Good morning, everybody. How are y 'all doing?
This is Neogentrics, food for thought. Thoughts
if it were you, but... Now, I did say I was going
to cover sleep, and I will definitely cover the
importance of sleep. As we are now in the last
week of classes, or basically a week of finals,
starting for most people on Wednesday that just
passed, and others... The beginning of the week
on Monday, ending next week on the 16th and 18th.
Now, as for those that are in high school, well,
your ending date may be closer to the end of
May. It's unfortunate, but this is true. But,
we're going to take a sidestep here. At 3 o 'clock
in the morning, we're going to go ahead and talk
about something I never thought I was ever going
to bring up. And then I will go back and I will
cover what I said I was going to cover. Don't
worry. Everything that I bring up, And every
single podcast I will cover. Eventually, if not
immediately. And like I said before, you can
hit me up on my Twitter. You can hit me up on
my Facebook. You can hit me up here on Anchor.
And let me know if you want a specific topic
done within a certain time frame. If you want
to hear about it immediately. More so than waiting
and testing out your patience to see if I'm going
to do it immediately. So... I'm going to go ahead
and cover a topic on pregnancy and babies. Yep,
you heard me correct. I'm going to cover a parenting
skill today. Something new, something I've never
done before. I did bring it up that I would cover
them eventually in one of my previous podcasts.
But I wasn't sure exactly when to bring them
up until I ran into an old friend of mine. And
I realized that she was pregnant. It was a bit
of a shock, I'll gladly say that. But now, she's
going to need some guiding hands to help her.
Granted, I'm not actually going to touch her
when I say that. But I'll do my best to give
as much information as I can that I have at my
disposal. We'll begin in a few seconds. Alright
guys, let's begin. And we'll start at the very
beginning. Parenting starts during pregnancy,
when your body is effectively taken over from
within. Most people already know this, but most
people also know about morning sickness, tiredness,
amnesia, and mood changes can also be a feature
of pregnancy as well, which is a very common
thing for a lot of people. Now, there are multiple
different factors to this in which people have
to consider. First thing is pregnancy and wellness,
okay? Yes, you are only pregnant, but sometimes
it is far worse than being ill. And you need
to look after yourself to look after your developing
baby as well. And no worries, I will cover pregnancy
and wellness at some point. But I just want to
make sure I cover this topic and that this is
a major topic that needs to be discussed as well.
Next, you need to prepare for parenthood, okay?
As well as being pregnant and looking after your
body, you will also want to make preparations
for your baby's arrival. Now, this is common
sense, but I feel I should probably still cover
it anyway for those who have no idea what to
do and are afraid. And there are some people
out there like that. So, consider the impact,
okay? Consider the impact that baby is going
to have on your life and how many changes it's
going to take place, alright? You need to be
looking after your baby. It is possible that
nothing could ever prepare anyone for the moment
when they first hold their newborn. However,
there are still things that can cause problems.
When you have problems, what do you do? A lot
of people don't have any idea how to go about
this. When parents of new babies get together,
perhaps the most discussed topics are problems
with babies sleeping, issues with feeding. It
makes perfect sense. When feeding babies, The
issues range whether or not to breastfeed, through
to how and when to wean. Feeding is basically
a kaleidoscope of issues throughout babyhood
and well into early childhood. And if you don't
know what breastfeeding is or weaning, I would
suggest looking those up. As far as babies in
sleep, well... Like I said before I will cover
that a different topic at a different time the
these are all things I'm bringing up that have
to be at least discussed at some point and the
reason I'm bringing up these topics is yes I
will eventually discuss them, but I want to make
sure you understand that these are things that
need to be done One thing to keep in mind is
to definitely not forget about yourself as well.
While those other topics are majorly important,
it's easy when you have a small baby to get thoroughly
caught up in looking after this little person
who is depending on you. When your baby is teething
or simply has a day when they don't want to be
apart from you at all, or you have only slept
in fits and starts because someone decided that
nighttime was playtime, You ever existed as an
independent person with thoughts and even a career,
but you will be a better parent for looking after
yourself as well. Okay. And, you know, with that
being said, you'll be happier, calmer. And if
you meet up with friends and take yourself and
your child out of the house, or even just put,
you know, put them in a cot and take 15 minutes
for a shower, you know, it'll make all the difference.
All right. With that being said, And while parenting
is not a competition, sometimes just hearing
about someone else's problems can make your own
seem a little more trivial and a lot easier to
handle and understand. With that being said,
I'm repeating myself, but there is a difference
between parenting boys and girls. There's a difference
in raising both of them. Believe it or not, there
is a major difference. Will I cover them? Maybe,
maybe not. But what I will cover in the next
segment is parenting tips. I'm going to give
you the top ten, and then we'll move on to something
else. All right?