Parenting
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5 Things You Need to Understand About Sleep (That Are Important for You and Your New Baby)
While there are still a lot of unknowns about sleep, your body does need it It may surprise you that scientists know very little about sleep. For example, there is still no agreement as to why exactly humans need sleep. Science also has very little explanation about dreams and what happens in your brain while you sleep. It doesn’t know why people have dreams, why we have them when we have them and what they mean. The connection between the subconscious and conscious is also a part of science that has more unknowns than knowns. However, what is important and what the science does know is that people do need…
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5 Stages of Sleep and Understanding Your Baby’s Sleep Patterns
Synchronization of the schedule of adults with their newborn baby’s sleep cycles is one of the biggest issues for new parents. When you know more about sleep and what happens during sleep, you will have an easier time both putting your baby to sleep and understanding what is happening with your baby. From this article, you will learn about five stages of sleep and what happens during each stage. The border between being awake and being asleep This is the stage when both adults and babies are falling asleep. You are not sleeping yet, but you aren’t fully awake and conscious either. This stage of sleep is shorter than…
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Couple With Inadequate IQ Scores Get Children Taken Into Custody
An Oregon couple has lost custody of their two children because both were designated ‘not intelligent enough’ to care for them safely or properly. Amy Fabbrini, 31, and Eric Ziegler, 38, are currently locked in a custody battle for their two young children, who have been taken away from them by social services. The parents’ four-year heartbreak comes after they were dubbed ‘intellectually incapable’ of raising their children by The Department of Human Services in Redmond, Oregon. Facebook/Amy Fabbrini The couple’s second child, Hunter, was acquired and fostered straight out of hospital. This came years after Fabbrini admitted she was unaware she was pregnant when she grew far into her…
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How To Deal With Stubborn Kids
Unscrupulously, kids are naturally born with their little mischief, numerous petty mistakes, and most adorable faces. There is no denying the reality that some parents are bestowed with the stubborn creatures who dance on their nerves almost all the time. Have you got a real package of an adamant kid in your lap? Are you consistently in a worry for your little devil? Is the stubbornness pushing you in the condition of hysteria? No need to unnecessarily fretting. Let’s ponder over the following suggestions on how to efficiently deal with the stubborn kids in your house: – Not All Their Wishes Can Be Fulfilled: Your children should know that their…
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Disagreeing Over This One Parenting Topic May Lead to Divorce
We all know you lose plenty of sleep when you first become a parent. Losing sleep can lower attentiveness, stunt reaction time, and shorten your temper, but as it turns out, just the topic of sleep can prove to be a major marital issue. A new study from Penn State has found that disagreement between spouses over their children’s bedtime can lead to major tension, and potentially divorce. Researchers posed questions to 167 mothers and 155 fathers about checking up on their child during the night at one month, three months, six months, nine months, and then 12 months. The study found that mothers with stronger beliefs about regularly tending to…
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How to Stay in Touch With Friends Who Don’t Have Kids
This article was originally published on momminghard.com. Leading up to the birth of your baby, there are lots of things to plan for and worry about. The last thing on your mind is how a new baby is going to change your relationships with friends who don’t have babies. Whether you are the first to pop or some of your friends just aren’t kid-ready, it can be challenging trying to maintain your friendship. If we are lucky, life throws us a friend who will be there with us through thick and thin. These friends are hard to come by and your friendship seems to conquer any adversity. Except, when one…
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The Fine Balance Between Marriage and Children
Having children changes the entire dynamic of your house. As much as we love our little bundles of joy, they take over and demand so much from us as parents that we may sometimes forget to be a couple. The memories of the times we had before becoming parents are distant, and we begin to live past each other instead of with each other. But good parenting means putting your marriage first sometimes. Here is some advice for couples who are feeling the strain of balancing their marriage and having children: Date night It sounds like some romantic fantasy: dressing up and going out to eat dinner in a…
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10 Memes That Only Moms Will Understand
#1 Funny Mom memes #2 How to get baby to sleep. #3 The proudest moment being a Mom. #4 Funny Mom takes kid to Disneyland. #5 Mom encourage daughter to take a photo with her crush. #6 The bad example being a Mom, when your kid is in an accident. #7 Enjoy those 940 Saturdays before your kid leaving for college. #8 Being a parent: Expectations vs. Reality #9 Walk your kids on the street #10 When you kid has sleeping issues.
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33 Dads Prove that Parenting is Not That Bad
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It’s True – Husbands Stress Their Wives Out More Than Their Children Do
Many of us have more than once looked across a room at our husbands and realized that they’re like an extra child we need to care for. In this aspect, they add more stress to our lives. And the verdict is in that proves this to be true. A huge survey by Today confirms what we all knew deep down: our husbands are a greater source of stress than our children. 7,000 American mothers were surveyed on the matter. 46% of them said that they found their husbands give them more stress than their children. One of the things they noted as causing their stress is that they view their…