...that not only is sleeping with your baby safe, but it is actually much safer than having your baby sleep in a crib. Research shows that infants who sleep in a crib are twice as likely to suffer a sleep related fatality including SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) than infants who sleep in bed with their parents. (Gruber,Sobralske, pg.54) B. Almost everyone can relate to co-sleeping, whether you are a parent now or will become one the immediate future. 1. Sleeping with your newborn is beneficial for both parents and their baby. 2. We all could have at one time or another slept beside our parents as infants and have no recollection. C. I have shared the family bed with all three of my daughters’ believing that it was the best choice in my situation. 1. I know from experience how beneficial sleeping beside your newborn can be. D. Despite numerous negative views some people have on this controversial topic, co-sleeping can have many positive attributes that are often ignored. 1. A few examples would be; breast feeding is more convenient resulting in getting more sleep, mother and baby have a better bonding experience, and it could help reduce the risk S.I.D.S. Transition: To begin, let us get into more detail why these reasons for co-sleeping can be favorable. 1. Body A. Breast feeding is less challenging on both the baby and mother at night. 1. “Most skilled breastfeeding mothers have, for survival, learned that sharing sleep makes nightly feedings easier. 2...
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...Thesis: Research suggests that co-sleeping benefits infants because it decreases the risk of sudden infant death syndrome, increases the amount of time breastfeeding, and helps stabilize the child’s physiology. Annotated Bibliography: Source #1 Goldberg, W. A., & Keller, M. A. (2007). Co-sleeping during infancy and early childhood: key findings and future directions. Infant & Child Development, 16(4), 457-469. doi:10.1002/icd.522 This article describes the benefits of co-sleeping by pointing out that night waking’s declined in frequency and duration. It also points out that most children who co-sleep do not need a security object to go to sleep. Another point this article discusses is the benefits co-sleeping have on breastfeeding ease. The article also defines the many terms used when discussing co-sleeping and bed sharing. Wendy A. Goldberg is a professor of psychology and social behavior at the University of Michigan. This article will be helpful in my research because it discusses how co-sleeping benefits and increases the length of breastfeeding. Source #2 McKenna, J. J., & Volpe, L. E. (2007). Sleeping with baby: an internet-based sampling of parental experiences, choices, perceptions, and interpretations in a western industrialized context. Infant & Child Development, 16(4), 359-385. doi:10.1002/icd.525 This article describes how co-sleeping affects the maturation of the central nervous system. It states that co-sleeping creates...
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...MARKING GUIDE TOPIC: NURS 3005/NURS3005A Child and Family Health Stream ASSESSMENT 2: Essay – Exploring a Child and Family health Issue: Topic 1 2 3 Performance standard Assessment criteria Good Satisfactory Evidence of core work, at a high level through: Evidence of core work of the assignment through: - current literature and/or policy documents related to the topic & statement - current literature and/or policy documents related to the topic & statement - current literature and/or policy documents related to the topic & statement - the significance of lifespan development.. - the significance of lifespan development. - the significance of lifespan development. - current literature and/or policy documents related to the topic & statement Limited rationale -incorporating the elements/principles of family-centred care. -incorporating the elements/principles of family-centred care. -addressing support services or health promotion information. 65% Excellent Evidence of core work, at an advanced level through: Written content Weighting -addressing support services or health promotion information. -incorporating the elements/principles of family-centred care. - the significance of lifespan development. Not addressed -addressing support services or health promotion information. -incorporating the elements/principles of family-centred care. Not addressed ...
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...While I personally believe that babies should sleep in their own beds. I also feel that co-sleeping is up to the parents and what works best for them and their baby. It is my experience that both babies and parents benefit from baby sleeping in their own bed. When my daughter was a baby the only time she would sleep for more than a half hour at a time was in her own bed. As much as I loved having her close I felt her getting the proper rest was more important. This lasted until she was about 14 months old. When she started coming in and sleeping with us... After about six months of this her father and I decided it was time for her to go back to sleeping in her own bed. We had come to realize how important it was for us as individuals, and as a couple to have time for ourselves. With Hannah sleeping in her own bed we could have that time without taking away time spent with our daughter. It was one of the best decisions we made. Not only was our stress level greatly reduced, our relationship improved and Hannah learned a sense of pride and independence sleeping on her own. The other reason I believe children should sleep in their own bed is because of separation anxiety. Kids who sleep with their parents every night tend to have a harder time when mommy or daddy leave. It also makes it almost impossible for them to sleep unless they are sleeping with a parent. One example of this would be my step daughter who is 3 ½ yrs. old and has slept with her mom every night of her...
