Dear Mommy

Here's an email i receive not so long ago, its a touching mail about abortion.

Dear Mommy,

I am in Heaven now... I so wanted to be your little girl. I don't quite understand what has happened. I was so excited when I began realizing my existence. I was in a dark, yet comfortable place. I saw I had fingers and toes. I was pretty far along in my developing, yet not near ready to leave my surroundings. I spent most of my time thinking or sleeping. Even from my earliest days, I felt a special bonding between you and me.

Sometimes I heard you crying and I cried with you. Sometimes you would yell or scream, then cry. I heard Daddy yelling back. I was sad, and hoped you would be better soon. I wondered why you cried so much. One day you cried almost all of the day. I hurt for you. I couldn't imagine why you were so unhappy.

That same day, the most horrible thing happened. A very mean monster came into that warm, comfortable place I was in. I was so scared, I began screaming, but you never once tried to help me. Maybe you never heard me. The monster got closer and closer as I was screaming and screaming, "Mommy, Mommy, help me please; Mommy, help me." Complete terror is all I felt. I screamed and screamed until I thought I couldn't anymore. Then the monster started ripping my arms off. It hurt so bad; the pain I can never explain. It didn't stop.

Oh, how I begged it to stop. I screamed in horror as it ripped my leg off.

Though I was in such complete pain, I was dying. I knew I would never see your face or hear you say how much you love me. I wanted to make all your tears go away. I had so many plans to make you happy. Now I couldn't; all my dreams were shattered. Though I was in utter pain and horror, I felt the pain of my heart breaking, above all. I wanted more than anything to be your daughter. No use now, for I was dying a painful death. I could only imagine the terrible things that they had done to you. I wanted to tell you that I love you before I was gone, but I didn't know the words you could understand.

And soon, I no longer had the breath to say them; I was dead. I felt myself rising. I was being carried by a huge angel into a big beautiful place. I was still crying, but the physical pain was gone. The angel took me away to a wonderful place... Then I was happy. I asked the angel what was the thing was that killed me. He answered, "Abortion". I am sorry, for I know how it feels." I don't know what abortion is; I guess that's the name of the monster. I'm writing to say that I love you and to tell you how much I wanted to be your little girl. I tried very hard to live. I wanted to live. I had the will, but I couldn't; the monster was too powerful. It sucked my arms and legs off and finally got all of me. It was impossible to live. I just wanted you to know I tried to stay with you. I didn't want to die. Also, Mommy, please watch out for that abortion monster. Mommy, I love you and I would hate for you to go through the kind of pain I did. Please be careful.

Love,
Your Baby Girl

PRO CHOICE? DO YOU THINK THESE BABIES CHOSE TO DIE???

My Baby Wants to Walk than Crawl

Keona will the 10 months this August 29, and she hasn't learned to crawl yet, she can sit on her own. But lately she is more interested in walking than crawling. We bought her a walker cause my back hurt(hehehehe) assisting her while she want to walk, and boy was she so happy. I heard plenty of babies not going into the crawling stage and went directly to walking. Is your baby just like mine??

Keona in her new walker

Newborn Babies might benefit from having music played to them

This ones interesting, I found this article using our library online journals. This may help those incoming pregnant mommies.

Playing music to neonates may have physiological and behavioural benefits and might reduce pain and improve feeding, according to the preliminary findings of researchers in Canada who investigated the effects of music played to term or premature infants.

Six studies evaluated music for painful procedures. A high quality pilot study involving 23 infants undergoing circumcision showed benefits for music for the outcomes of heart rate, oxygen saturation and pain, while two low quality studies showed no difference. Three low quality studies involving infants undergoing heel prick showed some evidence that music might be beneficial.

One study involving 32 poorly feeding infants evaluated die use of non-nutritive sucking via a pacifier-activated lullaby and found a significant increase in oral feeding rates. In a study of 22 infants with chronic lung disease, there were no significant differences in physiological outcomes between those exposed to music and controls.

(Well my 9 month old girl likes music, she likes to listen to it will drinking her milk in the bottle. Although this article is for newborn.)

Kid Friendly Online Video

Looking for some Kid-Friendly Online Video? Check out TOtlol. It is an independent website by a father from Vancouver, Canada. Here, parents of 6 month olds and 6 year olds can enjoy checking out videos as "all videos available at TOtlol are intended to be enjoyed by kids," the note in their About Us stated.

Parents who join the community can scout YouTube for possible kid friendly videos using a Totlol interface. Parents who submit a video are asked to provide review of the content, specify the main language if the video and what age group may enjoy it and categorize it. The rest of the community are then asked to screen videos submitted by others to grade them.

How to Hold a Baby

Being a first time parent was a whole lot of experience for me, especially the first time I held my baby girl. I just don't know how to hold her hehehehe, although after a few days i got the hold of it. So for those first time parents, I found an article that might help you, in how to hold your baby.

MAKE HOLDING EASIER

Get a sling-type carrier and wear your baby several hours a day( oh i have one like this, I bought it when she was about4 months I think? my baby loves it.) Wear him/her while you work or shop, or take a walk for two. Because "sling babies" are intimately involved in the world of the wearer, they see what you see, hear what you say, and go where you go. Babies learn a lot in the arms of a busy caregiver.

MAKE HOLDING FUN

Carried babies are more content and cry less. Infants and parents direct the energy they would have wasted on managing fussing into growing and interacting. Dance with your baby while holding your baby and swaying back and forth( Doing this with my baby girl result in a rewarding toothless smile from her and a little giggle). Some babies associate motion and holding with sucking, so they like to feed while on the move.

MAKE HOLDING COMFORTING

Carrying calms colicky babies. Here are some time tested carries.

• The colic curl: Slide baby's back down you chest and encircle your arms under her bottom. Curl baby facing forward with her head and back resting against your chest.

• The magic mirror: Hold your baby in the curl position in front of a mirror and let her witness her own drama. Place her hand or bare foot against the image on the mirror surface and watch the intrigued baby grow silent.
  

• The arm drape( call it the "football hold" ) Rest baby's head in the crook of your elbow. Drape baby's stomach along your forearm and grasp the diaper area firmly with your hand. Press your wrist against baby's tense tummy.

• The neck nestle: While walking , dancing, or lying with your baby on your chest, snuggle her head against the front of your neck and drape your chin over baby's head. Then hum or sing a low pitched melody, while swaying from side to side. Since babies hear with the vibration of their skull bones in addition to their eardrums, the vibration of the deeper male voice box and jaw against baby's sensitive skull can often lull the tense baby right to sleep.
  

• The warm fuzzy: Dads, lie down and drape baby skin-to-skin over your chest, placing baby's ear over your heart. As baby senses the rhythm of your heartbeat plus the up-and-down motion of your breathing, you'll feel the tense baby relax.

Besides being calming infants, frequent holding helps parents get bonded to their baby. holding your baby close to your heart helps your heart get close to your baby.

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY