What Effect Does Nursing On A Baby Have On His Or Her Sexuality?
In this article we will discuss about the effects of breastfeeding on sexual activity. Some studies have been done and they show that breastfeeding may not cause any problems with your partner’s ability to get pregnant or their libido. Other research shows that it could actually be beneficial for men and women if both partners are breastfeeding. There are some other benefits to breastfeeding too. You might want to consider getting your baby involved in breastfeeding when possible. If you don’t, then there is no reason why you shouldn’t try!
How Can I Increase My Baby’s Milk Supply?
If you’re interested in increasing your baby’s milk supply, here are some tips:
Try feeding him at night. This way he gets plenty of sleep and won’t wake up too early. Try feeding him every two hours during the day so he doesn’t need to nurse as much. Feeding him every three hours is even better because it means you’ll be able to feed him more often throughout the day and still get enough milk for his needs.
What Can I Do If My Baby Won’t Nurse?
Some babies just won’t take the hint and nurse when you need them to. Here are a few tips that can help in these situations:
Babies can be picky about their bottles. Try a few different types before you give up. Babies also have varying tastes too. What tastes good to one baby may taste horrible to another.
You should also consider sterilizing the bottles to make sure there aren’t any unwanted tastes. You can also try putting cold water into the bottle. Sometimes this is enough to trick a baby into thinking that it’s time to eat.
Babies get sleepy during the day. It’s usually pretty easy to tell when this is about to happen because they start yawning. If a baby gets sick of laying down, he might start refusing to nurse unless he’s in an upright position. You can try laying him in different positions to see if it makes a difference, but you might not be successful.
In these cases, babies usually just want to sleep so you have to put up with it.
Babies are picky when it comes to their nipples. Some nipples are better than others and you may need to try a few until you find one that your baby will accept. You can also try sterilizing them in boiling water to get rid of any unwanted tastes or smells. A good way to prevent your baby from getting picky in the first place is to wash them each time after he’s done and before you give him the other side.
How Can I Tell If My Baby Is Getting Enough To Eat?
The best way to tell if your baby is getting enough to eat is by how much they’re sleeping and their poop. If a baby is getting enough to eat, then they should be sleeping quite a bit and their stools should be yellow. If their stools turn green, then it’s obvious that they aren’t getting enough to eat and you should feed them as soon as possible. If their stools are black, brown, or very pale in color, then it’s not a good sign and you should seek immediate medical attention.
What Are The Benefits To Letting My Baby Have Access To Breasts?
If you want to try and develop a healthy relationship with your baby before the feeding begins, then you should try doing things that can help you achieve this goal. Some of these things are quite obvious, while others might not be as much. Here are some ideas to get you started:
Give Your Baby A Nickname – Maybe you’re partial to a certain name or maybe you tend to stick with a single letter naming system.
Either way, your baby is going to be your ‘little’ something so why not give them a cute nickname?
Play Music For Your Baby – Newborns are mostly listening to loud noises for the first few months so you might as well give them something pleasant and calming. Try playing some soothing music that can help them go to sleep. Of course, there’s also rock music (if you’re into that) that can help them sleep too.
Give Birth In Water – If you plan on going through with a water birth, then this tip is definitely for you. Not only will you be surrounded by a comforting environment, but your baby will be too.
What Should I Look Out For?
You should look out for any sort of health issue that’s immediately life-threatening (such as the baby being unable to breath) before anything else. If the worst should happen and your baby should stop breathing, you need to immediately begin administering CPR. As for illnesses, most of these can be cured with a trip to the doctor (or hospital, if it gets really bad). Make sure to get your child vaccinated as soon as possible because this can greatly reduce the chances of them getting sick in the first place. If you have any concerns about how your child is developing or any health related issues, don’t be afraid to speak with your doctor.
What If I Have Difficulty Feeding My Baby?
If you have medical issues that may be causing you to have difficulty feeding your child, seek medical attention immediately. Most doctors should be able to provide you with a quick solution if there are no complications. If not, you may have a slightly more difficult time getting the help you need. Don’t give up though and try speaking with as many doctors as it takes until one of them is able to help you out.