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...PLEASE READ THIS FIRST PAGE CAREFULLY. IT SHOULD BE DELETED WHEN YOU SUBMIT YOUR OUTLINE FOR GRADING. General Rationale This document contains the template for the preparation outline, which is required for your formal speaking assignments in this course. This document is intended to guide you and save you time in formatting your assignment correctly. Please use this template to create your outlines, paying careful attention to the expectations required for your assignment. General Writing Style 1. The entire outline, including the thesis statement, should be written in complete sentences. 2. The general purpose should be one of the four generally identified: to inform, to persuade, to entertain, or to commemorate. 3. The specific purpose should be written as a more detailed infinitive phrase. (An infinitive phrase begins with to added to a verb and an object. Here is an example: “To apply for a scholarship.”) 4. Questions should not appear on the outline; instead, you should use the space to answer such questions or to explain the reasoning behind your inquiry. You do not want to leave your professor doubting whether you know your material. You may, however, ask questions when you actually deliver the presentation. 5. When using research for subpoints and sub-subpoints, you should write enough of your interpretation of what the point means to demonstrate to your professor your understanding of the source. Use parenthetical citations to indicate which...
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...oxytocin; ultimately triggering nurturing feelings and behaviors for both mom, dad and baby (Pedersen). Often times these natural feelings get pushed aside the moment mother and baby are discharged from the hospital. Unfortunately, this encouraged disconnect has been weaved into cultural fabric, like establishing a routine in baby's life from day one and suggesting unrealistic expectations about infant sleep capabilities, including sleep-training and controlled-crying methodologies. However, some parents choose to embrace their natural...
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...in the survey. The Article Perspectives of Hospital-Based Nurses on Breastfeeding Initiation Best Practices by Jennifer Weddig, Susan S. Baker, and Garry Auld, out of the research journal JOGNN is an article comparing Baby Friendly Hospitals VS non Baby Friendly Hospitals and the nurses which are employed at these different facilities. Weddig, Baker, and Auld report, “The Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) to implement evidence-based best practices related to breastfeeding initiation and support (UNICEF and WHO, 2010) because hospital breastfeeding support practices influence initiation and duration of breastfeeding” (187). Trying to find the best way to initiate breastfeeding, and the continuation of strictly breast milk for the first six months of life. The Baby Friendly Hospitals have strict policies and Registered Nurses have completed an extra eighteen hour training session for ensuring the best start for mother and baby to breastfeed. The BFHI evidence-base states direct skin to skin contact as soon as the baby is born and to have the babe on the breast with in twenty minutes of being born (171). The nurses who work at these BFHI have policies to follow which include the supplementation if needed and direct guidance of such needs. If the baby is not able to breastfeed the first option should be to have the mother express her...
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...copy with them. A first aider will give the child the medication, which will need a witness to prove the dosage given and the right medication. The medicine should be stored away from children and in a suitable place locked away safely. Check the box for storage details, antibiotics usually in the fridge. Aspirin not allowed for children fewer than 16 unless prescribed. If in local` parentis’ form is signed by parents when they join, children can be given emergency calpol after parents has consented also teething gel. Importance of exercise and physical activity for babies and young children For babies, regular exercise is important as it will strengthen their muscles which encourage their legs and lead to walking and co-ordination. Reaching for things and climbing apparatus will also promote walking, as well as encourage the babies how to balance which promote expiration and walking. Young children will benefit from physical activities as they are able to release their energy in a positive way resulting in a healthy appetite as they have used up their energy gained from food and need a boast. For example, riding a bike in the garden is better way of releasing energy than wanting to run around in the class room causing frustration so, physical activity also a way to release stress...
