Sentences with phrase «time mothers early»

It attempts to identify young, poor, first - time mothers early in their pregnancy.

Not exact matches

My mother drummed into me from an early age that I should not spend much time regretting the past.

Over the summer, the football program started early and one of their teen members asked if there was any equipment available since his mother couldn't afford it at the time.

How many mothers like Erik's, in the time of the early church, became models of the great high priest, whose solidarity with us in all things human inspired bold witness and teaching of the paschal mystery?

In fact, by confusing Tradition with traditionalism and radically opposing the Scriptures to Tradition, much of the Christian wisdom Tradition, beginning with the writings of the early Church Fathers (& Mothers) and continuing even into modern time, the Protestant Reformers have cut much of the Western Church off from the ongoing Revelation of the Christian wisdom Tradition.

From the earliest times, Mary the mother of Jesus has held a prominent position in Christian Faith.

For the first time I understood in my heart the words of a friend spoken four years earlier when her mother died: «Somehow I feel I am next in line!»

As Erik Eckholm of The New York Times writes, «Homosexuality is caused, (conversion) therapists say, by a stifling of normal masculine development, often by distant fathers and overbearing mothers or by early sexual abuse.»

It is when we go back to work, start spending time away when they are still little, greatly decrease feedings or start to schedule feedings that we see our little ones weaning quite early and of course mothers actively weaning before toddler - hood for a variety of reasons.

This is available to both the mother and the father and can be taken any time within the first year of life — although the mother may have the option to start her leave early during pregnancy.

It greatly reduces the pain of labor and childbirth; frequently eliminates the need for drugs; reduces the need for caesarian surgery or other doctor - controlled birth interventions; and it also shortens birthing and recovery time, allowing for better and earlier bonding with the baby, which has been proven to be vital to the mother - child bond.

So I had a lot of time to think about exactly the type of mother I would be (extended breastfeeding, babywearing, etc) and the type of baby my child would be once I finally was blessed with one (a good baby, a good sleeper, an early milestone hitter).

A little earlier than I was referring but I think they just steadily improved practices of infant feeding over time because there was significant mortality associated with «artificial feeding,» though it was less the milk itself (my husband says they traditional gave goats milk to babies whose mothers couldn't feed them), than the practices associated with delivering non-human milk to infants (e.g., dirty bottle teats, spoiled milk).

The early years period is also the time when fathers, like mothers, are most child - focused: this is the period when parents of both sexes spend more time caring for and interacting with their children than they ever will again.

As early as 4 years old I was using watercolors, playing with my mother's fabric scarps and spending a lot of time outside looking at plants and day dreaming about creating something with all the natural color I saw.

It is tempting to stay up in the early months so that you can have time to yourself or with your partner, but it is very important to keep up on your rest so that you can be the best woman, partner, and mother you can be.

Lead author Valerie Flaherman, M.D., an assistant professor of pediatrics and epidemiology and biostatistics at UCSF, noted that early limited formula consumption can augment the benefits of breastfeeding and reduce the stress that a new mother may feel about breastfeeding her first child full time, Science Recorder reported.

Daughters raised by single mothers are more likely to engage in early sexual activity and become pregnant; their brothers are twice as likely to spend time in jail as their peers raised by married parents.

In the early weeks and months a post-partum doula can give you the space and time and advice you need to be the best mother you can be, to get to know your baby, to allow your friends and family to visit and you can let go of the need to «tidy up» before they arrive.

Research shows that when a mother breastfeeds early and often, an average of 9.9 times a day in the first two weeks, her milk production is greater, her infant gains more weight and she continues breastfeeding for a longer period.

Earlier this week I wrote about the timing of placing a baby for adoption — whether there was a better time for a pregnant woman to start considering a plan and about the choices that other expectant mothers had made in creating a plan of their own.

While the average age of first - time mothers and childbearing women in the United States has risen steadily over the past few decades, many women still become mothers in their early twenties.

Using frozen eggs from an earlier time in a woman's life can give her a greater chance of becoming a mother.

Daughters born to teen moms in inner - city Baltimore in the early 1960s were 3.6 times more likely to be on welfare than those with mothers older than 25, according to the study in this month's issue of the journal Pediatrics.

Beloved was sadly 2,100 miles away at the time (our son was a few days early), but my mother was Beloved's eyes and hands via speaker phone!

The mothers of early preterm babies have time in the hospital to learn, and the baby is stable by discharge.

The labour and birth unfold slowly and it's such an honour to support not just the woman in the birth of her first baby but also in actually becoming a mother for the first time... I like to see first time couples from very early on in pregnancy and I work closely with them all through their pregnancy helping to dismiss all the nonsense that most people think labour and birth is about and support them in preparing for what will actually happen.

If mothers get to leave early to take care of the kids, with plans to make up the time later, fathers should get the same concession.

