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Dear Moms and Dads

February is appropriately the month of love (Valentines) and pregnancy awareness month in South Africa. Becoming a parent is embarking on the love relationship of a lifetime! These are some of the love lessons I have learnt:

Being in love means being terrified daily – There is not a day that I don’t worry about my children. When they were tiny, I worried about sleep safety; in toddlerhood, I worried about meningitis; now its road safety and their happiness.
There is no limit to how many children you can love. When I was a child, I wondered if my mom could have a favourite. With three kids of my own, I know that you love them all the same.
Being in love brings responsibility. I have to work at my parenting skills and my relationship with their Dad, because having a stable base and an in-tune mother is essential to our lives.

This month, acknowledge your fear and the enormous responsibly of motherhood and know that by loving your child, you are doing the best you can.

Holding each other in mind:
Having a new baby can wreak havoc with your relationship. The reasons are numerous. Everyone is irritablesleep deprivation does that to you.
There is the measuring of ‘who does more’ and the resentment that the other expects so much of you or doesn’t pull their weight.

There is the guilt – guilt about leaving to go to work and guilt about feeling angry. It’s a perfect storm.
No wonder relationships suffer in the first 3 years of parenthood. ...Read more

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Baby Bonding
Feeling loved and connecting with a human being is the foundation of our social experience. In life, if we have lot of positive early social experiences, it bodes well for the way we see the world, whether we can trust another, how we make friends and ultimately how we connect in society. One could say that this is the most important foundation we could give our children, because it will not only affect their marriage but their work life and parenting ability too. Bonding is linked ultimately to success in all areas.
The good news is that bonding with your baby is not difficult. Here are four principles you can remember: ...Read more

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