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...and RockStar. These drinks became very popular not only because of the taste of them, but also because of the stimulant inside the drinks which is caffeine. Caffeine is a stimulant can damage the nervous system if it’s used too much. Caffeine can also lead to some serious problem such as risk of disease, addiction and sleep loss. One of the most common effects of caffeine is sleep loss. If one uses too much of caffeine, he won’t be able to go sleep. Some of the teenagers use this effects of caffeine to helps stay awake to study or do homework. While some of them use caffeine just because they like the feeling that caffeine gives them. In the article named Energy-Drink Alert written by Cody Crane, Crane mentioned about Quinn Jacobson, a 17 year old teenager of Towson, Maryland who loves using energy drinks when he feels tired. Quinn said that he mostly drink energy drinks at night and these drinks made him feel supercharged and help him stay awake, but they made his morning very miserable. According to Crane, the reason that made Quinn’s morning miserable is because of the caffeine contained in those energy drinks. The caffeine made Quinn couldn’t get enough sleep, making it hard for him to get up for school and stay alert in class. Beside Quinn, Crane also found that these energy drinks are common lunch time beverages for many students in Quinn’s high school. These students use energy drinks as a tool to help them stay awake when studying or help them stay focus during class time...
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...many things to do before the baby is before. A new mother has to make many choices that will affect the newborn. Many of those choices will be more challenging than others. Some of the decisions the mother and father have to make before the baby is born can include, which hospital will they deliver, who will be the babies physiciain, what kind of diapers, will the baby sleep with the parents or her own crib. So many decisions to make but one important thing that will have a huge effect on a newborn is feeding. What will the parent’s decide? Formula or Breast milk? I believe that the best choice for feeding a newborn is definitely breastmilk because there are many benefits for the baby when it comes to breast feeding. More new mothers choose to breastfeed because of the benefits it has for the newborn Many studies have shown that breast feeding should be the number one choice for mother because it surely is the best for a child to be breast feed. Researchers have concluded that “Compared with breastfed infants, infants who are not breastfed experience two to five times as many ear infections.., 1.5 times as many respiratory illnesses.., 1.7–1.9 times as many gastrointestinal infections .., 1.3–1.9times as many allergy-related problems .., twice as many hospitalizations …, three to five times the rate of sudden infant death syndrome..” (Evenhouse & Reilly, 2005) Those research show that breast feed babies are less to be sick than those babies who are not breastfeed. Another...
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...fascinating time of transition for you as well as your baby. During this time you will learn what it feels like to breastfeed correctly, how to recognize your baby’s hunger signals, and how to know when your let-down reflex or milk ejection has occurred * Your newborn should be nursing eight to 12 times per day for about the first month, because breast milk digests easier than formula, which means it moves through your baby's digestive system faster and, therefore, makes your baby hungry more often. * By 1 to 2 months of age, a breastfed baby will probably nurse seven to nine times a day * It is a good idea to let her nurse as long as she wants. Keep in mind that once your mature milk comes in, its content changes during the course of a single breastfeeding—from the somewhat watery foremilk to the creamier, fat-rich hindmilk, which, like any good dessert, leaves your baby feeling content and sleepy. By allowing your baby to nurse until she’s satisfied, you can ensure that she will receive all the benefits of breastmilk * To keep up your milk supply in both breasts — and prevent painful engorgement in one — it's important to alternate breasts and try to give each one the same amount of nursing time throughout the day * You can be assured that your baby is getting enough to eat if he or she: seems satisfied and content after eating, produces about four to six wet diapers a day, has regular bowel movements, sleeps well, is alert when awake and is gaining weight ...
