A working mom's Sunday -- Here's how it goes for Dr Pooja Attrey

What Sundays looked like earlier

I used to have a long ‘to do’ list for Sundays, at times longer than usual workdays, which included doing laundry, going to the market, attending a family function or outing, or showing up at a long-scheduled workshop—all this on top of making sure that everything was running smoothly at home.

Bumps on the road

On one Sunday, I had to attend a workshop that was scheduled ages ago; my baby had to wake up without me by his side again, and couldn’t play with me even after a week-long wait (although he spent a fairly good play day with his father).I tried to compensate my daytime absence at night by kissing and hugging him while he was half-asleep and smiling, but I still feel guilty about not spending that quality time with him.

What Sundays look like now

Nowadays, though, I make sure to get all my laundry and shopping done on the weekdays and I simply postpone or even cancel that visit to market or not-so-important family function or outing. Plus, now on, for every missed Sunday or holiday with him, we will be having our own day, on any weekday!

But that doesn’t mean that we don’t have a social life—we do, but at our own convenience. We plan park visits or play dates with neighbouring kids, or short outings with our children.

There’s nothing more that I love than being with my son and being a loving and fun mother-son duo.This includes watching him smiling in his sleep, extended cuddling time on lazy mornings, making faces, dancing (with music or without), singing rhymes at the top of our voices, visiting parks and parents, and simply just being free! That’s my idea of an ideal Sunday, or for that matter any other holiday.

Since the day I joined the working mum’s club, I made a promise to my then 8 months old child that he would always be my first priority, so after a week of hectic juggling my professional and personal lives, my Sundays are now my Sondays!

Are you a working mum? How do you spend Sundays? Let us know in the comments below!