Comments for Motherhood: Everything I Needed to Know About Raising Babies I Learned From My Mom-Friends at http://www.parentwonder.com , comment 0 to 2 out of 2 comments http://www.parentwonder.com Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:29:31 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.parentwonder.com/content/view/357/26/#pc_216 i loved this one--4. Every mom needs time off for good behavior. Whether you take your time off across town, around the corner, or in your bathtub with the door locked is up to you. (Not every new mom wants to venture too far away from her baby, after all.) But taking some sort of break from baby will give you the chance to recharge your maternal batteries and get reacquainted with your pre-baby self. (Remember her?) - tanyetta Mon, 03 Sep 2007 09:21:05 +0100 http://www.parentwonder.com/content/view/357/26/#pc_215 Too true! Why we continue to pay a disservice to our young mothers to be I will never know. I'm all for stopping the myths in their tracks and letting new parents know that they are not going crazy - that having a wee baby in your care 24 hrs a day is a recipe for conflict. Learn how to manage conflict and you learn how to be a real mother, not a socially constructed media mum. - Imaginif Child Protection became Serious Business Mon, 03 Sep 2007 05:38:52 +0100