Articles/Blogs for Parents

These are two really good articles/blogs that I have seen posted over the past week. Two completely different subjects but both quite enjoyable.

This one I think is just perfect - and would love for it to be mandatory LOL. Supposedly hospitals are offering classes for grandparents to teach the new rules of parenting. I think this is wonderful!! If I have to hear one more person in the older generation tell me, "That baby needs some rice cereal." or "Why can't he sleep on his stomach? I put you on your stomach when you were a baby." Or my favorite of, "You need to use common sense and stop following everything you read... That baby needs a blanket over him when he's sleeping." 

MY generation is fortunate to have access to such a wide variety of books, articles, and websites, groups, and discussion boards catering to the needs of parents. I understand that in the late 60s and early 70s Doctor's told parents to put babies on their stomach, and that rice cereal was a great supplement for iron... But listen, in 2012, we do things differently.  Please stop feeling the need to inform me and correct me of everything that you did and that I am choosing NOT to do!! And yes, if you keep nagging me about what my baby needs, you will politely be given a list of articles that can back up the methods that I have chosen to use as a guide to help me parent my child!!  I just hope I remember to look into these classes when my Alex is about to be a parent! Because I'm sure once again, things will have changed completely!

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/43845224/ns/today-parenting_and_family/t/grandparenting-classes-teach-new-rules-older-generation/


This article is full of fun, humor, and lots of truth... Parenting is tough, and even though we love being parents, we don't always enjoy each moment of parenting... This was just a great way of appreciating those special moments that just take your breath away or just make you realize that even though its a tough job, it's a job filled with beautiful moments. 


The ending is familiar to me because as a senior attending a Catholic school we were required to participate in a 3 night/4 day Kairos Retreat.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/glennon-melton/dont-carpe-diem_b_1206346.html