Every mother and baby are different, so many times I find a mom who struggled with earlier babies goes on to easily produce milk and have a rewarding nursing experience with subsequent babies.

This time of learning how to parent is crucial not only to the success of breastfeeding but also to the mother - infant relationship, but the early weeks and months are often a time of relative social isolation.

In fact, by the time you come home from the hospital, according to this logic, the mother is supposed to be highly and hormonally attuned to «pre-crying cues:» «The early sounds of the cry have an attachment promoting quality, whereas the later sounds... may actually promote avoidance,» he writes.

As early as 1974 the Swedes recognised that endowing women (but not men) with substantial work - family benefits (universal affordable childcare, extensive well - paid maternity leave, part - time work for new mothers) was not going to deliver equality for women.

It is a difficult choice to make for most first time mothers as its hard to self assess what the different sensations of early labour mean about your progress and the length of time left until the labour gets more intense.

Indeed, it is crucial for first - time mothers to be aware of the early symptoms and signs.If you're planning for pregnancy, ewcm after ovulation will tell you the perfect time to do it with your other half.

After engagement (which usually happens earlier for first - time mothers), certain symptoms often arise which hint at approaching labour.

Missteps happen all the time even in the earliest months of life — as mother and baby learn each other's rhythms, and mothers become more adept at reading the cues to their baby's emotional and physical states.

Some more blog reaction to my article on character education in the New York Times Magazine, from Mothering 21 (a blog for parents of adult children who aren't quite sure if they're adults or children), Early Ed Watch, and the Evil HR Lady, who writes:

From the earliest time she can remember her mother and father had her involved in respectful communication, encouragement, and focusing on solutions.

Mothers» concerns that lead them to stop breastfeeding earlier than the recommended time may be related to their expectations of how infants are supposed to behave.

First time mothers weren't getting the information they needed, the type of information that would be passed down from woman to woman in early centuries.

Last time I checked, doctors are supposed to encourage mothers to breastfeed because they aren't in cahoots with the formula companies like they once were back in the early»70s.

Like many mothers of dedicated child ice skaters, Joanne Wingo is used to a grueling early morning routine to squeeze in ice time at the local rink.

I give it as a gift at baby showers for all first - time mothers I know, and I have had at least three women thank me many months later for the book that they, too, found so helpful during the early nursing months.

Although not directly comparable, our findings are in broad agreement with those from routine data in Scotland that have indicated a positive association between Baby Friendly accreditation, but not certification, and breastfeeding at 1 week of age.17 Our findings reinforce those of Coutinho and colleagues who reported that high exclusive breastfeeding rates achieved in Brazilian hospitals implementing staff training with the course content of the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative were short - lived and not sustained at home unless implemented in combination with post-natal home visits.35 Similarly in Italy, training of staff with an adapted version of the Baby Friendly course content resulted in high breastfeeding rates at discharge, with a rapid decrease in the days after leaving hospital.36 In contrast, a cluster randomized trial in Belarus (PROBIT) found an association between an intervention modelled on the Baby Friendly Initiative with an increased duration of breastfeeding37 an association also reported from an observational study in Germany.38 Mothers in Belarus stay in hospital post-partum for 6 — 7 days, and in Germany for 5 days, with post-natal support likely to be particularly important in countries where mothers stay in the hospital for a shorter time, with early discharge likely to limit the influence of a hospital - based intervMothers in Belarus stay in hospital post-partum for 6 — 7 days, and in Germany for 5 days, with post-natal support likely to be particularly important in countries where mothers stay in the hospital for a shorter time, with early discharge likely to limit the influence of a hospital - based intervmothers stay in the hospital for a shorter time, with early discharge likely to limit the influence of a hospital - based intervention.

In this period mothers need to recognize and respond to early infant feeding cues and confirm that the baby is being fed at least 8 times in each 24 hours.

A midwife should be selected early and mothers should meet with this professional several times to discuss her birthing plan and emergency back - up plan.

Employers can be supportive of working women by giving the mother time and a private area to express, or even better, allowing the baby to be with the mother at work in the early months.

Many mothers have reported that they had some form of intervention in the early stages of labor or to kickstart labor and the time that it takes to push out the baby is increased.

At the same time, we have also learned that FIB has continued its divisive crusade by launching a campaign that urges mothers to complain to hospitals and The Joint Commission about the early care they have received related to infant feeding.

I don't believe the emotions felt by mothers who don't breastfeed or who wean early are as simple as «guilt»: when we really examine mothers» feelings about things gone wrong, it is rarely guilt that they are expressing, especially about not breastfeeding or not breastfeeding as long or as completely as they would have liked to: well informed mothers who reach for the bottle after a struggle with breastfeeding know they have done the best they could with the resources they had at the time (health, energy, knowledge, support)-- these mothers may feel deeply sad and disappointed, they may be grieving, but guilt isn't an appropriate label for these overwhelming feelings of loss for themselves and their babies.