No woman approaches motherhood completely confident and there are many concerns that can be a worry as the big day approaches. The truth is that most of these can be easily explained and approached, and a number of popular myths surrounding babies can be quickly dispelled.
Having a baby should be a thing of joy to all new mothers and while some things are obvious worries others can be unnecessarily troublesome. Let’s have a look at a few of the more commonly held myths that go hand in hand with impending motherhood.
1: A baby only cries when it is distressed
This is perhaps the most widely held myth that concerns babies and can easily be explained away: while babies do cry if they are distressed or upset, they also do so for a number of other reasons.
It has to be remembered that crying is the baby’s only audible method of communicating – a bay has yet to develop the power of speech and uses crying as a form of contact in many different instances.
The baby may be telling you that it is hungry, or maybe that it is in need of changing, but the baby may simply be concerned as to the whereabouts of its mother and looking for reassurance that she is nearby. It will not take long for a mother to appreciate different types of cry as meaning different things, and this will come naturally with experience. Before long mother will know when baby is distressed or simply telling her he wants her.
A baby will not cry unnecessarily so if it becomes frequent and out of character it may be worthwhile seeking advice. There are also a number of ebooks and other advice available that explain the situation and offer good tips.
Baby must always be wrapped up when outdoors
Many new mothers are naturally overprotective of their newborn baby, but care must be taken to ensure that a baby is not too hot in warm weather. Wrapping a baby up against the cold is a sensible move but overdoing things in warmer times may cause undue distress to the baby, just as it would for us.
It is wise to make sure baby has a good pram or buggy in which to travel – one with plenty space and comfort and with adequate protection from rain and wind – and that suitable shade is available in sunlight.
It is not, however, necessary for baby to be wrapped up as tightly in winter as in summer – common sense will help make the decision.
Other tips for new mums
Motherhood is a complex time of life and there are many different aspects to be covered – too many, in fact, to be attended to in a short article such as this. However there are numerous books – and in particular a number of very good ebooks – available that will help the new mother to negotiate the minefield that is mother and baby life, and offer some good advice across a variety of different aspects.
There is advice available on babies and sleeping for instance – different babies will have different sleep patterns but all will sleep regularly if helped into a routine at an early age – and there is much to be learnt about how to comfort baby when it is distressed or uncomfortable.
Advice on what to feed to you baby, and more importantly what not to, is readily available in a number of places and is worth reading as there are many different ways of treating baby to a good meal.
Further advice covers how to hold baby – a common fear of mothers to be is that they will drop their child, although this is an extremely rare occurrence – and how to change the diaper with little distress to the child, and much more can be learned from reading all the available material and asking the advice of professionals.
Mark Crockrum http://www.baby-assistance.info
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