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A nurturing presence grows a baby's brain in pregnancy, birth and infancy.

28/05/2023

A man came home from work and found his three children outside, still in their pajamas, playing in the mud, with empty food boxes and wrappers strewn all around the front yard. The door of

his wife’s car was open, as was the front door to the house and there was no sign of the dog.

Proceeding into the entry, he found an even bigger mess. A lamp had been knocked over, and the throw rug was wadded against one wall. In the front room the TV was loudly blaring a cartoon channel, and the family room was strewn with toys and various items of clothing. In the kitchen, dishes filled the sink, breakfast food was spilled on the counter, the fridge door was open wide, dog food was spilled on the floor, a broken glass lay under the table, and a small pile of sand was spread by the back door.

He quickly headed up the stairs, stepping over toys and more piles of clothes, looking for his wife. He was worried she might be ill, or that something serious had happened. He was met with a small trickle of water as it made its way out the bathroom door. As he peered inside he found wet towels, scummy soap and more toys strewn over the floor. Miles of toilet paper lay in a heap and toothpaste had been smeared over the mirror and walls.

As he rushed to the bedroom, he found his wife still curled up in the bed in her pajamas, reading a novel. She looked up at him, smiled, and asked how his day went. He looked at her bewildered and asked, ‘What happened here today?’

She again smiled and answered, “You know every day when you come home from work and you ask me what in the world I do all day?”

“Yes,” was his incredulous reply.

She answered, “Well, today I didn’t do it."

Sisterhood connecting together as one.

23/04/2023

Have you ever heard of breastsleeping?

It's defined as a "breastfeeding mother sharing a sleep surface with her baby, in the absence of all hazardous factors. The term was originally used in 2015, by Professor James McKenna of the Mother-Baby Behavioral Sleep Lab, at the University of Notre Dame".

Dr. McKenna is the leader in his field has studied thousands of parents sleeping with babies in his sleep lab and describes this as the biological norm for humans. Research has shown that when done safely without additional risk factors, it has so many benefits!

Send this to a friend so they can learn about these amazing benefits!

14/04/2023

Le pédiatre recommande le sevrage de l'allaitement parce que le lait maternel a perdu son efficacité. Le dentiste pour éviter que le bébé ait des caries. La belle-mère pour qu'il ne soit pas trop attaché. L'éducatrice recommande que le bébé s'adapte au plus vite à l'école. La collègue de travail pour que la fin du congé de maternité soit plus facile pour la maman. La nutritionniste recommande le sevrage pour que le bébé mange mieux. Le professionnel de n'importe quelle spécialité médicale pour pouvoir prescrire un traitement pour la mère. Le mari pour que sa femme ne se plaigne plus de fatigue. La consultante en sommeil recommande le sevrage pour que le bébé dorme toute la nuit. L'orthophoniste pour que l'enfant commence à parler plus rapidement. La voisine parce qu'elle trouve ça moche et pas normal.

Savez-vous ce que ces recommandations ont en commun ? Toutes ont besoin d'une preuve scientifique solide qui les justifie. Elles ne sont qu'une opinion personnelle ou professionnelle soutenue sur des arguments douteux. Elles ne sont qu'un échantillon de l'ignorance et des préjugés autour de l'allaitement. Ce sont quelques-uns des obstacles que nous devons affronter pour que l'allaitement soit possible.

Pour la société en général, il est beaucoup plus confortable de jeter la faute de la fatigue maternelle sur la demande du bébé que de fournir le soutien nécessaire pour que cette mère puisse accomplir la tâche difficile de créer un être humain sain à tous les niveaux.

Tant que notre culture continuera à considérer l'allaitement comme la racine de tous les maux de la mère et le sevrage comme la solution idéale de tous leurs problèmes, nous continuerons de nous écarter de notre essence et de transformer notre espèce.

La décision du sevrage appartient exclusivement à la mère et au bébé, et non au médecin ou la société. Arrêtons de vendre de l'illusion aux mères fatiguées, car l'allaitement est rarement le vrai problème et le sevrage ne garantit rien. Les mères ont avant tout besoin d'un soutien efficace.

- Gabrielle Gimenez traduit par Naissance mère'veilleuse -

📸 Latasha Toussaint Haynes