Re: Preterm and low weight births rise again in the US
A colicky infant
When I had my two daughters, four and a half years apart, my neighbours in the block of units where we lived commented that my babies never cried. The answer is simple; I carried them in my arms (or a papoose on my body) constantly and they also slept with me during the night. My husband slept in another room in his own bed. Of course, I also had the benefit of six months parental leave on full pay with the first baby, and one year parental leave (8 months on full pay and the rest on 3/4 of my pay) with my second baby. My working duty at the university was 22 hours per week and when I lectured after I returned back to work after my parental leave, I had help from my elderly unmarried aunt who then came to our place to look after the children; I still told my boss that I am taking my microscope to work with it at home and while I worked my children toddled around or one at a time slept on my chair behind my back when I was sitting. They remembered that I always said yes to everything and in the wrong places.
Since they were so many years apart, one started her kindergarten at about 2 and a half years and it was just round the corner.
There was no reason for them to cry. And by the way when they were sick the doctors prescribed vitamin C and vitamin b complex with antibiotics and no antipyretics.
Gee, it sounds like Utopia. Well, it was. That world, sadly, doesn’t exist any more.
By the way my cats now sleep with me and are just like babies. Crawling all over me. They don’t cry either. One was born with congenital cataract in his right eye; I control it successfuly with sodium ascorbate administered orally several times per day. The vet agrees.
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Re: Preterm and low weight births rise again in the US
A colicky infant
When I had my two daughters, four and a half years apart, my neighbours in the block of units where we lived commented that my babies never cried. The answer is simple; I carried them in my arms (or a papoose on my body) constantly and they also slept with me during the night. My husband slept in another room in his own bed. Of course, I also had the benefit of six months parental leave on full pay with the first baby, and one year parental leave (8 months on full pay and the rest on 3/4 of my pay) with my second baby. My working duty at the university was 22 hours per week and when I lectured after I returned back to work after my parental leave, I had help from my elderly unmarried aunt who then came to our place to look after the children; I still told my boss that I am taking my microscope to work with it at home and while I worked my children toddled around or one at a time slept on my chair behind my back when I was sitting. They remembered that I always said yes to everything and in the wrong places.
Since they were so many years apart, one started her kindergarten at about 2 and a half years and it was just round the corner.
There was no reason for them to cry. And by the way when they were sick the doctors prescribed vitamin C and vitamin b complex with antibiotics and no antipyretics.
Gee, it sounds like Utopia. Well, it was. That world, sadly, doesn’t exist any more.
By the way my cats now sleep with me and are just like babies. Crawling all over me. They don’t cry either. One was born with congenital cataract in his right eye; I control it successfuly with sodium ascorbate administered orally several times per day. The vet agrees.
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