10 Interesting Facts About Mothers

Do you know the history of Mother’s Day? The majority of us celebrate it to express our love and gratitude for mothers and grandmothers, yet don’t know why there’s a day dedicated to them. The earliest occurrence of Mother’s Day was way back in the era of ancient Greek and Romans. The roots can also be linked to the UK where Mothering Sunday was on the fourth Sunday in Lent when the religious would visit their “mother” church. Mother’s Day as we know it, however, is a recent phenomenon. American social activist Anna Jarvis is considered the founder after honouring her own mothers desire to have a day to pay tribute to them. Nowadays we do exactly that by showering our Mums, Grandma’s and Mums-to-be with gifts. Here’s 10 fun facts about the Mothers:

1. Over 18 years, Mums will spend on average 45,653 hours looking after her children and family
2. If it was a paid job, Mums would earn £94,260 per year for their work
3. Cells from a baby can migrate to the mother’s brain during pregnancy, meaning mothers always carry a part of their babies with them!
4. Mrs Vassilyev of Russia set the record for most children birthed by a single woman- she gave birth to 69 children between 1725 and 1765!
5. The average cost of raising a child in the uk can be around £299,251! Grandparents often step in to help out, hence why we give our Grandmas gifts on Mother’s Day
6. Sweden offers parents more than a year off after having a baby, compared to the US where it is only 3 months
7. In China, it is tradition for new Mums to stay in the house for the first month after birth to receive a lot of pampering from family members
8. Mother’s Day sees a quarter of all flower sales on this holiday, with carnations being the most popular choice
9. In what was formerly Yugoslavia, children would tie up their Mother’s and the only way they could get free would be by giving the kids gifts
10. Mother’s Day is the most popular day of the year to dine out

Repay your Mum for all those unpaid hours spent looking after you by treating her to something special.