CRIB NOTES
By Sharon Cappelletti
Sharon is a young mother of two boys, 4 years and 7 months. She and her husband live in the far north Philadelphia suburbs.
Breast Feeding...As Natural as Breathing
I always knew, even before I had children, that I would breastfeed my babies. It was a no-brainer. To me, breastfeeding is as natural as breathing, eating and sleeping. It is a God-given ability that comes with being a woman, a mammal if you will.
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A GRANDMOTHER'S CIRCLE
By Laurel Cossit
Grandparent Rivalry
Laurel is grandmother to Aiden who turned one in February,2009. She has been a registered nurse since 1969. She earned her BA in Cognitive Science from SUNY - Buffalo in 2002. Nothing compares to the fun she has with her "wildly entertaining" grandson.
In a previous column, I mentioned the theory that human females and only human females go through the process of menopause in order to give a reproductive advantage to the children of their children. Time, distance and limited resources do not completely negate this biological urge. Instead, sometimes that urge to mother the parents is so strong that humans (mostly grandmas but sometimes grandpas) behave as though they, and not their children, were in charge of the little ones.
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