In Taiwan, a 30 bed maternity hospital recently opened. The hospital cost $3 million to construct. That’s not news. The fact that the hospital, Hau Sheng Hospital, is decorated with a “Hello Kitty” theme is news.
Hello Kitty is a chubby Japanese cartoon cat that has a following worldwide. In the United States, the character enjoyed a brief stint of popularity in [...]
Tags: Hello Kitty, hospital, labor, matenity hospital, newborn, pain
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Before my son was born, I watched Dr. Harvey Karp’s dvd called The Happiest Baby on the Block. I had read the Happiest Toddler on the Block and I thought that Dr. Karp had a lot of interesting ideas and philosophies. I had heard of the 5 S’s (techniques for having a happy [...]
Tags: Baby, Dr. Harvey Karp, happy baby, infant, newborn, soothing
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Multi-Tasking Mommy is back on the scene!
I’ve been busy this past month making the adjustment of being a Mommy to a 3 1/2 year old girl to including a newborn boy to the mix. My priorities have definitely shifted and I’m having to manage my time even more than I was before.
My son was [...]
Tags: newborn, Parenting, preschooler
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New parents, if there is one thing I can tell you that I wish I would have known when I had a newborn in my arms it is this: People want to help you. Anyone who has ever had a baby knows how incredibly confusing, exhausting, and stressful it can be. Nobody expects [...]
Tags: assistance, exhausted, family, friends, help, newborn, overwhelmed, tired
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Yesterday, we visited my dear friend and her brand new daughter who had just been born 12 hours prior to our visit. She still had that new baby smell on her!
I chatted with her mom and she told me that she couldn’t wait to get out of the hospital so she could get back [...]
Tags: Baby, birth center stay, doctor, family support, hospital stay, infant, jaundice, maternity, midwife, newborn, post partum
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