http://whatyourbabyknows.com Creating Health and Well-being By Enhancing the Relationship You Have With Your Baby and Learning about Yourself Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:36:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Recently I was discussing how anger is treated in our society...and how we fight.  I grew up in a family that didn't fight. Well, other than my sister who fought and yelled and tantrumed well into her 20's....but my parents never fought. They negotiated, discussed, debated, if they argued ... http://whatyourbabyknows.com/fighting-fair/ My life is falling into place...in more ways than one. It seems things are coming together for me: my practice, making friends, and now the latest is a better, more reliable car. Last summer, when my mom's broken leg had healed and she began using her car again it became ... http://whatyourbabyknows.com/falling-into-place/ Yes, indeed. Recently, research has shown that mothers who are exposed to high levels of stress during pregnancy have babies that are more likely to have asthma and/or allergies.  It was on the news just now, and you can read about it here. The prenatal and perinatal psychology field has ... http://whatyourbabyknows.com/stress-in-pregnancy-allergies-for-baby/ So I've been in Wentachee now for a year, but only really began marketing myself as a counselor and birth doula a few months ago. I am feeling impatient being the new kid on the block...I know most of what I do will be successful due to word of mouth. ... http://whatyourbabyknows.com/having-a-heck-of-a-time/ This evening I'm scheduled to hold a mini-lecture at the Belly to Baby store, in downtown Wenatchee. I've invited health and wellness practitioners to attend, as well as expecting or current parents. My intention is to introduce myself and what I do to this community. I hope to articulate the ... http://whatyourbabyknows.com/a-little-nervous/ I think, to be a good parent, one needs to be willing to endure the wrath of one's children. There is an epidemic of parents that give in to their kids, do whatever they can to prevent upset and disappointment, discouragement or failure. I think it's based on a belief ... http://whatyourbabyknows.com/the-wrath-of-our-children/ I am surprising my daughter with a 'new' room. She's been with her dad all week...well, actually, she's been with friends at the beach in Oregon, but I dropped her off at her dad's last weekend.  She's been camping out on the floor of what used to be my mom's ... http://whatyourbabyknows.com/the-joy-of-giving/ They seem so disconnected...birth and eating. But they aren't. Recently, I had a client that was having difficulty and was concerned with her baby daughter's eating and nursing habits. While some practical advice was warrented, my first questions were "did you have issues with food or eating when you were ... http://whatyourbabyknows.com/how-can-birth-affect-my-babys-relationship-to-foodeating/ My collegues have written a new book! Carrie Contey and Debby Takikawa, two dedicated and passionate women, have written "CALMS: A Guide to Soothing Your Baby." I wholeheartedly reccommend this book as a reference, a resource and a comfort to you as a parent. The skills you will ... http://whatyourbabyknows.com/a-new-book/ I'm at my mom's house, and have been since the end of April. Next door is a delightful family with three girls all within a year - the oldest, and then twins that were born ten months later. Well, she and I were talking over the fence and somehow the ... http://whatyourbabyknows.com/talking-over-the-fence/