Sentences with phrase «works against your baby»

Being a parent is hard, and it is harder when you are working against the baby.

A lot of tension held in your body during labor usually works against your baby's efforts to be born.

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In the legislature, MLA Laurie Throness spoke against the universal child care plan, saying, «I find it strange that the government... ignores the cries of an infant leaving its parent, who has to go to work, and the sadness of a parent who would rather stay home with their new baby for a while.»

The Church is still against birth control, and has this idea in the complemantary gender role basically women should be quiet, pop babies and man should only lead in the Church and work.

They have to work against the gravity to move forward, and this strengthens the baby's muscles in the legs, hands, arms, shoulders, and trunk.

Passionate Journey: My Unexpected Life, by Marian Tompson, Just Released by Hale Publishing What does it take to change established childbirth practices, hospital procedures, infant nutrition standards, and cultural norms that work against the best interests of mothers and their babies?

What does it take to change established childbirth practices, hospital procedures, infant nutrition standards, and cultural norms that work against the best interests of mothers and their babies?

Working with their natural instincts rather than against them — by forcing them to relieve themselves into «wearable toilets» and sit in it for an average of three years — greatly strengthens the bonds of security and trust between you and your baby.

Four months ago when I returned to work as a fourth - year neurosurgery resident after having a baby, I knew the odds of continuing to breastfeed were against me.

For working mothers, breastfeeding is a friend, a constant ally against the anxiety that comes from having to leave their babies in someone else's care for most of the day, and wondering if they are good - enough mothers.

I'd second those who say use your own body as the best place for tummy time, whether that's lying on your back with baby on your belly or baby in a sling (although I think the former probably does a better job of teaching baby to work against gravity).

around midnight i began to question my decision to have a home birth, & maria was getting tired... she called in a second midwife for support & my doula arrived from another birth... i was afraid of the power - i hadn't felt it like this in kayenn's birth... i was afraid that i would come apart - even though i had to - i know now that coming apart is a part of the process... someplace in the middle of this birth i realized that i did not know how to do this - i was acting against the birth process - literally & emotionally... i had a mental idea of what it should look, sound, smell, be like... after some hours maria checked me again, i had been at 9 cm for 4 hours... she said to me, «some babies can come through at 9 cm, but yours will not, sokhna... sokhna, you are going to have to fight to bring this baby out... go into the bathroom, get in the shower & work it out... «so i did... i went in the cold bathroom alone & remembered every cold detail of kayenn's birth... i wondered if i could get to the hospital on time to have an emergency c - section & i began to cry... & as i cried i had to go to the bathroom - i sat on the toilet & the rushes came down like nothing i can explain - but they didn't hurt - it was just POWER!

I loved breastfeeding, when it worked, and just wanted a baby who cuddled against me and sucked, not this scrawny creature who screamed and screamed.

We monitor baby food companies, work for regulations to hold them to account and campaign against harmful practices, such as the Nestle boycott and DanoNO campaigns.

Could it be that procedures are now being recommended against a physician's better judgment, not because of what might be best for mother and baby, but because they are working under duress?

Nursing this way works against gravity, therefore slowing the flow of milk into baby's mouth.

Since infants less than 6 months of age can not get the flu shot (it won't work), antibodies against the flu are transferred to the baby from the mother before birth and through breast milk.

Work to inoculate your baby against disease begins in the delivery room, where he or she will be given Erythromycin eye ointment to protect the eyes against certain infections.

Being born is hard work and many babies take a while to feed effectively but offering skin to skin cuddles will help: strip your baby down to his nappy and hold him against your bare chest.

In the cradle carry baby has to work against gravity and turn the head at the same time should the airway be in a compromised position.

· Baby can't move head away from babywearer's body or clothing, too little to work against gravity with low muscle development — forced position

It is not the natural form of the spine called kyphosis, it is the fact that the heavy head is rolled with the baby's chin onto baby's chest, which kinks the airway and baby can not work against gravity to free himself from this potentially fatal situation.

You learn how you can work with your baby's needs and natural sleep patterns instead of trying to work against them.

Breast - fed babies are believed to have greater immunity against ear infections, respiratory infections and other common childhood ailments, and the less a baby is sick, the less likely a parent is to miss work, Connor said.

Sitting in the corner of a playpen works well because babies develop the reflexes to correct or stop forward and sideways falls before they're able to protect against backwards falls.

The white adds a great contrast against the dark walls and could have easily worked with any color story, style or even for a baby boy!

Working with your body, instead of against it, helps your body and your baby's get in proper alignment for the birth.

In the first months of life, babies use reflexes to move, push up, lift and turn the head, etc, however to do this babies need to work against gravity and this is where tummy time is vital.

A woman usually stayed home with her babies, but if she had to work in the field or somewhere, she took her baby wrapped against her in a sling, therefore, not interrupting the nursing, and not upsetting her hormone level.

Baby Milk Action and all IBFAN groups support the IBFAN - GIFA office in its work with the various human rights treaty bodies that meet in Geneva: the Committees on the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the Human Rights Council.

Your desire to keep your baby with you should be weighed against other realities, such as your mental health (taking breaks from your baby can be good for both of you), your need to bring in income through work, and your baby's need, over time, to learn to get along with others.

Parenting suggests working against gravity as your baby eats (and for a few minutes after a feeding) to see if that helps before assuming your baby needs medical attention for it.

The new reflux medication worked, as did my diet, and I felt like a weight had been lifted from my shoulders: no one was going to make me give my baby formula against my will.

Still, leaning the baby against your body only works in specific circumstances.

In some instances, our work has shown that immunity against TB is far more effective if acquired through the milk than if acquired through direct vaccination of the baby.

Avoid the popular products that have a timer - those will work against you as baby will wake up at that 45 minute mark and wonder where his music went.

We see how hard it is for teen parents in Baby College to abandon discipline - heavy parenting practices that work against making childhood a verbally rich experience filled with opportunities for exploration.

The Environmental Working Group links PTFE to «smaller birth weight and size in newborn babies, elevated cholesterol, abnormal thyroid hormone levels, liver inflammation and weakened immune defense against disease.»