MOM OVER: The New Mom’s Guide to Getting it Back Together
MOM OVER: The New Mom’s Guide to Getting it Back Together is the kind of book every woman who is, or planning to be, a mother should read. I’ve long believed that having a baby really changes everything, but this book showed me how true this is.
Dana Wood wrote a book that is easy to read. Her manner of writing pulls you in, pretty much like friends talking together. The book is divided into easily digested parts, so that readers can jump to the section they most want to read. Others, like myself will find reading it in one sitting the way to go. The sections are:
- Getting it together mentally
- Getting it together physically
- Getting it together emotionally and spiritually
Each section is further broken down into short chapters. The information covers such help topics as recognizing and dealing with postpartum depression, asking for and accepting help and taking care of yourself. She emphasizes the need for medical check-ups not just for the new addition to the family but for mommy as well. Too often mothers tend to pay more attention to baby and children and not to themselves. The sharing of personal experiences, good and not so good in a humorous manner worked well.
Many readers will find themselves marking special sections to return to again and again. Others will nod their heads in agreement with some of the true and tried messages imparted. Sometimes it is good to get a reinforcement of some of what we already know as mothers. Our children need us around to help them through the growing process and taking care of ourselves mentally, emotionally, and physically is the best way to ensure this.
My Thoughts on This Book
As a writer, all round bibliophile, and information junkie, I especially loved the dig deeper appendix of helpful books, websites and DVDs. I wish I had a book like this when I had my son. It would have helped me deal better with some issues. Thankfully, a lot of the information is still useful today, six years after I became a mom. I love her take on getting enough sleep which I still lack as do so many other moms. As such, whenever I try to burn the mid-night oil too many days for the week, I remember that as Wood noted, “…The main job of sleep is to repair us…”
This is good book to give as a gift to any new mom regardless of her age.
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MOM OVER: The New Mom’s Guide to Getting it Back Together
What’s Responsible For The Parent-Child Bond?
Every parent has felt that special and unique feeling of indescribable joy when gazing or holding her/his newborn for the first time.
And scientists have a word for it – oxytocin.
Oxytocin is what makes us parents. That is what scientists are telling us. Over the years, science tried to explain human feelings and emotions in terms of biochemistry. Oxytocin, for example, has been identified as the “feel good” hormone released during social bonding between people, especially those with close relationships such as spouses and partners. Oxytocin is also involved in motherhood, released in high amounts during birth and breastfeeding. Oxytocin facilitates the mommy-baby bonding especially in the first few hours after delivery.
So That Explains Mom – What About Dad?
In a study of 160 first-time parents, researchers report that first-time daddies do have high levels of oxytocin, too – levels which could be as high as those measured in mommies.
Of course Daddies do not breast feed, thus do not perform parental activities that usually trigger the release of oxytocin. So where do the hormones come from? The researcher believe that there other aspects of parenthood that stimulate oxytocin release in fathers. The mechanisms are unclear but the evidence is clear: fathers do bond with their babies and oxytocin is witness to this.
How Mommy and Daddy’s Oxytocin Releases Differ
The researchers also report that oxytocin levels may vary depending on parenting styles and specific patent-baby interaction. Mommies who are more affectionate, e.g. who love touching and gazing at their newborns (more than the usual, that is) are super-rich in oxytocin. Daddies’ oxytocin levels respond to more stimulatory contact such as those that encourage exploration or direction of a baby’s attention to a certain object. These differences, they say, can be explained in differences in the mail female brain.
Okay, so scientists tell us being a parent is simply the brain releasing the neurochemical oxytocin. For me, it feels more like love pouring out of my heart.
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Baby Bottle Warmers Recalled
Williams-Sonoma Recalls Baby Bottle Warmers Due to Burn Hazard
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.
Name of Product: Beaba Express Steam Bottle Warmers
Units: About 11,000
Importer: Williams-Sonoma Inc., of San Francisco, Calif.
Hazard: The bottle warmers can overheat liquids and baby food, posing a burn hazard to adults and babies.
Incidents/Injuries: The firm has received 10 reports of the bottles overheating, including one report of an adult who received a finger burn from touching a hot bottle.
Description: This recall involves the Beaba Express Steam Bottle Warmer which uses steam to heat baby bottles or baby food. The bottle warmer is green with an orange temperature dial. “Beaba” is printed on the base and model number 9602 is printed on the underside of the warmer.
Sold at: Williams-Sonoma stores nationwide, online at www.williams-sonoma.com and through Williams-Sonoma catalogs from June 2010 through July 2010 for about $65.
Manufactured in: China
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled bottle warmers and call Williams-Sonoma for instructions on how to return the product for a full refund. Additionally, consumers who return the bottle warmers will receive a $25 Williams-Sonoma merchandise card.
Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Williams-Sonoma toll-free at (877) 548-0850 between 4 a.m. and 9 p.m. PT seven days a week or visit the firm’s website at www.williams-sonoma.com
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