Seriously, even without telling my mom she may initiate it on her own, that's
just the kind of mom / grandma she is.
I'm a writer with a very flexible schedule —
just the kind of mom whose work time gets bitten into when a child care crisis arises.
Not exact matches
«Certainly working
moms are
kind of the most visible, but it's a misconception that that's the only audience that's interested... Both working
moms and dads, and also people with health issues, or who are [taking care
of] people with health issues, people who live in rural or locally depressed economies, military spouses, people who want to travel, and certainly millennials «-- are
just some
of the categories
of people seeking job flexibility.
@CP: before the age
of 24 I buried my
Mom and 2 children... tragedy didn't make me believe then and it certainly won't make me believe now... if anything those tragedies made me question what
kind of an evil monster god really is if he allows 3 innocent people to die horrible deaths (my
Mom was an avid believer and went to her grave believing she was going to be with god... it was a comfort for her and eased her mind... I
just don't see it as a necessity)
There's one park nearby which is
kind of the «hippie» park, and that's where I find the
moms who are more prone to talk to me and not
just ask how old he is, what potty training issues we've had, or other «parent shield» questions that allow us to chat without ever actually talking.
I
just told to my
mom do this
kind of food... Thanks
Now this is a perfect breakfast in a snap and now I'm craving some blueberry muffins... my favorite
kind < 3 That was another thing my
mom would make besides banana bread, from a mix
of just add water.
Basically, my
mom has decided to
just avoid those
kinds of food, rather than look for very expensive sugar - free replacements.
An angry
mom wanting to protect this young boy from bullying and tell him that everything will be alright, to hold his head high, and to keep baking because if it makes him happy, then
just do it, and someday he
just might be famous, and own his own Patisserie, and I want to make pumpkin baklava when I get home
kind of mood.
Hey Motrin, here's a clue, we
moms who baby wear might
just be the
kind of moms who pay enough attention to our babies to know when they might need some fever reducers.
SHELLY STEELY: Yeah we used the dresser it was my
mom's dresser only they're not from when she was growing up I mean in the seventies and her grandpa had her paint them orange because that paint was on sale so horrible bright orange color and I think there was two
of them and I think at one point my brother painted one black but the other one was
just sitting in the closet and so we took it out and repainted it
kind of a bright blue.
SUNNY GAULT: Trisa, I think it's so important that you were able to recognize what the whole pumping situation that that was
just too much for you because I think
just it's
just weird in our brain says
moms that we've got to
kind of do it all, and you can't.
You know, it was intimidating to
just it's
kind of like a blind date for
moms.
And I would
just kind of hang back, and all the
moms were saying things like, «Everything is great.
It feel more like, it almost feel natural, you know, like... So I would tell single
moms that have to return to work and they feel like they're deciding whether to pump or
just provide breastmilk when they're with their babies that whatever you feels right in your heart, that's what usually helps, you know,
kind of the process flow without any added stress because like one
of the
moms mentioned here on the show.
Again, it is not in an official certification
kind of program, but it is
just a quick thing that
moms could know right off the bat we are making decisions like where our children should spend their days while we go back to work and so, wanted to get take on this.
Some
moms will actually come in and
just kind of press down, and then other
moms will come in and actually use the type
of compression that you see here.
Whether you are a dedicated vegan or
just a meatless Monday
kind of mom, like me, Chicago Diner could hit the spot for your whole crew.
CATHERINE: And so I do, so I've been doing this weekly series called The Momma Interviews, and so it's been
kind of fun
just to get you know, advice and um, support from other
moms, you know»cause I think a lot
of times we're in this by ourselves or we're the only ones that feel a certain way, so what would you say um, so one
of the questions I ask is, what do you feel is your greatest personal struggle with the experience
of motherhood.
Even though it may be easier to
just do everything yourself, and indeed, our culture still encourages
moms to think that they should be able to do it all, so there is a level
of responsibility and personal pride that comes along with not needing your partner to help at all (and guilt if you don't do it all), that
kind of attitude only serves to speed up your own burn - out and to hinder your partner from being an equal parent.
I think that's why I thought that the elderly women was a
mom like to cut, I mean you
moms know this like you know, how often do you have to cut your kids food everyday it was
just like I don't know
just kind of, I don't know
just really sweet and very motherly I thought which was so beautiful about all this, Moon what did you think?
SUNNY GAULT: Yeah, yeah and think there is some
just support there on another mommy even though she is a lot older, I am assuming that this elderly women you know, is a
mom and you know
just kind of wanted to help out a fellow
mom so really nice bridging that, that generation gap even right there.
Okay when we come back we're going to explore some
of the challenges we've been talking about our success and everything which is awesome but we want to
kind of dive into some
of the challenges that we have faced and how we overcame them perhaps we are still working through some
of this and we also are going to share what advice we have for
moms out there that are
just now getting into it in the beginning so we'll be right back.
A
mom that's lucky enough or the situation is that she can
kind of feed on demand and
just needs to pump every once in a while if the baby is not there, or sleeping, or whatever, you know, can get away with
just a manual pump.
Dr. Nick Capetanakis: Yeah, usually about those 2 hours guests are
kind of minimized you
just one to make sure
moms blood pressure is doing fine and her bleeding is doing ok, the baby is transitioning ok.
First time
moms - we're
kind of going through enough; we're trying to get our bodies back, and hormones and temperature elevated and regulated, and
just to figure out what you need in a diaper bag to get out the house.
Because you don't want necessarily
mom reaching into the operating field because you
kind of get a little bit disconnected and your hands can go into the sterile environment so it's very important to have control
of those hands but you don't necessarily need them strapped down, you can
just remind
mom that her hands, you know needs to be on her chest and so she can hold her baby and feel his or her breath and warmth and touch, so...
