Chaos

My husband has experienced many stressors listed above growing up as a child. He was a victim of poverty, hunger, chaos, and violence. His household was filled with alot of drugs and a little bit of food. He grew up in Las Vegas projects and with that environment came violence and chaos. He grew up in poverty and going to school for him was a living hell. Clothes dirty and too small, but had to go in order to get the free meals. He coped with these stressors by escaping to a friends house, whose living conditions and home life was the exact opposite of his. Hecould not use the school resources because his mom would be upset he told anyone about what was going on in their house. His only outlet was his friend. These types of stressors happen to children worldwide and it affects each child differently. In Southern Africaan increasingly number of people are sruggling to stay at the poverty line. Children and their parents struggle with HIV/AIDS, lack of foood and substandard social services to assist them. The biggest worry right now is the future of the children. With multiple stressors (any changes that manifest as shock), children will remain vulnerableand there future will be dull, if they even can make it to adulthood. Many organizations lends the assistance to this part of the world. For example, creating schools, clean water projects, and healthcare, but some researchers suggest this is not enough because people do not understand to the full extent what is going on. People suggest you must fix the government and provide social services to the people in order to fully assist with the recovery efforts out there.

Co sleeping and SIDS

I have three children and my youngest is 9 months old. Co-sleeping is something I done since my first child.  THe reasons I co sleep is for the convenience of night time feedings and I panic when i cannot see or hear by baby. With the recent radio campaigns regarding co sleeping and the risk of SIDS, it is making me think twice.  According  http://blogs.babycenter.com/mom_stories/05222013-new-co-sleeping-study-reveals-shocking-sids-risk/, co sleeping increases the risk of SIDS by five times and 22% of SIDs death was due to co-sleeping. Southern Europe and Asia promote co sleeping. In Asia, the baby sleeps in between their parents a in a basket. They call this practice the river.   No matter what the preference is for the parents, safety should be considered first.

My birthing experience

I have three children and while all three were memorable my son's birth was a traumatic one.  Something in my gut for the past two weeks was telling me something was not right with his movement.  I was going to the doctor almost daily, until the last day I refused to leave.  Long story short, my son was delivered with the cord wrapped around his neck twice and two "true" knots in the umbilical cord.  The doctor looked ta me and said I was lucky.  Although it had no effects on him, I imagine if it had been someone without healthcare and not being educated on whats is normal and not normal during pregnancy.  Would thier story have ended in trajedy and the baby not ne so lucky.

I China I learned that women drink an herbal tea to ease the pain.  Well in Carson, California  my back drank a dose of epidural and that eased the pain.