March 11, 2010 March 11, 2010

Just Arrived

How To Lose Your Pregnancy Weight This video gives some good tips on losing weight after pregnancy.

What is Your Infant's Nursing Style?

Breastfeeding By Just Ask Baby, DivineCaroline Breastfeeding is never as simple and straightforward as it might seem. Indeed, Edith Jackson, a pediatrician at Yale described (in the 1950s) five different nursing styles. Knowing the style a baby has, helps you know how to respond appropriately:BarracudaThese babies know what they are after;...

Getting Your Head Around Your New Body

Who'd have thought your boobs could actually get bigger? Well, you have a new baby and, surprise, surprise, you have a new body too. If you're more than a little shocked by the woman that you see in the mirror, reassure yourself that this is merely your transitional body as,...

Eating for Two, Again

New mom nutrition for your new mom lifestyle   You're delighted with your new baby but less so with your new body. This is not, however, the time to go on a diet. In any case, you don't really need to. Know that having lost ten pounds or so...

Normal marrital strain, or something more?

Fight Before our daughter was born we were a couple. A traveling, two income, fun loving couple. Then suddenly we became parents. Becoming parents changed everything. I was no longer a professional working woman, but instead, an unshowered mother. The opportunity for my husband to relax after a full day at...

Parent Coaching for New Moms

Becoming a new mother is an intense experience that affects all areas of your life including work, relationships, identity, and emotional health.  Motherhood adds stress to life, no matter how good you feel.  The challenges of caring for a newborn, other children, home, and whatever else can cause problems for...