Of course at the end the child learns to love the sibling but most of them started with assumptions
about babies my son never had.
Not exact matches
On Good Friday there is one movie that has what might be called a transcendent dimension — Rosemary's
Baby, a story
about the Devil's
son born of woman.
Christians tried to start you off with
baby steps
about the Father, the
son, and the Holy spirit.
Fearful that she would again be mistreated, as having no
son, she carried the dead child
about upon her hip from house to house, crying, «Give me medicine for my
baby.»
Vi's
baby had died when only eight months old; Anne, who was
about to return to school for her longed - for masters, had just been told that she had multiple sclerosis; Mary's grown
son was institutionalized for a severe mental disorder, with no realistic hope of recovery.
I did not have a bad opinion
about mothers who nursed for long time, but I thought that I will be done by 12 months... Well our
son didn't think so;)... He nursed exclusively and constantly until 8 months old, at this stage he would start accepting some
baby food (mind u, he was allways in the 95 % of weight).
yesterday I was trying to reassure my 22 yr old daughter
about an injection to shrink a keloid on her nose and I told her «you just squeezed a
baby from your vagina, I think you can handle a tiny needle» in front of my almost 3 yr old
son.
Very young children will not remember specifics
about one tourist site or another - or even particulars
about a given country in my
son's case - but I'll argue that even
babies and toddlers benefit from the flexibility required to travel far from home to a distinctly different environment.
If you think
about it, your
son has had you to himself for five years and suddenly it seems to him that you have taken your love away and all your attention is going to the new
baby.
When in public I bring a pumped bottle:) My
son will be 5 when our new
baby is born and I fully intend to still nurse in front of him and am not the least bit concerned
about it!
When my rookie
baby was
about one month old, Whitney's
son was a very skilled seven - month old.
I feel very unsure
about nursing because with my older
son I was convinced that I wasn't producing enough for him (I could only pump 1/2 an ounce at a time, but I realize
baby gets more than the pump).
Everyone's house is set up differently so I am not sure what would work for you, but when my second
son started crawling it was helpful to have a designated room (with a
baby gate guarding it) for my older
son's toys (he was
about 3 at the time).
Because I kept hearing
about the benefits of massage for
babies, however, I decided to take a
baby massage course when my second
son was an infant.
When I had my first
son I heard briefly
about baby massage and gave it a try once or twice, but wasn't quite sure how to go
about it so I gave up.
I wish I had known
about this when my
son was a
baby!
Find out all
about baby yogurt and my experience feeding my
son baby yogurt for the first time.
I don't know when exactly it became en vogue for mothers to talk
about their
sons in a romantic way, or when they started calling their
babies their «boyfriends,» but it's a trend — or perhaps a feeling — that just won't quit.
I didn't know
about baby let weaning when I first introduced food to my
son, but if we have another child, we're interested in giving it a try.
TinksMum — I haven't tried
baby - led weaning yet (just
about to) but just wanted to say I can sympathise with your confusion and the nurse who did my
son's vaccininations as good as told me to ignore what the health visitors say because they always just stick to the latest guidance and ignore the needs of individual
babies!
As I made my
son's Super Porridge while watching Sesame Street, I thought
about other moms feeding their
babies over-priced, nutritionally - inferior, commercially - processed boxed rice cereal, and the idea for the Super
Baby Food book was born.
We've been talking to my
son a lot
about the coming «
Baby Sister» and
about being a big helper to Mommy (special thank you Daniel Tiger for your episodes
about Daniel becoming a big brother!).
She just couldn't take hearing more of the inevitable questions that would follow if she shared, asking if she tried any number of herbs and medications for her supply, if she saw the right kind of breastfeeding support, or how she felt
about poisoning her
baby with formula, or that if she truly loved her
son she would have tried harder to give him breastmilk.
In this episode we cover 2 major areas of safety: Care Seats &
Baby Proofing the House This episode came
about because my
son just turned 8 this past weekend.
Every single night since the day I got home from the hospital with my
baby boy until he was 8 weeks old, I woke my
son up at 3:30 am to nurse him (which was
about 5 hours since his previous nursing).
Before my
son was born, I did a lot of reading
about how to effectively integrate a new
baby into your life when you have an older child.
With my now 7 weeks old
son i don't wake him during the night either and he is sleeping
about 8 hours a night and i once again have enough milk for an army of
babies:)
My boys, so my first two were boys, so my first
son was
about six months and same thing really for my second
son and I was really personally disappointed by that, that wasn't my plan, my plan was to breastfeed them a lot longer than that and just other things just kind of got in the way and education and everything that probably could get in the way and with my girls I just kind of was like and I think what helped me too was knowing that the twins were my last plan pregnancy, like after that like, if I get pregnant you know «Surprise» but we are not planning have any more kids and I think knowing going into to it that I wasn't able to do what I wanted to do with my first two, really, really motivated me and knowing that these are my last
babies that I'm planning to have so if I, it's now or never so it's kind of like putting a little bit of pressure on me I guess on that regard.
