Ahh...Pregnancy! It does bring out the worst in women at times. Take me, for example, I know I already have some challenges in qualities as a person. But I think being pregnant magnifies them a hundred times. What are these, you ask? For one, Clumsiness. No, I haven't fallen from the stairs...yet! I don't want to imagine the excruciating pain that's going to cause. It's just that the whole shifting of my center of gravity, looser joints thing gets to me sometimes: accidentally bumping … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2011
Sustaining Breastfeeding, Cymplified!
Sustaining breastfeeding, something I have not accomplished with my first two children. I am hoping I will be able to with my third. The wonderful benefits of breastfeeding should be able to empower me, even if I lack adequate knowledge, lack support and get discouraged easily. It's nice to have a friend who's also pregnant with her first baby and who's bent on acquiring all the information she could get by taking advantage of the classes and seminars offered nowadays. I wouldn't be informed … [Read more...]
Incentive, Cymplified!
We all need something to motivate us at home (chores, anyone?), at work, and even for the (supposedly healthy) lifestyle that we lead. Our efforts should always be rewarded somehow. One challenge I am facing at present is how to encourage my 4-year-old daughter to do her homework. What incentive must I employ to get her to have the desire to do her tasks from school? She is smart and I know she would do them well if only she wants to. "What's in it for me?" A question we sometimes … [Read more...]