News of the Day
I combed the Internet today looking for articles that would be interesting to mothers of babies and toddlers as well as future moms. Here are the two most interesting ones I found.
An Australian newspaper reported on a study that found women who conceived through IVF were less confident in their parenting skills and thought that they couldn't complain about the simple things moms complain about because they should be so grateful they finally got their bundle of joy.
That's a lot of pressure to put on yourselves, ladies. We all need to blow off steam. But I understand how you feel. After I adopted my son, I grumbled about the lack of sleep, the messy house and my inability to get anything done. I mourned the loss of my career.
One of my relatives told me to stop complaining. "You wanted this," she snapped.
I did want this, and I did have to go through great pains to start a family. But just because it didn't come naturally for us doesn't mean we don't experience the same ups and downs that other mothers experience.
Let's cut ourselves some slack here. Haven't we gone through enough? Does it really matter how your baby wound up in your arms? He's here and he's just like all the other babies, and now you're a mom just like all the other moms - thankful and stressed out and trying to make it through the day.
Here's the link: http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/bursting-a-bubble/2007/03/05/1172943358231.html
In other news, the Boston Globe ran a story on a study that sheds some hope that there may be a way to offset the effects of fetal alcohol syndrome by giving babies supplements of choline, a nutrient found naturally in such foods as eggs and liver.
Here’s the link to that story:
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/health_science/articles/2007/03/05/can_babies_be_protected_from_alcoholic_moms/
By the way, there are plenty of great resources out there for moms with questions. I get monthly updates e-mailed to me from Pampers.com. I find their tips to be helpful, or at least they get me thinking about some of the things I didn't know I should be thinking about, such as how much food my son should be eating at this stage and what skills he should have mastered already.
HuggiesBabyNetwork.com, Enfamil.com and Similac.com also are good sites - and if you register on their sites they occasionally send you coupons.
An Australian newspaper reported on a study that found women who conceived through IVF were less confident in their parenting skills and thought that they couldn't complain about the simple things moms complain about because they should be so grateful they finally got their bundle of joy.
That's a lot of pressure to put on yourselves, ladies. We all need to blow off steam. But I understand how you feel. After I adopted my son, I grumbled about the lack of sleep, the messy house and my inability to get anything done. I mourned the loss of my career.
One of my relatives told me to stop complaining. "You wanted this," she snapped.
I did want this, and I did have to go through great pains to start a family. But just because it didn't come naturally for us doesn't mean we don't experience the same ups and downs that other mothers experience.
Let's cut ourselves some slack here. Haven't we gone through enough? Does it really matter how your baby wound up in your arms? He's here and he's just like all the other babies, and now you're a mom just like all the other moms - thankful and stressed out and trying to make it through the day.
Here's the link: http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/bursting-a-bubble/2007/03/05/1172943358231.html
In other news, the Boston Globe ran a story on a study that sheds some hope that there may be a way to offset the effects of fetal alcohol syndrome by giving babies supplements of choline, a nutrient found naturally in such foods as eggs and liver.
Here’s the link to that story:
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/health_science/articles/2007/03/05/can_babies_be_protected_from_alcoholic_moms/
By the way, there are plenty of great resources out there for moms with questions. I get monthly updates e-mailed to me from Pampers.com. I find their tips to be helpful, or at least they get me thinking about some of the things I didn't know I should be thinking about, such as how much food my son should be eating at this stage and what skills he should have mastered already.
HuggiesBabyNetwork.com, Enfamil.com and Similac.com also are good sites - and if you register on their sites they occasionally send you coupons.
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