Dr. Nick Capetanakis: Sure, you can drop the sterile drape from the front and
just enough so that
mom can see, you know the anesthesiologist grabs it from the non sterile side and he or she, you know drops the drape
just enough so that
mom can look over, see the birth
of her child and again we wait till the head is delivered and then
mom can then watch the rest
of the body you know like
kind of being delivered so she is not necessarily seeing anything.
So she literally,
of course she asked and stuff but she helped the
mom but cutting up her food so the
mom didn't have to put the baby down, you know and stop with the breastfeeding because you then the baby goes crazy and stuff like that and so she literally help cut her food which I
just thought was
just the most heartwarming thing
just because it was
just so different then you know,
kind of what was going on in the
moms head.
HOPE LIEN: We did stay in the hospital, it was a very small hospital but the staff there was extremely accommodating and they
kind of were able to give us like our own little space and so we were
kind of go back and forth between rooms and the baby would go back and forth between us and then yeah and we would also spend a lot
of time with our birth
mom and it was
just it was a really memorable experience for sure.
They feel a little bit bad when they see these photos, it's
kind of a reminder
of them, as quote unquote this article talks about failing as a
mom, failing their child, I'm
just wondering what you guys» take is take is on this.
I was always
kind of interested in it but working full time and being a new
mom I
just didn't pursue it.
Did you know that you can mix pureed squash into
just about any
kind of cheesy - tomato combination and instantly feel like a better
mom?
CHRISTINE STEWART - FITZGERALD: Well you know talking about the sort
of the delivery actually
kind of taking a step back when
moms are you know
just arriving getting at the hospital from the
kind of the point
of active labor, how do you approach the delivery process?
I see a lot
of women who continue to have overactive letdown and so babies starts nursing a little bit less like they switch either having solid or
kind of more than natural weaning process but until that point as baby is nursing a lot I do tend to feel a lot
moms continue to have an overactive letdown and it's not so much that that goes away, it's
just that
mom and baby are better at handling it, so it's not a big
of a problem
In the event that there is an emergency which requires a Cesarean delivery, an obstetrician must step in and take over, but both
kinds of midwives typically accompany
Mom throughout the delivery — they
just don't tend to her medically.
KRISTINA CHAMBERLAIN: Well sometimes
moms will deal with it more in the first couple
of months
just while their bodies and babies and still you know figuring out what's the supply and demand is, so, a lot
of times after the baby's hit you know the 2 or 3 months mark that starts to get better
just because again
moms and babies bodies are you know dancing together a little bit better they're getting more in to rhythm, so sometimes that the time and then in itself will
kind of resolve it as baby gets bigger and
kind of figures that out but if after the 2 months mark it's still an issue when it's making nursing hard for
mom and baby I would say then start doing some
of the things that we talked about to be a little bit more assertively treating it
Other
moms are more comfortable during a laid back position where a
mom is leaning back and baby is on top
of her body
kind of faced down into the breast so both
of these were a baby is in more control
of that flow, that heavy flow but also the forceful letdown that somebody had mentioned that helps and
just a have a little bit more control
of it so they can coordinate their suck, swallow and breathe pattern a little bit better too
I think part
of it too is... And this is in general, my husband and
mom are
just kind of in awe about how the whole process works and how all I have to do is lift up my shirt and two babies
just come charging at me.
definitely, our
moms were told by their pediatricians and their obstetricians, that formula was
just as equally beneficial as breast milk and that's
kind of what they knew at the time and so, you know, we can't hold it against our
moms at all, but, you know, I know my
mom for example, breastfed me till I was six weeks old and then was told by her..., by my pediatrician that she was killing me because I had a lot
of gas and stuff like that, so I was immediately taken off breast milk and given formula.
KRISTINA CHAMBERLAIN: So,
moms could also try to stay like they needed to still pump a little bit
just to get their nipples to evert and
kind of being more elongated for babies.
The
kind of mother that when her kid says «I want to be
just like
mom» that adds up to a wonderful thing to be.
Frankly, doing a search on the internet for «work from home» jobs
just doesn't bring in the
kind of results that most
moms are looking for.
Moms of boys, and especially moms of just boys, know there's something kind of strange that happens when you're surrounded by little du
Moms of boys, and especially
moms of just boys, know there's something kind of strange that happens when you're surrounded by little du
moms of just boys, know there's something
kind of strange that happens when you're surrounded by little dudes.
Well you know it's better to be face to face because you're going out in public and you know to be those people in which other breastfeeding
moms that
of kind of empowerment I think when is
just unbreakable.
She's a Toronto - based designer and is working on all
kinds of great bags (not
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moms.
My postpartum depression actually manifests more as anxiety and what I found, my medication has not been sufficient in helping with that sleep is key and everyone will tell you that and it
kind of feel validated sometimes when I tell other
moms, yeah I
just really need to sleep like «oh, honey everyone does» and you'll get used to functioning on you know little sleep.
And I think
of course, you know, if you are going to breastfeed another woman's baby, you don't
just want to
kind of pop the
mom the boob without having spoken to them about it first, I think, it is definitely something you want to have a conversation about before it happens.
Heidi Runge: I am
just kind of accepting that you know maybe you can't be a full - time
mom breastfeeding but that's okay.
CHELSEA POWELL: For me I think I
kind of found it through two different ways and the we took a like a you know a class for our birth and the other couples in the class the other
moms in the group where
just people that were we were all similar in age and
just you know it was all our first kids and
kind of similar life paths and what we were how we were wanting to like birth our children and we
kind of raise them.