A Doctor,
aMidwife and a
ShredderAmidwife was leaving the
hospital one evening when she found the doctor standing in front of a shredder
with a piece of paper in his hand."Listen", said the doctor, "this is
important and my assistant has left. Can you make this thing
work?""Certainly",
Have just finished watching Superbrats.
What struck me was the calm behaviour of the children belonging to the
"attachment parenting" advocates. I am probably biased but I couldn't help
but notice their contentment whenthe cameraperson wasfocused on
them.
Helen
From: Kelly @ BellyBelly
I missed it, but I am pleased to see it is repeated twice more! Will have to remember next time. I was really interested in seeing that one.JoOn 23/05/2006, at 6:58 PM, Helen and Graham wrote:Have just finished watching Superbrats. What struck me was the calm behaviour of the children belonging
HA ha ha ha ha oh
dear.
Diane
Gardner
A Doctor,
aMidwife and a
ShredderAmidwife was leaving the
hospital one evening when she found the doctor standing in front of a shredder
with a piece of paper in his hand."Listen", said the doctor, "this is
important and my assistant has left. Can
The only thing that I cringed at with the
attachment parenting was the was she attacked the parents who admitted that
they chose to smack this is only bridging a bigger gap and it could
have been said better not saying I am defending the smacking, I dont
agree or do it either, but were
Hi Kelly - there seemed to be a lot of 'attacking'
altogether. I was disappointed not to hear Sarah Buckley - saw her there but her
words must have been edited - seems that unless there is some controversy or a
strong opinion it isnt shown - a bit like the kids really . Im sure the family
Hi Melissa,
I only have anecdotal evidence from 20 odd years of homebirthing where
I've observed quite a number of babies not breastfeed even within the
first 24 hours. These are babies who have very normal deliveries, no
drugs and full access to the breast. As much as it can be uncomfortable
Life Matters on ABC Radio National
Thursday May 25
9am - 10am with Richard Aedy
.
Tomorrow's
program features some of the key speakers from the Parenting Imperitives
Conference currently being held in Adelaide:
* New ideas on
sleeping with your baby from
One of
the problems of the first feed is that it has been stressed that the infant
'must' feed asap after birth. Women are told in class, and while the midwife may
be perfectly happy to wait, the mum can get quite stressed. I'm happy to wait,
and find it frustrating when the mum is pushing,
