tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030962967373140178.post1998885944619010081..comments2022-12-12T08:27:47.291+00:00Comments on A Curious Orange: A rambly one from a sleepy parentAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09976902188181000222noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030962967373140178.post-64419432509957650442012-03-23T19:33:11.129+00:002012-03-23T19:33:11.129+00:00Hi Samantha,
I'm a freelance journalist and wo...Hi Samantha,<br />I'm a freelance journalist and would be interested in talking to you about a feature I'm writing for a newspaper about women and their pregnancies. Please email me at lauren.libbert@mac.com and I can explain further.<br />Thank you, Laurenlaurenlibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15092240220767991236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030962967373140178.post-38229227374473073882012-03-19T17:52:25.607+00:002012-03-19T17:52:25.607+00:00Absolutely agreed that there are too many 'exp...Absolutely agreed that there are too many 'experts' around, and it alarms me that they're not regulated at all. I'm all for making the medical and scientific research more accessible to parents, and sometimes that will necessitate someone summarising it and extrapolating the actual conclusions, but that's not the same as declaring yourself an 'expert' and scripting entire manuals for caring for babies.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09976902188181000222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030962967373140178.post-15588631108660066392012-03-19T17:48:03.487+00:002012-03-19T17:48:03.487+00:00My opinion on parenting, for what it's worth, ...My opinion on parenting, for what it's worth, is that there are too many 'experts' telling mums what they should be doing and we are losing our natural ability to parent instinctively. There is no 'right' way to parent - there are many different ways to parent 'well' <br />All the reams of information and misinformation lead to confused, guilty, worried and unhappy mums who become so overwhelmed they stop listening to what they know is best for THEIR child. <br />I didn't breastfeed and I didn't co-sleep - breasfeeding didn't happen for me and co-sleeping scared me. What felt right for me was to have a crib right beside my bed I could touch baby from. I fed on demand figuring my baby knew when she was hungry. I weaned when I felt my baby was ready - puree fed child one at 4 1/2 months (and like you hated the faff of it) so BLW with child 2 at 5 1/2 month.<br />Parenting is a massive learning curve and actually as long as we listen to our instincts and read the needs of our children, love them and nurture them to the best of our ability I don't think we can go too far wrong.Chasing Daydreamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10779269645292779347noreply@blogger.com