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Becoming a Parent Means Becoming Sedentary?

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Don’t scoff, that’s what a recent study done by an exercise physiologist at the University of Pittsburgh. Apparently, when you get married – your workout habits are not likely to change, but when you become a parent, they change significantly. Now, don’t get upset – those of us who are parents recognize that this is a problem. Most moms struggle with the pregnancy weight and after one or more children, that struggle becomes omnipresent in their lives. As a new parent, you probably feel like you’re on the go, all the time. You barely sleep. You are being pulled in … Continue reading →

Baby Talk Magazine: Straight Talk for New Moms

New parents need all the help they can get, and that never changes, no matter how many they have! I’m the mom of four children and I still have questions. “Baby Talk” magazine just may be the source for information we’ve all been searching for. With the goal of educating parents not only in the basics of baby care but in the new discoveries in medical care and inventions to make your life easier, this magazine is a valuable tool in the jungle of parenthood. The best part is — it’s free. I’ll give for example this month’s issue (March … Continue reading →

My Advice to New Moms

I have recently made a switch. I was blogging almost exclusively for the homeschooling blog at families.com but now I have switched to baby! This switch has prompted some reflection on the last year of my life as a mother of infants who are now toddlers, a toddler who is now a “big girl”, a “big boy” who is now a ‘young man’ and a ‘young lady’ who is now a tween. Thinking about what I might like to share in the baby blog, I started thinking about the last few years of life. Twins Come In a Set You … Continue reading →

From Marrieds to Marents – What You Need to Know

Who knows of the possibilities of love when men and women share not only children, home and garden, not only the fulfillment of their biological roles, but the responsibilities and passions of the work that creates the human future and the full human knowledge of who they are? – Betty Friedan What is a Marent? A marent is what I call someone who is married and adjusting to parenthood and the lines between being married and being a parent are blurred to indistinct. Now let me begin by saying there is nothing wrong with there being something indistinct between the … Continue reading →

New Parent Strategies: Weathering Life After Baby

As we were discussing earlier in the Marathon of Motherhood, being a new parent isn’t easy. Moms and Dads both go through a series of changes and challenges that they need to adjust to and life after baby is not always a picnic. Don’t be upset or worried if you are finding it not so easy. All new moms and dads go through their own private struggles. What might be hard for mom can be a snap for dad and what can be a snap for mom can be hard for dad. The following strategies are not full proof, but … Continue reading →

When Baby Makes Three (Part I)

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Many people believe they will “live happily ever after.” In reality, the changes that come with parenting can be dramatic and unexpected. We cannot anticipate how the shift from being a couple to being a family will affect us. But knowing that tension, fear, anger and sadness are as much a part of being a parent as joy and fulfillment reassures new parents during what could be a very confusing and lonely time in their lives. Trials and Tribulations Don and Kit, for example, found themselves pregnant in the very beginning of their relationship. The trials they experienced in the … Continue reading →