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Usuku Lobaba lwango-2022

Lolu suku lobaba luzoba umcimbi okhethekile kimina ngoba kuzobe kungokokuqala ngigubha ngesihloko esisemthethweni esithi “Baba”. Indodana yami u-Elliott yazalwa ngoJanuwari walo nyaka, futhi angikwazanga ukuziqhenya ngobuntu bayo obufuna ukwazi namakhono ewafunda ngenkuthalo (njengokumomotheka, ukugoqa nokuhlala!).

Le sizini yoSuku Lobaba inginike ithuba lokucabanga ngendima yami kulo nyaka odlule. Ngokwemvelo, u-2022 ugcwele isipiliyoni esimangalisayo, kodwa futhi nezilingo eziqeda amandla kanye nokulungiswa kwendlela yokuphila. Lapho ubhekene nezinguquko ezibalulekile kangaka zempilo, kubalulekile ukuzihlola wena nempilo yakho yengqondo. Nawa amanye amathiphu ochwepheshe engiwacwaningile angithinte ohambweni lwami lobubaba. Ngisho noma ungeyena ubaba noma ungahlelile ukuba ubaba, ngicabanga ukuthi imibono evezwe kulawa macebiso iyasebenza kunoma yiluphi ushintsho esimweni sokuphila.

  1. Ukukhathazeka komzali kungokoqobo; nakuba ungeke uzilungiselele zonke izinkinga, ungakwazi ukuzivumelanisa futhi ufunde endleleni2. Ngingumuntu othanda kakhulu ukuhlela kusengaphambili, futhi nakuba ngazifunda zonke izincwadi zabazali, kwakusenezinto ezingimangazayo. Ukuba nengqondo yokukhula kuyisihluthulelo, kanye nokuqonda ukuthi akudingekile ukuba uphelele kukho konke.
  2. Thola ukwesekwa phakathi kwabanye, kungaba kubangani, umndeni, noma ukujoyina iqembu elisha lokusekela obaba2. Ngibe nesakhiwo esingesekayo esivela emndenini wami nakubangane abangobaba. Uma udinga izinsiza zokusekela, i-Postpartum Support International inolayini wekholi/wombhalo (800-944-4773) kanye neqembu lokusekela le-inthanethi.3. Ungakhohlwa, ungakwazi njalo ukufuna usizo lochwepheshe nakubelaphi1.
  3. Uma ungeyena umzali oyedwa, ungadebeseleli ubuhlobo bakho nomlingani wakho2. Ubudlelwano bakho nabo buzoshintsha, ngakho ukuxhumana njalo kubalulekile ekwabelaneni ngemicabango yakho, ukuveza imizwa yakho, kanye nokubheka izindima/izibopho ezintsha. Nakuba bengingakhulumi kahle ngaso sonke isikhathi, mina nomkami silwela ukukhulumisana ngokukhululekile ngokuphathelene nokusekelwa esikudingayo.
  4. Ungakhohlwa ukuzinika isikhathi sakho nezinto ozijabulelayo1. Ukuthatha indima entsha akusho ukuthi kufanele ulahlekelwe ngokuphelele ukuthi ungubani. Ngicabanga ukuthi kubalulekile ukuthi uzinike isikhathi futhi uqinisekise ukuthi wenza into oyijabulelayo; noma okungcono, yenza okuthile okujabulelayo kanye nezingane zakho. Omunye wemisebenzi engiyithanda kakhulu kulezi zinsuku ukufunza indodana yami ibhodlela layo ngenkathi ilalele imidlalo ye-baseball emsakazweni.

Njengoba ngiqeda ukuthayipha lokhu, u-Elliott uyamemeza kwelinye igumbi ngoba akafuni ukwehla ukuze alale, nakuba elokhu ezamula futhi kusobala ukuthi ukhathele. Ezikhathini ezifana nalezi, noma ngabe ungubaba omusha noma uzulazula nje ezikhathini eziningi zempilo ye-rollercoaster, ngikuthola kusiza ukuzikhumbuza ukuba nomusa omkhulu, nokwazisa izikhathi ezincane njalo lapho uthola ithuba.

Sikufisela Usuku Oluhle Lobaba lwango-2022!

 

Imithombo

  1. Isibhedlela i-Emerson (2021). Obaba Abasha kanye Nempilo Yengqondo - Amathiphu ayi-8 Okuhlala Unempiloorg/ama-athikili/obaba-abasha-nempilo-yengqondo
  2. I-Mental Health America (ND) Impilo Yengqondo kanye noBaba Omusha. org/impilo-yengqondo-nobaba-omusha
  3. I-Postpartum Support International (2022). Usizo Kobaba. inethi/thola-usizo/usizo-kobaba/