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How Santa Made Christmas A Day To Remember
On this occasion of joy and happiness, everyone has so much on their minds, and everyone is looking forward to celebrating more events with family and friends. Anyways, Christmas is around the corner, and people are deciding what to do for Christmas this year. With all of the different responsibilities over Santa, we need to acknowledge that he has high importance on Christmas. On the day of 25th December, kids wait to receive gifts from Santa, and they are fully convinced that they will receive amazing gifts and treats from Santa Claus if they behave throughout the year. These small things make Christmas an event that has so much importance around the globe.
By Robert Albert6 years ago in Families
Ayden’s story
I was with a guy for a couple of months, and eventually I learned that I was pregnant. I started seeing my doctor and she told me that I would have many complications due to a cyst the size of a softball on my uterus. I was told by multiple doctors that I would have a miscarriage due to the cyst, but I kept seeing my OBGYN twice a week. When I went in to do my four month check up, we learned that I was 6 cm dilated, I was put on bed rest for 3 more months to make sure everything would be okay. I did as told and stuck to bed rest, I had to take my maternity leave from work sooner than I thought I would be doing. Everything was going good while on bed rest and started to do better, but my OBGYN said that I would probably end up doing a C-Section if I dilated anymore, it worried me. When I did my 6 month check up, I had felt contractions starting, after about an hour they were two minutes apart, I was taken to a different hospital in an ambulance with a labor nurse with me, I didnt have any clue what was going to be happening. While in the back of the ambulance, we learned that I started having more contractions about a minute apart and we were still twenty minutes out from the hospital that I was getting transferred too. By the time we arrived at the hospital, I was dilated to 8 cm and contractions were 10-15 seconds apart from each other, the paramedics brought me up to the fourth floor to labor and delivery, told the doctors everything. We than started preparing for me to deliever, I still had no clue what was going on until they said I would be having my son at any minute, I was so worried because they said I would be needing a c-section. I had finally gotten all my belongings up to my room and I started calling my family that needed to be there, and letting them know what was happening, my family than called the hospital and everything was confirmed. Hours passed and my contractions had slowed down to almost nothing besides every two through three hours, so the doctors wanted to keep me there for a week to run tests, and to watch my contractions. After doing a couple blood tests, a doctor came up to inform me that I have Cystic Fibrosis, and my son has Hereditary Spherocytosis, and he would be born with jaundice. My family and I than started calling family members to see who I would of gotten it from, we had no clue that I had that until right before my son was born. They said my son has a 50% chance of being born with it. A week has passed and I was able to go home, I had regular check ups every morning to make sure everything was fine, which it was. I was put on bed rest until delivery, due to all the complications, and medications didn’t help control the contractions but they slowed them down to nothing after two months of taking them. By the time I was two weeks away from his due date, I went to the hospital because I was just getting super sick, so I went in to the hospital, they told me everything was fine and it was probably sometching that didn’t settle with my stomach, they were than releasing me. I had gone to use the bathroom before leaving and I felt pressure and I can feel pushing but the doctor said I wasn’t dilating at all and sent me home. I was maybe home 30 minutes when I went to go pee and I saw my sons shoulders and above out and I screamed for my grandma. My grandma got downstairs, called for an ambulance, and she had to start making sure we had all the hospital needs ready to go and she would follow down in her vehicle. By the time, I had arrived at the hospital, my son was already knees above out and there wasn’t any way I was going to be able to stop him from coming, and when arriving in the labor room, I was already holding him. The nurses all started rushing in, and they couldn’t get ahold of my OBGYN doctor who was suppose to be there helping so we had called in another doctor to come help. They didn’t let any family come in and they cut his umbilical cord and took him into a different room than me, they didn’t bring him back into the same room where I came in with him until two hours after. My family was all outside waiting to know updates or what was happening, but I wasn’t able to tell them anything because I didn’t know what was happening either. My son had jaundice really bad to where he wasn’t wanting to eat and he was coughing non stop, well his jaundice levels were at 18.7 and if they go above 19, he was be brain dead. They soon after bringing him back into my room told me that they had to transfer us to a different hospital for the rest of our stay, which ended up being six months after he was born. My son is now almost two years old, we go in for regular check ups three times a week, and if he gets sick at all we will be back in the hospital until he’s better. We are never out of out house unless it’s to his appointment’s, or I run to the grocery store to get our needs. He has been doing good and hasn’t been sick in about five months, and we’re hoping to keep it that way.
By Breeanna Winn6 years ago in Families
Why Swimming Lessons Are Important at a Young Age
If you are a parent of young children, you may wonder when it is a good time to teach your children to swim and whether it is necessary at all. Generally speaking, anyone who does not already know how to swim can benefit from learning. Every child is different and not everyone is ready for swimming lessons at the same age. However, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that all children start swimming lessons around age 4. Here are some reasons why.
By Paisley Hansen6 years ago in Families
How You Can Teach Your Children to Eat Healthily and Build a Healthy Relationship With Food
For parents, it can feel like a constant battle with kiddos to get them to eat the right foods. Balancing their nutrition with the foods that they like, all while trying to give them autonomy, can feel like a consistent struggle without a clear answer. If you want to try to boost their independence while ensuring that they have a healthy diet, here are a few tips to help.
By Kari Oakley6 years ago in Families
Startup Founders are much like your family members
What made me a founder? I didn't go to business school, I'm not exactly living in an ideal situation for building a business right now. As a matter of fact, let me describe to you what's going on at this very moment.
By Lizia Santos6 years ago in Families
Being a Single Dad
So I have been a single dad for about 2 years now and let me tell you, it has not been easy. Now when I say that I have been a single dad, I mean that I get my kids every two weeks and the when they are not with me, they are with their mother, But no matter how much you have your kids in my opinion, you are still a single dad. You still have to worry about the well being of your kids, you still have to feed them and bathe them and make sure that they are taken care of. So no matter what, I am a single dad! That being said, I am a single dad to a 13 year old daughter and a 6 year old son. Now my son is easy to handle, all I have to do is make sure that minecraft is on my phone or playstation, or make sure that I have the latest farming game on my phone. (he usually lives on a farm with his mother and her parents.)
By One Single Dad6 years ago in Families
Fun Activities to Do With Your Kids in Quarantine
Hello to all the parents out there that are singing the quarantine blues right now. Some parents are currently trying to juggle working from home and being teachers at the same time and it can be very stressful. Especially for new parents or parents with multiple kids. I definitely understand, so I created this list to try and ease that stress. These are also tips that helped me survive in quarantine. I hope it helps.
By M. McFadden6 years ago in Families
Children and Discipline;
I honestly must say the subject I am touching on right now is just my opinion. It is based on my life experience and on direct observation of other functioning and nonfunctioning families. I do not condone violence toward children and neither do I find it healthy to have a child who grows up out of control. As a mother of a 15-year-old and a care giver raising 2 toddlers I have to say My view has evolved as I have matured. It is not my intent to cause discourse or say what is right or wrong, my intent is only to make you think about why people spank, and whether it’s appropriate.
By Casey Ann Patterson6 years ago in Families
Let the kids create
Kids being home for this long is never on any parents list- we all want to stay occupied! Have them learn and have things to do for ourselves- until this happens! And we realize how crazy it is to come out of our comfort zone and do something new...like stay home without our own will. It’s boring...it’s tiring....it’s frustrating...
By Sadia Khan6 years ago in Families
