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Good morning, everybody. How are y 'all doing?

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This is Neogentrics, food for thought. Thoughts

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if it were you, but... Now, I did say I was going

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to cover sleep, and I will definitely cover the

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importance of sleep. As we are now in the last

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week of classes, or basically a week of finals,

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starting for most people on Wednesday that just

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passed, and others... The beginning of the week

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on Monday, ending next week on the 16th and 18th.

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Now, as for those that are in high school, well,

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your ending date may be closer to the end of

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May. It's unfortunate, but this is true. But,

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we're going to take a sidestep here. At 3 o 'clock

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in the morning, we're going to go ahead and talk

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about something I never thought I was ever going

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to bring up. And then I will go back and I will

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cover what I said I was going to cover. Don't

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worry. Everything that I bring up, And every

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single podcast I will cover. Eventually, if not

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immediately. And like I said before, you can

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hit me up on my Twitter. You can hit me up on

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my Facebook. You can hit me up here on Anchor.

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And let me know if you want a specific topic

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done within a certain time frame. If you want

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to hear about it immediately. More so than waiting

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and testing out your patience to see if I'm going

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to do it immediately. So... I'm going to go ahead

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and cover a topic on pregnancy and babies. Yep,

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you heard me correct. I'm going to cover a parenting

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skill today. Something new, something I've never

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done before. I did bring it up that I would cover

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them eventually in one of my previous podcasts.

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But I wasn't sure exactly when to bring them

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up until I ran into an old friend of mine. And

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I realized that she was pregnant. It was a bit

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of a shock, I'll gladly say that. But now, she's

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going to need some guiding hands to help her.

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Granted, I'm not actually going to touch her

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when I say that. But I'll do my best to give

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as much information as I can that I have at my

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disposal. We'll begin in a few seconds. Alright

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guys, let's begin. And we'll start at the very

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beginning. Parenting starts during pregnancy,

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when your body is effectively taken over from

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within. Most people already know this, but most

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people also know about morning sickness, tiredness,

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amnesia, and mood changes can also be a feature

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of pregnancy as well, which is a very common

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thing for a lot of people. Now, there are multiple

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different factors to this in which people have

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to consider. First thing is pregnancy and wellness,

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okay? Yes, you are only pregnant, but sometimes

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it is far worse than being ill. And you need

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to look after yourself to look after your developing

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baby as well. And no worries, I will cover pregnancy

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and wellness at some point. But I just want to

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make sure I cover this topic and that this is

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a major topic that needs to be discussed as well.

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Next, you need to prepare for parenthood, okay?

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As well as being pregnant and looking after your

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body, you will also want to make preparations

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for your baby's arrival. Now, this is common

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sense, but I feel I should probably still cover

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it anyway for those who have no idea what to

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do and are afraid. And there are some people

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out there like that. So, consider the impact,

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okay? Consider the impact that baby is going

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to have on your life and how many changes it's

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going to take place, alright? You need to be

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looking after your baby. It is possible that

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nothing could ever prepare anyone for the moment

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when they first hold their newborn. However,

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there are still things that can cause problems.

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When you have problems, what do you do? A lot

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of people don't have any idea how to go about

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this. When parents of new babies get together,

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perhaps the most discussed topics are problems

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with babies sleeping, issues with feeding. It

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makes perfect sense. When feeding babies, The

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issues range whether or not to breastfeed, through

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to how and when to wean. Feeding is basically

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a kaleidoscope of issues throughout babyhood

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and well into early childhood. And if you don't

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know what breastfeeding is or weaning, I would

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suggest looking those up. As far as babies in

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sleep, well... Like I said before I will cover

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that a different topic at a different time the

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these are all things I'm bringing up that have

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to be at least discussed at some point and the

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reason I'm bringing up these topics is yes I

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will eventually discuss them, but I want to make

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sure you understand that these are things that

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need to be done One thing to keep in mind is

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to definitely not forget about yourself as well.

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While those other topics are majorly important,

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it's easy when you have a small baby to get thoroughly

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caught up in looking after this little person

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who is depending on you. When your baby is teething

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or simply has a day when they don't want to be

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apart from you at all, or you have only slept

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in fits and starts because someone decided that

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nighttime was playtime, You ever existed as an

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independent person with thoughts and even a career,

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but you will be a better parent for looking after

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yourself as well. Okay. And, you know, with that

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being said, you'll be happier, calmer. And if

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you meet up with friends and take yourself and

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your child out of the house, or even just put,

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you know, put them in a cot and take 15 minutes

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for a shower, you know, it'll make all the difference.

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All right. With that being said, And while parenting

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is not a competition, sometimes just hearing

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about someone else's problems can make your own

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seem a little more trivial and a lot easier to

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handle and understand. With that being said,

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I'm repeating myself, but there is a difference

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between parenting boys and girls. There's a difference

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in raising both of them. Believe it or not, there

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is a major difference. Will I cover them? Maybe,

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maybe not. But what I will cover in the next

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segment is parenting tips. I'm going to give

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you the top ten, and then we'll move on to something

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else. All right?