As a noble person once said, “Life doesn’t come with a manual it comes with a mother.” Mothers play the most crucial role in a child’s life. Rubina Mubarak is a hard-working stay-at-home mom and is also a content creator. Through her blog Mrsmumshine, she educates and entertains other people with things about her lifestyle and motherhood.
“Sometimes being a mother can be a little lonely & not everyone understands this” – Rubina Mubarak
Rubina Mubarak is currently a stay-at-home mom who had always seen and admired content creation, but never felt like she dared to put herself out there. When her son was nearly one and a half years old and was no longer reliant on feeding, she felt like she was getting too carried away and wanted some time for herself. So, she started her page as a type of me-time to keep herself occupied while sharing her experiences of motherhood.
“For one and a half years I hadn’t been doing anything. It was just feeding the baby, taking care of the baby, and it was like my entire life got dedicated to that. So, I needed something that would distract me, and side by side it was a win-win for me as when I was researching things, I got more knowledge about what to do with children, and it took my mind off things- was a bit creative and was kind of a distraction.”
Rubina Mubarak never felt like she wanted to be an influencer. “I started enjoying it and I like to share these things, but I don’t want to be an influencer. If I get some collaborations or when people reach out to me, I go ahead if I like it and if I don’t like it I don’t. I’m just sharing my life right now.”
She understands that it gets a little lonely when you’re a mom, and sometimes people just don’t understand. Her friends were not in the same situation so no one would completely get her. Ever since interacting on a platform, she realized there were a lot of like-minded mothers that were going through the same thing and felt like she found her little circle. Now she’s sharing her experience so that someone else might find it helpful. Acknowledging that everybody has their point of view, she’s here to share her journey.
“Everybody has their own experiences, and people always have a lot to say- no not like this not like that, but it’s your experience it’s unique to you, and only when you share it other people will know that they’re not alone because a lot of people don’t talk about what they’re feeling like- oh no I might be the only person who’s feeling that way, but when you share it you see that there are more people who are going through similar situations.”
“Only when I make time for myself, I can focus on other things better”– Rubina Mubarak
Rubina Mubarak tries to squeeze in an everyday workout. “I deliberately go out on a walk or a run in the mornings at 7 and that is the only time I get for myself when I’m alone with my music.” The rest of her day is fully engaged with either her toddler or her husband when he comes home from work. So, the only time she gets is in the mornings when they are sleeping. Just 30 minutes but it gives her a great start to the day.
“Anything that makes me happy makes my father happy” – Rubina Mubarak
Rubina Mubarak is from a Muslim family and most people around her was very conservative, but her parents ever pointed out anything to her. They never interfered a lot with her choices, and Rubina Mubarak could always freely talk and share everything with them.
When Rubina Mubarak started this blog nobody took her seriously, but her elder sister always supported her a lot. Her mother didn’t understand how these things work, but now, after seeing her videos and work she is proud and knows that she’s doing something good. Meanwhile, for her father, anything that makes her happy makes him happy.
“The more you restrict your children the more they might get addicted to it”- Rubina Mubarak
Rubina Mubarak tries to give her child mostly home-cooked meals and includes what she and her husband eat in their diet. All the fried foods she prepares are air fried. She doesn’t completely restrict junk food and lets her son have his McDonald’s occasionally.
“Children don’t eat three proper meals in a day, so you should try to give them something to eat in between, all the carbs and proteins. And if they’re asking for something serve it to them though in limited portions. With my son, I mix things he likes with things he doesn’t like in attractive shapes and small portions. I never force him to eat anything.”
Consulting with pediatricians, the mother-blogger learned that the more you limit a child’s diet- the more you tell them don’t eat this don’t eat that like if you restrict chocolates from their diet completely then they crave it more, and there’s a probability that they eat that more and eventually get addicted to it.
“Please focus and spend time with your baby” – Rubina Mubarak
As a new mom, Rubina Mubarak believes that mothers sometimes don’t pay much actual attention to the baby, because it could be a new phase in life which makes them more cautious and worrisome with responsibilities it’s always as changing the diaper, feeding them, and this and that. Parents sometimes became obsessed over these little things and forget the other joys of parenthood “I just want to give the message that – Please ask for help. If you can’t do certain things, please let them be.”
The mother blogger strongly urges other mothers to spend time with their baby, because once he/she is older parents start realizing that, and after looking at the pictures and they feel – when did he/she grow up, and how did time move so fast?
“I was watching my son for 24 hours for a year or two years or whatever, I was there with him, but I was not mentally present. I took this picture, but I do not remember what was happening- maybe I was thinking of some work outside or some other thing that I had to do.”
Therefore Rubina Mubarak leaves a very thoughtful and heartfelt message to all new parents from her own experience – “If you want to live that part when your baby is a baby, which is going to be only once. If you want to live that part fully, then please leave – other things aside and focus, and spend that time with them completely.”
Rubina Mubarak shows us that a mother’s life is not only filled with concessions for the baby, but one can also explore and try new things to enhance your own lifestyle – like becoming a blogger or sharing valuable information with people who have less knowledge about the topic. Nothing should put a limit on what you can achieve.
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Last Updated on by Himani Rawat