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  • Today is Kangaroo Care Day

    Posted 5/15/2013 by csweeney

    You may not have known, but today, May 15th Is International Kangaroo Care Day, also called “Skin to Skin.” What is Skin to Skin? It means placing your baby, in only a diaper, against your naked chest. Your baby can have her/his back covered with a blanket, but is lying belly to chest against you. It is a common practice for babies who are born early, but in fact, all babies benefit from skin to skin.
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  • How to Clean a Pacifier

    Posted 5/9/2013 by csweeney
    Its Mother’s Day this Sunday, and I know that I should be writing something inspirational or poignant about motherhood, but during my Monday morning commute this week, I was listing to “Morning Edition” on NPR, and I just have to share in case you missed it. Besides, I am sure that with all the other parenting/mommy blogs out there, you will be inundated with inspiration and will thank me for offering something a little different. Read more... Comments (0)

  • No Spoiling

    Posted 5/6/2013 by csweeney
    At some point in our pre-parenting lives, most of us have heard that you can’t spoil a baby. So why is it then, that as soon as we become parents, any progress in our slowly developing parental self -confidence is completely shaken when anyone makes the accusation, “You’re going to spoil that baby.” Read more... Comments (0)

  • Circumcision

    Posted 4/24/2013 by csweeney
    It’s a boy! Perhaps you learned the gender of your baby while you were pregnant, or perhaps you waited until your baby was born. Regardless of when you learned that your baby was a boy, you will need to make a decision about circumcision. Circumcision is the surgical removal of the skin covering the end of the penis (the foreskin). For some families this is done as part of religious ritual, for many families it is performed by a doctor at the hospital within the first few days of life. Read more... Comments (0)

  • Perspective

    Posted 4/16/2013 by csweeney
    Typcially, the content of this blog is focused on the adjustment  of becoming a parent. Today, writing about breastfeeding struggles or sleep deprivation just doesn't feel right. Not that those issues aren't challenging,  they are, but like most things, the questions and challenges we face in the newborn period seem to have a way of working themselves out. But today,   I just can't stop thinking about the parents of a little eight year old boy from Dorchester, and how their lives will never be the same. Read more... Comments (0)
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Christine Sweeney is a licensed clincal socal worker with over twenty years experience working with new moms and babies at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. She is the founder and manager of the Parent Connection, a free support service offered to first time parents to support the adjustment to parenting after leaving the medical center. She is a proud mom of two sons.

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