Author: Willie Mancuso

Golden Tips From Young Mothers For Young Mothers (And Fathers)

You will undoubtedly be overloaded with (unsolicited) advice and many people will say the same baby journey, but remember that advice whatever you read below, it will save you a lot of “If I had known” moments!

Maternity visit (we keep repeating it!).

How nice it is that your best friends come over or your mother-in-law for the 5th time in 2 days. Limit maternity visits for the first 2 weeks because it is also very cozy but also very tiring, especially if you still feed every 2 hours and therefore also at night https://www.babyjourney.. Your child also needs a lot of rest, from lap to lap, is not really the rest that is meant by that and can easily over-stimulate your child. And Daphne wants to write a trilogy about over-stimulated babies! An even better idea is a baby shower! Nice and hip and delicious all at once! Preferably somewhere on location so that you are not left with the mess afterwards.

Follow your gut, not the books.

Do not simply copy everything from the books or the internet. Every child is different, and so is their development. Listen to your feeling, if you think something is wrong then follow this feeling. Parents often unconsciously know more than they think.

Enjoy it; before you know it will be big!

To enjoy? How am I supposed to enjoy a baby who just cries, is awake all night and sleeps when we are by definition awake? And yet it is true. Now that I am a mother for the second time, I hold on to certain things much longer than with the first. Let the second one be nice and long baby, it is all going so fast. Before you know it, you’ll be waving them goodbye in kindergarten!

The pink cloud is a fabrication! Don’t feel guilty if you don’t experience it.

It is a trick, a trap, to recruit new young mothers to a crafty sect called “parents” and recruit them all the time! That you enjoy your child is of course wonderful, but if you do not have that feeling at all after delivery, there is really nothing wrong with you. In addition to the well-known maternity tears, which almost all women experience, there are many young mothers who find motherhood very difficult, do not have a direct bond with their baby, and completely lose themselves in the situation where they feel they are being lived. You don’t read this in all those sugary Baby Bibles and Daphne Deckers Literature.

Allow each other to sleep.

With a little bad luck you develop chronic sleep deprivation (also called cumulative fatigue as my partner always calls it so dignified). If you do not breastfeed (or at least not at night) then alternate at night. Let the other sleep with earplugs or if necessary, in extreme cases, in a different room (if the baby is sleeping in your room) so that only one of you has to get out that night for the little one and the other can enjoy a few hours of non- stop sleeping.…

When a boy begins puberty earlier than normal, the condition is known as precocious puberty. But as a parent, you may wonder if your child really has precocious puberty or is just going through normal puberty but earlier than usual. It is necessary to distinguish between precocious puberty and normal puberty in order to differentiate if your child is in one or the other.

The distinction between precocious puberty and normal puberty usually comes down to the age of onset. Puberty in girls is considered to be earlier than normal when they develop breasts between the ages of 8 and 10. For boys, puberty appears earlier than normal when the testicles develop between the ages of 9 and 12. In these cases, the bone age will coincide with the chronological age.

True precocious puberty occurs when boys show signs of puberty before age 8 in girls and by age 9 in boys. In these cases, X-rays could reveal advanced bone age.

Signs that your child is in puberty

When a boy or girl reaches puberty there are some changes in the body that often have parents concerned about precocious puberty. For example, many obese boys may start to have stronger body odor or grow pubic hair early. But normally a precocious puberty does not usually negatively influence the development of the child.

Menstruation in girls can also be a sign of precocious puberty. This is because menstruation occurs about two years after the breasts begin to appear. On the other hand, if a boy is growing faster and faster than other boys his age, it could also be a sign of precocious puberty rather than normal puberty. But to know if it really is precocious puberty, the doctor should send an x-ray test to check the bone size of the boy or girl.

Types of precocious puberty

There are two types of precocious puberty: central and peripheral. Differentiating it through medical tests is essential to be able to determine the type of treatment in case it is necessary.

Central precocious puberty

Central precocious puberty occurs when the gland in the brain that makes hormones is out of control for some reason. Signs include early breast development, pubic hair growth in girls or early testicular enlargement, and pubic hair development in boys.

Peripheral precocious puberty

Peripheral precocious puberty occurs when the sex organs or adrenal glands make too much hormone. Sometimes girls develop masculine characteristics, such as facial hair, and boys may develop feminine characteristics, such as having an enlarged chest, but this does not always happen.

If you realize that your son or daughter has signs of precocious puberty or you have any concern that your son or daughter’s development is not normal development, the first thing you should do is go to your child’s pediatrician so that he can assess the situation. They will probably order a blood test and X-rays to help diagnose precocious puberty or normal puberty. Remember that the development of each child may have a different rhythm from that of other children and that you should not worry too much if your son or daughter is healthy and presents an appropriate development for his age. Every kid is a world!

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