You can wear out your mouse-pad surfing all the top ranked baby websites, fill your shopping cart to overflowing with the must-read baby magazines, manuals, and momoirs, but, in the end, it’s your mom-friends who tell you what you really need to know. Here are five all-important lessons about motherhood that I learned from other moms.
Miscarriage risk increases if parents smoked
Women who were exposed to their parents’ smoking as children may have a higher likelihood of suffering a miscarriage, new research suggests.
In a study of nearly 2,200 non-smoking pregnant women, researchers found that those exposed to their parents’ secondhand smoke during childhood were 80 percent more likely to have a miscarriage compared with women whose parents didn’t smoke.
The findings appear in the American Journal of Epidemiology.
Full report: Reuters
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Happy 50th Birthday, Malaysia
Let’s take a break from parenting.
Today marks Malaysia’s 50 years of independence. An event every Malaysian is proud of.
I want to wish all Malaysians Selamat Hari Merdeka.
In conjunction with Malaysia’s golden jubilee, I want to share with you some of the Malaysian parenting blogs worth visiting:
Montessori Mum – A blog by a SAHM to a preschooler and toddler recording the ups and downs and happening at home. Focuses on attachment parenting and Montessori approach.
Something About Lai – A Malaysian full time mother of lovely two sons – Joshua & Elijah who currently resides in Shenzhen, China.
Tips and Tricks to Happy Parenting – Ex-national golfer turned SAHM.
Dave Taylor on Attachment Parenting – An Interview
It’s our great pleasure to have Dave Taylor featured in this interview. Dave is the owner of a wildly popular attachment parenting blog, APparenting. Apart from this, he’s also a business and technology blogger for The Intuitive Life and Ask Dave Taylor respectively. The father of three has authored numerous books, mainly on technical subjects.
In this interview, Dave is going to share with you his views on attachment parenting. Enjoy!
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A simple secret to getting a kiss from your child
When people say simple things could make a big difference, you’d better believe it. It happened to me just the other night.
As usual, before we slept that night, my wife and I were hanging out with the kids in the bedroom. We read and fooled around.
Right before I switched off the lights, I asked my 4 years old daughter about her favorite fruits.
She said, “Papayas, bananas, mangosteens, kiwi fruits, strawberries, and grapes.”
(I notice her list keeps changing. In case you plan to buy some fruits for her, just remember to check with me her latest favorites.)
“What about you, daddy?” asked, J, as would other 4 years olds.
I answered obligingly, “Hmm, I like bananas and papayas.”
Suddenly, I saw a smile on her face. And she came closer to me as if she wanted to attack me. I stepped back and was clueless what she was trying to do to me.