I asked for hand - me - down and secondhand
baby gear at my
baby shower last year (my
son is now 11mo old) and wished there was an easier way to keep track of it all and make it feel more official (a lot of my guests weren't so sure
about showing up with a pre-owned gift).
We were openly harassed
about having
babies for
about 3 years before we had our first
son and I think that my MIL was just waiting to show me the ropes!
My
sons love to hear the practical facts each week
about how the
baby is now swallowing, able to hear, or able to suck his / her thumb.
So she was out in public with her eight week old
son and it says that she was at a cafe and she happened to be breastfeeding her
baby and it says an elderly women, in not sure if it actually lists her name or sorry her age, but anyway this elderly women comes up to her and honestly the mom was like «oh no, she's going to tell me to cover up, she's going to be like, be mean
about this or you know or how dare I be, you know doing this in public kind of thing» and the only thing the elderly wanted to do was to help the mom be able to eat.
I didn't discover
Baby Wise or
Baby Whisperer until my
son was
about 6 six weeks old and we tried to implementing them then.
Now when he notices my belly he hugs and kisses it and says «I love you
baby», he's named it poopy and talks
about helping me with the
baby... I told him the
baby might bring him a present when he arrives and my
son also wants to choose one for him to welcome him so I feel it should go smoothly with the envolvment
I think women are becoming more comfortable in telling others that they are still nursing older
babies so hopefully there will be a shift in attitudes but I have recently «lost» a few facebook followers after posting a status regarding full - term breastfeeding (I think they were most likely from a giveaway I did ages ago and not on the same page re: bf etc) Apart from that, I love telling Mums on the ward (I'm a bf peer supporter) I'm still feeding as it opens their mind to that possibility and I think I look pretty normal so it mostly doesn't freak them out My
son is far too busy to nurse out and
about and prefers juice so we've not nursed in public (apart from support group) since he was 18 mths and that was as I had a blocked duct!
We have always been very open
about their adoption, so much so that when my older
son was four he told a sitter that if she wanted kids she could call his birthmom because she could «get a
baby for you.
When my
son who is
about to turn 40 was a
baby I put an infant seat on the floor in the front of the car.
Coincidentally, there is a big push at my
son's school (hes 7 years old)
about tummy time not being just for
babies.
Before my
son was born last month, we read books
about babies and being an older sister.
I'm thinking of
baby Emily, that couple in the uk who lost their
son to infection, and «they killed my patient, then they lied
about it.»
Finally, for teens, NWF offers Ranger Rick, which I read and loved as a child, but had forgotten
about until my
son got Wild Animal
Baby.
I don't know
about anybody else but, when my
son was newborn to 4 months old I was to busy feeding, changing, washing him, washing cloths, washing bottles, ect... I barely had enough time to eat yet alone holding my
baby over a toliet everytime I though he might have to go!!
I have a 6 year old little girl and an 11 year old boy, I had my daughter when my
son was 5, he was very welcoming and there were no signs of jealousy, it is now similar as I am 17 weeks pregnant and my daughter will be 7 when this
baby is born, my
son is older however and it will be a little different for him this time around, he isn't really interested in the whole
baby thing but he is a very caring boy and I have no worries
about him welcoming this
baby into our family, my little girl will be a little mother hen I think, it is difficult I think for the whole family adjusting to a new addition, I am excited and a little nervous, for my children and how they might really feel, I am not a first time mother but I feel a bit out of practice!!
For me, I wanted to start the weaning process when my
son was
about 18 months old, because I wanted to try to conceive another
baby.
I took
about 3 months to lose my
baby weight (I'd put on 10 or 12 kg in pregnancy — not sure exactly, I stopped weighing myself after 10), but then kept losing weight while I fed my
son.
When was pregnant with my
son, I worried
about all sorts of things — but one of my concerns was that having a
baby would «ground» me, clip my wings.
I am pregnant with my rainbow
baby after my
son was stillborn may last year and am so worried
about the emotions of meeting this
baby (hopeful I will) and how I will react with the memory and emotions of losing its brother.
Like the others have said, I'm in tears at reading this, not because your beautiful
son has downs, but the beautiful way you wrote
about it xx can't sign in as myself, but this is Emma, met you at clothing swap, and followed your blog, and know how much your
baby means to you, how beautiful your little pea is, and what a miracle to have him xx if the world was filled with more people like you, what a place it would be xx all the best for the duration if your pregnancy x love to you and your Mr, and of course your little pea xxx
I felt proud that I had been able to chip away at that stigma that
baby loss is still haunted by, that there would perhaps be less head - tilters and more people saying «Tell me more
about your
son...»
While I was very confident in my decision to co-sleep with my
son (it literally helped his newborn body regulate its temperature) I didn't want to hear
about the «dangers» of co-sleeping or some horrible story
about a
baby that died while co-sleeping.