Comments on: How to Help http://www.blisstree.com/babylune/how-to-help/ Adventures in post-partum recovery. Fri, 25 Dec 2009 00:00:54 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Babylune - Top Five Ways to Prevent Postpartum Depression http://www.blisstree.com/babylune/how-to-help/comment-page-1/#comment-1472 Babylune - Top Five Ways to Prevent Postpartum Depression Fri, 26 Jan 2007 15:39:23 +0000 http://www.babylune.com/2006/02/01/how-to-help/#comment-1472 [...] 3. Don’t do it alone. There’s no such thing as a perfect mother and there’s no such thing as a mother who does it all alone. New mothers need each other to talk about their experiences and end isolation. And, while you love your baby more than anyone else, don’t worry about letting others into that circle of love. Not only are your family members your advocates if you need one, but fathers, grandparents, and siblings are all connected to you and to your children. Be connected. [...] [...] 3. Don’t do it alone. There’s no such thing as a perfect mother and there’s no such thing as a mother who does it all alone. New mothers need each other to talk about their experiences and end isolation. And, while you love your baby more than anyone else, don’t worry about letting others into that circle of love. Not only are your family members your advocates if you need one, but fathers, grandparents, and siblings are all connected to you and to your children. Be connected. [...]

]]> By: Babylune » Becoming Everyone’s Mother http://www.blisstree.com/babylune/how-to-help/comment-page-1/#comment-645 Babylune » Becoming Everyone’s Mother Mon, 18 Sep 2006 08:44:11 +0000 http://www.babylune.com/2006/02/01/how-to-help/#comment-645 [...] You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. Related Posts: Any Questions?...Owww, the Pain....Coming off calciumcarbonate...OK, this plan is do-able...Oops!... [...] [...] You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. Related Posts: Any Questions?…Owww, the Pain….Coming off calciumcarbonate…OK, this plan is do-able…Oops!… [...]

]]> By: Babylune » #16. Top Three Things http://www.blisstree.com/babylune/how-to-help/comment-page-1/#comment-453 Babylune » #16. Top Three Things Thu, 29 Jun 2006 09:28:13 +0000 http://www.babylune.com/2006/02/01/how-to-help/#comment-453 [...] Top Three Things, TTT, is a special vacation series. This are items designed to get you some help.Today’s TTT contains three things friends can and should do to help the new mothers of their acquaintance when a new baby is on the scene. [...] [...] Top Three Things, TTT, is a special vacation series. This are items designed to get you some help.Today’s TTT contains three things friends can and should do to help the new mothers of their acquaintance when a new baby is on the scene. [...]

]]> By: Babylune » The Help, Wisdom & Annoyances of Grandmothers http://www.blisstree.com/babylune/how-to-help/comment-page-1/#comment-449 Babylune » The Help, Wisdom & Annoyances of Grandmothers Thu, 29 Jun 2006 07:38:20 +0000 http://www.babylune.com/2006/02/01/how-to-help/#comment-449 [...] I am a lot more understanding now. I realised that to many new grandmothers “helping” is viewed as more instructional rather than practical. They think their role is to teach you how to be a mother, rather than to just lend a hand. And this fundamental misunderstanding of roles seems to be at the heart of much conflict between new grandmother and new mother, whether mother and daughter or mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. [...] [...] I am a lot more understanding now. I realised that to many new grandmothers “helping” is viewed as more instructional rather than practical. They think their role is to teach you how to be a mother, rather than to just lend a hand. And this fundamental misunderstanding of roles seems to be at the heart of much conflict between new grandmother and new mother, whether mother and daughter or mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. [...]

]]> By: Babylune » Respect. http://www.blisstree.com/babylune/how-to-help/comment-page-1/#comment-218 Babylune » Respect. Thu, 04 May 2006 07:47:13 +0000 http://www.babylune.com/2006/02/01/how-to-help/#comment-218 [...] You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. Related Posts: What Do You Want/Need for Mothers’ Day?...AnInternational Law for the Respect of Mothers...Back to Work... [...] [...] You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. Related Posts: What Do You Want/Need for Mothers’ Day?…AnInternational Law for the Respect of Mothers…Back to Work… [...]

]]> By: Babylune » More Advice on How to Help http://www.blisstree.com/babylune/how-to-help/comment-page-1/#comment-158 Babylune » More Advice on How to Help Wed, 12 Apr 2006 11:21:23 +0000 http://www.babylune.com/2006/02/01/how-to-help/#comment-158 [...] When I first started writing Babylune, I wrote an entry called How to Help for people interested in helping new mothers through the first few weeks months after the birth. If there weren’t enough suggestions in that entry, or you just want to do more, see the Canadian Living article, Post-pregnancy Pampering: 20 thoughtful ways to spoil a new mom. [...] [...] When I first started writing Babylune, I wrote an entry called How to Help for people interested in helping new mothers through the first few weeks months after the birth. If there weren’t enough suggestions in that entry, or you just want to do more, see the Canadian Living article, Post-pregnancy Pampering: 20 thoughtful ways to spoil a new mom. [...]

]]> By: Babylune » C-Section Recovery http://www.blisstree.com/babylune/how-to-help/comment-page-1/#comment-59 Babylune » C-Section Recovery Wed, 08 Mar 2006 12:44:07 +0000 http://www.babylune.com/2006/02/01/how-to-help/#comment-59 [...] If you know a woman recovering from a c-section and are wondering how to help, the answer seems simple to me: do her laundry! She shouldn’t be carrying the laundry basket around. [...] [...] If you know a woman recovering from a c-section and are wondering how to help, the answer seems simple to me: do her laundry! She shouldn’t be carrying the laundry basket around. [...]

]]> By: kbaggott http://www.blisstree.com/babylune/how-to-help/comment-page-1/#comment-14 kbaggott Fri, 03 Feb 2006 13:15:23 +0000 http://www.babylune.com/2006/02/01/how-to-help/#comment-14 Too right Marcia. Nothing helps a mother recover faster or to make better milk for baby than a decent meal. Too right Marcia. Nothing helps a mother recover faster or to make better milk for baby than a decent meal.

]]> By: Maricar http://www.blisstree.com/babylune/how-to-help/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Maricar Fri, 03 Feb 2006 04:34:29 +0000 http://www.babylune.com/2006/02/01/how-to-help/#comment-12 Number one on my list is a reliable supply of hot and nutritious meals, especially for the first couple of weeks! This kind of help lets me know that someone is taking care of me, even as I take care of the baby. "Now, I need to figure out how to get the information out of the hands of new moms and into the hands of their friends and family." --- your suggestions on asking for help would be greatly welcomed! :) Number one on my list is a reliable supply of hot and nutritious meals, especially for the first couple of weeks! This kind of help lets me know that someone is taking care of me, even as I take care of the baby.

“Now, I need to figure out how to get the information out of the hands of new moms and into the hands of their friends and family.” — your suggestions on asking for help would be greatly welcomed! :)

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