I think it’s normal for parents to feel paranoid about the development of their child. When I was pregnant, I worried all the time that my child would be born with some kind of life-threatening illness. And then after she was born, I worried that she might have developmental problems. I guess it was that maternal instinct at work. Now that she’s older, I’ve calmed down quite a bit, but when she was still a baby, I freaked out on a regular basis. I was always comparing her to other kids her age and worrying about her progress.
I remember that during my first pregnancy, I was very cautious about what I ate. But surprisingly, my friends and family encouraged me to eat junk food. They told me that I needed to consume extra calories for my baby, so that I could eat as many Twinkies and donuts as I wanted to. But I knew that in order to keep my baby healthy, I would have to eat well during pregnancy, and I’m glad I did. Sure, the doctor said I had to consume 300 calories more per day than usual, but I didn’t want to fill my baby up with empty calories, so I only consumed foods that were packed with nutrients. In fact, I think I ate healthier food when I was pregnant than I did before my pregnancy!
9/1/10 by Nativity Lennon The first night in the hospital after giving birth, my newborn screamed his head off. I tried everything, but there were no obvious problems, so what was making my baby so upset? It took a couple of weeks before I understood the meaning of those cries. I soon identified a hunger [...]
Morning sickness (a term a man must have coined, since most women seem to have all-day sickness) was one of the first symptoms I experienced at the beginning of my pregnancy. Only one week had passed before I was sick and tired of it, pun intended, and I began to look for safe remedies for nausea during pregnancy.
Having a newborn can be very overwhelming in itself, so if you have breastfeeding trouble on top of it all, those crazy new mom hormones really start to kick in! Many a new mother has found herself in tears along with her baby because she doesn’t have enough milk or because her little one can’t latch on. Fortunately, almost all breastfeeding issues have a solution, so don’t reach for that bottle of formula just yet.
As the husband gently pats his pregnant wife’s belly, the happy couple laughs over the silliest names in their baby names book. They imagine what it would be like for their son or daughter to have this name or that. At first, brainstorming baby names is a fun activity. But then, sometime in the third trimester, the name game starts to get serious.
