Do mums really have this god given skill, natural instict or intuitive wisdom around dealing with babies and kids? Is it true that "mums just know"? Well in my personal experience I'd have to say "no". My partner Raquel (and first time mum) was just as clueless as I (and the baby in fact) when it came round to our first feed. Noah (the baby) didn't know how to latch on, Raquel didn't know how to hold him and I didn't know what I was doing there in the first place.
The overwhelming majority of our shared learning experiences up to know has been just that - a LEARNING experience. None of the players involved "just knew" ... everyone had to learn (scarily this included one of the midwives as well in our case). The way we went about our learning experience was also very different. Raquel read just about every parenting book she could get her hands on while she was pregnant. I mostly talked to other fathers. ... read more >>
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