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The Benefits of Breastfeeding
Did you know that the Liquid Gold flowing from your breasts is doing just as much to protect your health as it is your baby’s? That’s right, the benefits of breastfeeding are not exclusive to your baby. Breastfeeding is beneficial to your own health as well, and a recent focus on the long-term benefits of breastfeeding has added new value to the Good Ole Liquid Gold. Read more to learn the many ways that both you and your baby benefit from breastfeeding and how long these benefits last.
When Is the Right Time to Stop Breastfeeding?
The decision to stop breastfeeding is a very personal one. Each mother has a different breastfeeding experience, and her emotions surrounding breastfeeding will be just as unique. Some mothers have a clear idea of how long they want to breastfeed, and when they would like to stop, but for many mothers, it is not that simple or obvious. While there’s no recommended cut-off time for breastfeeding, however long you choose to breastfeed will be beneficial to both you and your baby. There are many things to take into consideration when choosing to wean your baby off the breast, including your own beliefs and feelings, the feelings and needs of your child, and dare I say it, sometimes the unwelcome opinions of others.
How To Turn Anger into Passion
Getting angry is a natural response and one of the most basic human emotions. It is an intense experience that gives you a big energy boost to change whatever is agitating you. However, if you let anger take control of yourself, it can lead to inappropriate or harmful reactions that can damage you and those around you.
What Can Babies See?
It is always a joy to see a baby. Having a baby gives light to a room and a smile to people's faces. But have you ever wondered what babies can see? When do they start to see our smiles? Even before your baby learns to sit, crawl, walk or talk, your baby’s eyes are already silently observing and absorbing information about the surroundings. In this article, you will find out how your babies develop their vision, when babies start to see, how their vision develops, and how to bond with your babies with their vision development in mind.
Done is Better Than Perfect
Perfectionism, as defined in psychology, is the desire to be without any flaws or to achieve exceedingly high standards in everything you set out to do. At a first glance, it should be a positive characteristic, shouldn’t it?
Imposter Syndrome
Have you ever felt as if you didn’t belong or that you didn’t deserve your job title and accomplishments? Perhaps you secretly worry that your friends and colleagues may discover that you’re a fraud and that all your success was due to luck or other external factors. If so, you may be struggling with imposter syndrome, a phenomenon that affects up to 70% of people at some point in their careers.
How Does Vitamin D Deficiency Affect Development?
Vitamin D is an essential nutrient for our health, as it helps regulate the absorption of calcium and phosphate in our bodies. It is needed to grow strong bones, muscles, and teeth. Its deficiency is associated with different health issues. The consequences of vitamin D deficiency in infancy usually appear as seizures caused by too low blood calcium, difficulty breathing, and rickets, a condition that affects bone development in children and causes bone pain, poor growth, and soft, weak bones that can lead to bone deformities.
How does Meditation Improve Sleep?
We all know the impact that a night of poor sleep has on our daily performance. That is why insomnia and other sleep disorders mean a real threat to our well-being and can aggravate stressful situations. Sleeping problems are common during pregnancy and postpartum, which can lead to great discomfort and stress. Meditation has been associated with positive changes in sleep patterns and has been proven a solid alternative to traditional insomnia treatments.
Why New Moms Are Not OK
Being a new mom hard because there is nothing out there that can truly prepare you for what you are about to experience. The transformation from being a young adult to a young parent is one of the most difficult challenges of our lifetime.
Parenting During A Pandemic
There are many ways to sum up the pandemonium that was the year 2020, but top of the list is “change”. It changed the way we think about the world, the way we feel about others, the way we work, and most importantly the way we parent. For those of us who usually wake up, put on our business hats (suits), and drive a few miles to our office, one of the biggest upsets was the transference to teleworking. It effectively fused those two different facets, our work life, and our home and parenting life, into one very messy and muddled blend of benefits and challenges alike.
Job-Person Fit – Why it’s Important to Experience Positive Emotions at Work
Research shows that negative emotions such as fear, anxiety, and stress take a toll on our bodies and minds; and that positive emotions are linked to better outcomes at home and at work. As a result, corporate wellness programs are becoming more focused on enhancing positivity in the workplace to improve employee well-being and productivity.
Putting the Cap on Cradle Cap
Cradle cap is a self-limiting disease, meaning it resolves on its own. However, because it is a chronic inflammatory disease, it might take some time for the condition to improve and disappear. For some babies, it can last months or up to a year.
What Does It Mean to Be a Mother?
At first glance this seems like a fairly straightforward and even rhetorical question. Defining motherhood is easy – it’s simply bearing children and then nurturing them to become adults, right? As a mother myself, I think most of us would beg to differ. Many mothers would say that it’s the hardest, most stressful, and unrelenting job in the world, but also the most rewarding.
Why Self-Compassion Is the Key to Success
Having a lot of confidence in yourself (in other words, having high self-esteem) has a lot of benefits to your own well-being, of course, but it doesn’t necessarily help in personal growth or learning. Breines and Chen point out in their article that some previous studies show how self-enhancement might lead to inflated self-evaluations that, in turn, lead to greater defensiveness, lower resilience, and poorer academic results.
Meditation and Sleep
The daytime sleepiness and grogginess that ensues after a bad night’s sleep can leave you feeling depleted and unproductive, and it may even harm your health. Researchers have become increasingly drawn to the potential of mindfulness meditation as a treatment for various sleep issues. Furthermore, meditation is an easy-to-implement and affordable intervention for those who cannot access other types of sleep therapy or medications.
Postpartum Body Changes
When you’re pregnant, it seems as if all you’re focused on is making sure that your baby is healthy, and is growing according to all the expected milestones. However, your body has also gone through an enormous transformation during pregnancy and after delivery, but your health often gets put on the backburner as you worry about caring for your new baby and trying to navigate life on very little sleep. Many women struggle postpartum because they feel so unprepared to deal with all the new changes to their physicality, and end up anxious, depressed, and overwhelmed.
The Power of Self-Awareness
One of the most important qualities that separate human beings from animals is our ability to introspect and take on perspectives outside our own. It is based on the notion that we are not our thoughts; that we are thinkers able to observe and witness the machinations of our minds. As a result, it provides valuable feedback on how we act and how we treat others. Research shows that when we see ourselves more clearly, we are more confident, make better decisions, and communicate more effectively. We also become better leaders, have higher levels of job satisfaction, and can manage our emotions better.
Sunken Fontanelle
Your baby’s body is constantly growing and changing, and as they grow some structures will change or disappear completely. There are a few body parts that are only present in the first few months of their life. One of these structures is the fontanelle. This article will outline what the fontanelles are, why they are present and when they go away.
When Do Baby Teeth Come In?
It often seems that parents prepare for their little one’s first teeth from the moment their children are born. It’s common to see baby registries with requests for teething gels, teethers, and cute little toothbrushes. In fact, the first tooth is often a celebrated milestone for many parents. This poses the question, when do baby teeth come in? Can one be too early or too late in getting their teeth?
Your Baby At Six Months Old
At six months old, your baby is halfway to her first birthday, and she will be very interested in the world around her. Soon you won’t be able to contain her in one space, secure that she will stay put, because crawling is around the corner. This is also the month that you will start her on solid foods, if you haven’t done so already, and will also be the month that she will start to sit unsupported.