This is a good article about depression that affects women who are pregnant or trying to get pregnant.
Sometimes the signs are so subtle that women feel that their feelings are just related to hormonal changes due to pregnancy...this may or may not be true. In any case depression can be debilitating and can get worse if not treated. It does not always require medication.
Depression can be controlled through medications, diet, exercise and with therapy depending on the type of depression and the seriousness of it. The important thing is to recognize it and get good help.
Check out the link below from the March of Dimes dedicated to the health of children.
www.marchofdimes.com/pnhec/188_15663.asp
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Baby and Toddler Nutrition – Rules for Feeding Children
"This is a good web link for baby nutrition...and starting solid food."
Feeling overwhelmed by what you need to feed your newborn, infant, or toddler? Our pediatrician has taken the guesswork out of child nutrition!
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Toddler Development in Weeks 79 and 80: The Effects of Emotional Eavesdropping - Your Clever Toddler
"This is a wonderful article on toddler's learning from eavesdropping on what is going on around them! Don't forget to set your clocks ahead tonight!!!"
Even when your child isn't being addressed directly, he's absorbing information from the conversations around him. Learn why that's helpful (but a little tricky) around now.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Anxiously awaiting the birth of a grandchild!
I recently read a comment from a grandmother who was so anxious to become a grandmother that it was somewhat overwhelming to her. She was a woman in her early 50's who had been forced to retire due to an injury and now this grandchild was all important to her.
I began to wonder if this is a common phenomenon with grandmothers and their first grandchild. Is it peculiar to grandchildren born to daughters rather than to daughter-in-laws. Do we mistakenly refer to ourselves as "mama" sometimes, when alone and talking to our grandchild? If so why is this? Is it role confusion as we adjust to actually being a grandmother.
How does it feel when we first see our grandchild? How do we make the adjustment to being a grandmother when it seems like only yesterday we were holding our own child who has now just had her own baby.
Our children are always our children so how do we suddenly deal with the role of grandparent particularly grandmother? Is it difficult for some more than others? How is it for those grandparents who become the primary caregivers of the grandchildren for whatever reason?
On the flip side of this experience how do grandparents for whatever reason not develop a relationship with their grandchild? How do they stay away by their own choice. As parents themselves how can they deny their grandchild this relationship, what kind of parent were they and what kind of parent will their child be with them as parenting models? It seems to me that as parents we must model parenting skills for our own children and that includes being a good grandparent to our grandchildren. It is a belief of mine that grandparents must make the effort to stay in touch with their grandchildren and not expect their children to always be bringing the grandchildren for a visit and initiating contact. Children need family connections in their lives and in our adult wisdom we should try our hardest to provide this with no strings attached.
Try to balance parenting with grandparenting by remembering to not confuse the roles and by always respecting our grandchild's parents and their wishes.
I began to wonder if this is a common phenomenon with grandmothers and their first grandchild. Is it peculiar to grandchildren born to daughters rather than to daughter-in-laws. Do we mistakenly refer to ourselves as "mama" sometimes, when alone and talking to our grandchild? If so why is this? Is it role confusion as we adjust to actually being a grandmother.
How does it feel when we first see our grandchild? How do we make the adjustment to being a grandmother when it seems like only yesterday we were holding our own child who has now just had her own baby.
Our children are always our children so how do we suddenly deal with the role of grandparent particularly grandmother? Is it difficult for some more than others? How is it for those grandparents who become the primary caregivers of the grandchildren for whatever reason?
On the flip side of this experience how do grandparents for whatever reason not develop a relationship with their grandchild? How do they stay away by their own choice. As parents themselves how can they deny their grandchild this relationship, what kind of parent were they and what kind of parent will their child be with them as parenting models? It seems to me that as parents we must model parenting skills for our own children and that includes being a good grandparent to our grandchildren. It is a belief of mine that grandparents must make the effort to stay in touch with their grandchildren and not expect their children to always be bringing the grandchildren for a visit and initiating contact. Children need family connections in their lives and in our adult wisdom we should try our hardest to provide this with no strings attached.
Try to balance parenting with grandparenting by remembering to not confuse the roles and by always respecting our grandchild's parents and their wishes.
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