele ukwenze ixesha elide, ukujongana nokukhuliselwa. Awukwazi, emva kokuba usebenze iiyure ezisibhozo zokusebenza, uze ekhaya uze ukhohlwe yonke into. Ukukhulisa abantwana ngumsebenzi onzima.
Inyanga okanye ezimbini sele zidlulile, uqaphela ukuba umntwana uchitha ixesha elihambahambayo. Sebenzisa lo mzuzwana, uhlaziye, abantwana banomdla wokuthinteka. Hlabelela ingoma ukuze umntwana akwazi ukuliva ilizwi lakho, liya kumnciphisa. Ukuhamba emoyeni omtsha, umsebenzi onomsebenzi kunye noyimfuneko. Umntwana uphefumlela umoya omtsha, ukhulisa imiphunga, kwaye ulala ngokubhetele.
Ukususela kwiinyanga ezintathu, iintsana ziphethe intloko, iingalo kunye nemilenze engaphantsi kokunyuka ngokungathandabuzekiyo, njengoko ngeli xesha izihlunu zikhula ngokukhawuleza. Abazali abaninzi banqabe ukukhwabanisa iintsana. Kodwa esi sigqibo kufuneka sithathwe ngabanye. Ukuba ubona ukuba umntwana wakho uzolile, xa uhamba ngaphandle kwee-diapers, ngoko unako ukukhuphela ngokukhuselekileyo ukukhwabanisa. Kodwa ukuba umntwana unentloni, uyaziqhayisa, ngoko kungcono ukuwugubungela. Oku kuya kwenza ukuba ukwazi ukulala ngokuthula, kwaye uza kusindisa inkqubo yesantya yomntwana wakho kunye neyakho. Ukongezelela, kukho iingxaki ezaneleyo, isisu sinenkxalabo, iigesi zihamba phambili. Ukuze kunciphise intlungu, unokubeka i-diaper efudumele kwi-tummy yakho, kwaye uhlasele isandla sakho ngesantya. Zininzi iindlela, kodwa yinyaniso kuphela, umama uya kukhetha umntwana wakhe.
Ngenyanga nganye, impumelelo yabantwana babo, abazali kunye nezihlobo bayavuya. Ngesiqingatha sonyaka umntwana uya kufunda ukuhlala yedwa, kwaye sele esenomdla kwiimidlalo. Isigaba esitsha ebomini kwintsapho yonke iya kuqala xa umntwana efunda ukukhahlela. Emva koko hamba. Inomdla kwihlabathi elikujikelezayo iya kwandisa. Ingane iya kufuna ukwazi malunga nento yonke, kwaye ke iya kuthetha. Zingaphi iimbuzo eziya kubakho: kutheni, kutheni, kwaye njani? Kwaye kukho konke ukuphumelela okukhulu, ukutshatyalaliswa kuncinci kuya kujongwa ngabantu ababi kakhulu. Kwaye kubaluleke kakhulu, baya kuhlala belapho.
Into ebaluleke kakhulu ekuphuhliseni ngokupheleleyo umntwana, ukunakekelwa ngumama. Ukuncwina kukukhathazeka kwakho umntwana. Nangona iteknoloji yakutshanje, akukho mntu uye wakwazi ukuza nomzobo wobisi lwebele. Musa ukwesaba amanqaku kunye nezinye iimpawu emva kokubeleka nokutya. Emva koko, wonke umama obaluleke kakhulu ukuzala nokuvelisa umntwana onempilo. Nika lonke uthando lwakho kubantwana bakho, ngaphandle kokulandelana, kwaye ungakholelwe, kwixesha elizayo uza kufumana umvuzo. Umntu opheleleyo, ozimeleyo, ofanelekileyo.