Does being a mom now forever doom me to
\n being the last one to bed at night and the first one up? I
\n guess techically Lex is the first one awake, but I’m the first
\n one up. And then he goes back to sleep an hour later and I’m
\n still up. They don’t tell you this little tidbit in parenting
\n books. <\/p>\n
Speaking of tidbits, I was I find it amazing that with all we know Anyway, Lex is awake now and I Does being a mom now forever doom me to being the last one to bed at night and the first one up? I guess techically Lex is the first one awake, but I’m the first one up. And then he … Continue reading
\n reading an article the other day (Parents
\n magazine<\/a>) about pregnancy and babies around the
\n world. It actually wasn’t an article so much as a series of
\n photos and bullet points. For example, did you know that in
\n Norway employers are required by law to give new mothers 46
\n weeks of time off at full pay! Or 52 weeks at 80% pay. This
\n country requires 12 weeks and no pay. Go US. Also, Norwegian
\n mothers are allowed 2 hours off each day for breastfeeding.
\n Here we try to pump real quick in the bathroom before anyone
\n notices we’re gone for long. One the other side though, are
\n countries like Mali where 10% of women die from pregnancy or
\n childbirth and newborns are often fed sugar water, tea, or
\n urine because these are believed to have medical benefits. And
\n in parts of India it is believed that drinking a glass of water
\n that you’re mother-in-law has dipped her big to into will help
\n progress labor. Anyway, it’s a very interesting article. And it
\n got me thinking about misconceptions here in this country.<\/p>\n
\n in this country, you still get tons of conflicting information
\n from various sources (books, parenting magazines,
\n pediatricians, etc.) It’s no wonder people stress out about
\n pregnancy, birth, and parenting. Even basic things seem to be
\n in dispute. For example, most of what I’ve read says that a
\n babies eye color can change all the way through their toddler
\n years. Then I read in a magazine the other day that after 9
\n months the eye color will not change (yes, they said it quite
\n matter of factly). It seems silly that there would be conflict
\n about something that basic. Either there are cases of eye color
\n changing in toddler years or there aren’t. How hard is this.
\n Makes me question everything else they say too. Anyway, I guess
\n the secret to good parenting is to read what you can and make
\n your own decisions. Heck, that’s probably the secret to a good
\n life :)<\/p>\n
\n have pay some bills so we can go shopping today. Busy, busy
\n Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"