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...Human sexuality final study guide--------------------------Dylan Nguyen Please feel free to pass to you friends if it could help. Chapter 9--- Birth Zygote: upon successful fertilization, the DNA of the man’s sperm and the woman’s ovum join together, and a new organism, combining the genetic material of both, is created. Within hours, this organism, now called the ZYGOTE (P336)-A fertilized ovum (or egg) moving down the fallopian tube. Then it divided into 2-4-8 and so on, travel down the fallopian tube to the uterus in 2 to 4 days. –HCG (human chorionic gonadotropin) increase in woman body, enable to determine of pregnancy through urine. Within two weeks the test is more reliable. Conception may occur, however woman is not yet pregnant because zygote have not yet implant into the lining of the uterus. During conception do not use alcohol/other drugs/take prenatal vitamin that contain FOLIC ACID ( an important B-vitamin for fetal development)-no smoking, drug use, health life style before conception occurs. Blastocyst: 400-500 fertility cycles in an average woman’s fertile lifetime.—if no pregnancy occur the: progesterone and estrogen level diminish ( during second half of woman cycle). Blood flow decreases to uterus, shed of linning. If fertilization occur: thickening of uterus wall, about 4 day after fertilization the Zygote enter the wall, consist of approximately 90 cells surrounding a fluid-filled core. It is called BLASTOCYST On 6-7 days, endometrium lining form...
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...Viresh Gulati - Diary Entry BEHS 343 Section 6381 You are expecting your first child and are interested in breastfeeding your baby. You would also like to return to work relatively soon. You have to decide how valuable breastfeeding is and whether you can work and breastfeed. The scenario is not true for me in real life since I have three kids, but was a concern when we were having our first child 14 years ago. June 7, 2015 We are expecting our first child! This is a very exciting and happy time of our lives and we can hardly wait to hold our little bundle of joy. But there is a lot to prepare and plan before the arrival of our baby. We have to paint and decorate the baby’s room, register for the baby shower and outline a plan of who will be taking care of the baby when we are back at work. And thinking of going back to work brings a very significant question to mind - are we going to breastfeed the baby or use formula? In my class “Parenting Today” I have read that breastfeeding an infant has a lot of health advantages. It helps protect babies against infectious diseases by strengthening their immune system. The advantages of breastfeeding are numerous, both for the baby as well as for the mother. Studies have shown that breastfeeding promotes the development of mother-child relationship. Research has proved that breastfed babies have healthier immune systems to fight infections; they are less likely to develop childhood obesity and the problems associated with it; they...
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...Complex Sentences Exercise (See related pages) ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Directions: Determine the independent clause in each sentence. Example | Although too little sleep is an effect of stress, too little sleep can cause stress. | | a. Although too little sleep is an effect of stress | | b. too little sleep can cause stress | | | Explanation | The answer is b. The most important thought the author wants readers to understand is that too little sleep can cause stress. The dependent clause, which is introduced by although, tells readers information the author considers less important, that too little sleep is an effect of stress (that is, people who are stressed may not sleep well). Notice that if you read the dependent clause aloud to someone and stopped there, the listener would expect you to add something more. The dependent clause does not make complete sense by itself. | | | | 1 | | Although we know the benefits of exercise, most of us don't know that a brisk after-dinner stroll can help with digestion. | | | A) | Although we know the benefits of exercise | | | B) | most of us don't know that a brisk after-dinner stroll can help with digestion | | | | | | | | 2 | | People need to be able to share their fears, frustrations, and joys, so it's important for us to develop a network of people we can share our feelings with. | | | A) | People need to be able to share their fears...
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...PSY 241- FN1 Jackie Abell Congratulations new mom! Now you have plenty of tough decisions to make about what is best for your baby. You’ll be contemplating things such as what brand of diapers and wipes should you use, what kind of clothes should they be wearing, or most importantly should you breastfeed or buy formula? The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends breastfeeding and I definitely agree. Research has found numerous benefits for you and baby. First, I would like to go over benefits for you, mom. Breastfeeding reduces the risk of breast cancer. The Cancer Research UK conducted a study and the results show the risk of breast cancer is reduced by 7% for each baby a woman has. For every twelve months she breastfeeds she decreases the risk by a further 4.3%. (Woodman) Also, breastfeeding helps shrink the uterus to its pre-pregnancy size after delivery. While breastfeeding, your body releases a hormone called oxytocin. This hormone is the worker for shrinking the uterus among other things. With the shrinking of the uterus, you reduce your risk of severe uterine bleeding. Another plus to breastfeeding that any woman would look forward to is losing that baby weight. Breastfeeding moms lose more fat in the first month postpartum when compared to formula feeding moms. (7 ways breastfeeding benefits mothers) Furthermore, an obvious benefit is it does not cost as much as buying formula. It is recommended that breastfeeding moms take in extra calories to compensate for...
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