First months with our daughter pass quite calmly. Rose is growing. She loves her milk (especially in the middle of the night), and her daily walks in the stroller.
Of course we get tired, but we are very happy and proud that we are coping by ourselves. I can always count on my loved ones overseas, at least virtually.
My Mom can talk for hours about how in the eighties (in Poland) she managed to raise two kids with only cloth diapers!
Her degree specialization was child psychology, so I can see what an extra pleasure is for her watching her first granddaughter’s development. I get a little teary when I see that Rosie has already grown out of some of her clothes. #babyblues.
From my lovely parents I receive important tips: “there is nothing more natural than the kids at home”, or “children turn the world upside down ”, “you will see in a few weeks baby will sleep better now”, and “to baby you need to smile a lot “, “you should raise children without any ideology” ,” baby knows that it needs to develop!”
When Rose sometimes is little fussy, I recall the book Bringing Up Bébé by Pamela Druckerman, an American journalist who lives in Paris. Described there La pause – the method of slowing down the situation a bit before reacting, is already showing some results. The book is all about different (American and French) attitudes towards child rearing. The author is surprised for example, that Parisians have no major qualms after weaning after only a few months of nursing. I recommend this book not only to all those, who are interested in the subject of raising children, but also to those interested in the subject of cultural differences in family and society.
As for the pace of medical care, we now schedule appointments at the pediatrician office about once every six weeks. Recently, I asked for advice on proper grey matter development. Our nice doctor, as usual, rationally replied that it suffices simply to talk to them 😉
On one of the blogs, which I follow, the author gave mothers simple but great advice: keep calm and mommy on, the days are long but years are short! And that I’m going to stick to it 🙂
Mommy on American style:)
H.xx