I hadn't known my husband for more than two months before he started in on me to have a baby. His constant pestering lead to progressively harsher responses from me, starting from"eventually", "someday", "not me, not now", "leave me alone", to "have your own damn baby".

Last Spring something in me started to shift and I became more and more serious about the possibility of having a baby. After months of internal dialog, I finally gathered the courage to share the news with my husband who was expectedly ecstatic. (I haven't told the dogs yet - they are going to be devastated!)

Sharing the news with Loren, my husband, opened the flood gates and I finally started researching what to expect, what to eat, what to do to prepare, and what the birthing process would look like....which at first was pretty anxiety provoking, as I started out by watching "The Business of Being Born" (not recommended as a place to start).

Here I plan to document interesting, perception changing information I come across in what will be a successful journey towards a positive pregnancy and childbirth.


Tuesday, October 9, 2012

More Books!!

I took a little bit of a hiatus from reading baby books, but am now back on the band wagon and hoping to plow through quite a few more before baby time. The only thing standing in my way is my insatiable desire to watch episode after episode of "Sons of Anarchy". Soon enough we will be caught up with the current season,  I will feel empty inside for a while and then get over it (this has happened before with "Friday Night Lights" among many other perviously beloved shows).  Enough about that...

I've moved on from books about midwifery and the birthing process to books about how to actually raise a baby.  I started with two easy ones that came recommended and that I would also recommend to others.


"Brain Rules for Baby": Written by John Medina, a professor at UW, this book was super easy to read and full of great reminders on "how to raise a smart and happy baby".  Dr. Medina's tone was really endearing to me.  He obviously loves his wife and children very much.  Everything he wrote about was backed by research and data, although it was pretty commonsensical.  Maybe it just felt this way because of my background in psychology and social work. However, it is always helpful to be reminded of the importance of treating my husband well, communicating empathetically and eating well. There were a lot of other little gems in there paired with interesting facts and analogies.

The Brain Rules website is worth checking out and playing around on.  The book about $10.00 on Amazon.




"The Happiest Baby on the Block": Written by Harvey Karp, has been worth reading as well. I'm not as thrilled with his tone and find myself feeling more like these are his options, albeit based on a lot of experience implementing techniques that work.  It's super easy to read and full of interesting baby facts.  It gets just a little receptive at times.  Despite the critiques I would definitely still recommend this book.  As a evolutionary psychologist his theory and approach really resonate with me. I'll definitely be implementing the "5 S's" when I have an out of control crying baby.  Again, what Dr. Karp proposes makes sense and these will be very good techniques to keep in mind when baby is here.

This book is only about $3.00 used on Amazon!




And now back to the show.... 


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