Once you’ve gotten past the medical issues, you need to start thinking about how you plan on feeding your child. It really comes down to three options in most cases: bottles, breastfeeding, or both.
Bottle Feeding: If you plan on using bottles to feed your child, then you’ll need to have access to clean bottles, formula, and hot water. Once you have these items, find a comfortable chair and begin the feeding process. This will be much like feeding a pet as you’ll need to make sure the baby is fed until they’re full (or at least until they stop sucking on the bottle for a set amount of time). It’s probably best to feed them before bedtime so you don’t need to worry about waking them up to feed them during the night.
Breastfeeding: While breastfeeding doesn’t require any supplies, it’s definitely more work on your part. Make sure you have a good supply of diapers, wipes, and blankets on hand as your baby is going to be much more susceptible to needing a change after eating.
If you’re able to successfully feed your child, then you can move on to potty training…
Potty Training
Just like feeding, there are multiple ways to go about potty training. You can decide to do it naturally, use a potty chair, or get a potty cushion.
Option 1: Naturally – If you choose to go the natural route, then you’ll need to take care of business as usual. Try to take your child with you to go to the bathroom at the same time every day. This is less like training and more like just making them familiar with the process. Eventually, they should get the idea and run to the potty when they need to go.
Option 2: Chair – If you choose to use a potty chair, then you’ll need to set it up somewhere near a suitable bathroom where your child can easily reach both. The potty chair needs to be placed in front of a toilet for cleaning purposes and to make the process a little easier. Once you’ve got everything in place, try to take your child with you when you go to use the bathroom. Praise them when they use the potty chair and repeat until they get the hang of things.
Be sure to give a reward as well if you think that’ll help.
Option 3: Cushion – If you choose to use a potty cushion, then you’ll need to make sure your child is able to reach the toilet from the potty cushion. Place the cushion near the toilet and try to take your child with you when you’re going No. 1 or No. 2.
Praise them when they go on the potty cushion and give a reward afterwards. Just like before, try to do this several times over a period of days or weeks until your child gets used to it.
These are the three most common methods of potty training. There really isn’t a right or wrong way to do it as long as you’re fairly patient and praise your child when they go in the proper place.
Once your child is potty trained, you need to get them back into a routine. Get up, eat breakfast, go back to sleep, get up, play, eat, sleep. Keep in mind that if you have a girl, you’ll need to make sure she goes to the bathroom before she goes to bed. If you have a boy, then you might want to make sure he doesn’t pee on your carpet.
Also, keep in mind that it’s best to stick with the gender roles when it comes to career choices as this still holds true in 1979. A girl will probably make a better homemaker and mother while a boy would probably prefer to be out working in the world.
Part 3: Life Goes On
Spring 1980
It’s now 1980 and you’re still trying to get your life back in order after what happened a couple years ago. Your sister moved out a few months after the incident after she found a job and an apartment with her then boyfriend Mark (Who she later married). You stayed in your parent’s home for a while before finally getting your own place. You managed to get a job as a teacher at the local elementary school.
The pay isn’t great, but it lets you get by and the kids are entertaining enough that you’re not constantly bored.
You mostly keep to yourself and don’t have too many friends. Those that you do have are like you in that they prefer solitude most of the time. The closest thing you have to a girlfriend is a girl named Alison that you meet at the library from time to time. You’ve learned that she went through a divorce soon after her husband was killed in the middle east during the oil crisis last year.
You feel sorry for her, but she’s still nice and likes you a lot. You don’t know if your feelings are as strong as hers though.
As for your parents, they’ve been doing well. Your father retired a few years ago and your mother manages the household. Your sister calls every once in a while to check on you, but you still don’t talk about what happened. You’re starting to think that maybe you should, but it’s just so embarrassing that you don’t know how to even bring it up.
Maybe you should try writing everything down first to get everything out?
There’s also the fact that you’re starting to have nightmares about what happened. Your parents know about this, but you don’t know how they’d react if they found out the whole story. You don’t want to hurt them anymore than they already have been.
The choice is yours now. You can keep hiding the past and go on like everything is normal or you can confront it and possibly lose everything in the process.
END
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