Julieta Spodek, Author at Famihood

Story: Lolo, the snail

Julieta Spodek — Tue, 15 Nov 2022 18:48:17 +0000

Everything goes wrong for me, thought Lolo, the snail
I was always late everywhere
he was the last to finish his homework and he never won prizes for his speed.
Very angry he said to himself: since I can’t change it, better tomorrow I won’t do anything! And he chose to stay at his house and not do the chores he had to do: like clearing the fallen leaves of the autumn trees, or removing the pebbles from the path.
He thought: “Why worry if my teammates will finish it faster? I better dedicate myself to rest”.
The little ant Juana, not seeing Lolo the snail went to look for him at her house to ask her if she had something wrong!
Lolo replied that nothing was wrong with him, simply that he was not going to do anything since it always takes a long time and the others are faster.
Juana the little ant told him – “It’s not a great idea”.. “What matters is not to do the job quickly, but what matters is to do the best you can! and help all your friends
Not everything has to be done quickly! There are tasks that require more time and effort. If you don’t try, you’ll never know what you’re capable of!
It is better to try! You might be surprised at what you’re capable of.”

Lolo the snail was not very convinced, but Juana insisted and they went together to do their homework!
At the end of the day, Lolo the snail approached Juana the turtle and said:
– “Juan you are right! It was better to have come to help all my friends and thus, among all, finish the tasks of the day!
Very good lol! That’s how it is! Always remember that small tasks also serve to achieve larger goals, and it is always better to help your friends than to stay home without having tried!
And so, Lolo the snail began to feel happier and every day, with a smile, he gave his best!

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Benefits of skin to skin with your baby

Julieta Spodek — Tue, 15 Nov 2022 18:37:02 +0000

This practice causes the release of oxytocin by the mother, a hormone known as “the hormone of love”. In addition to promoting bonding between mother and baby, oxytocin stimulates uterine retraction, which reduces postpartum hemorrhage. In addition, this hormone is responsible for the ejection of milk.

We can say then that skin-to-skin contact favors breastfeeding, by stimulating the release of oxytocin and by allowing the mother’s breast with its texture and aroma to be available to the baby. There are numerous studies showing how skin-to-skin contact immediately after birth promotes short- and long-term breastfeeding.

Other benefits are the reduction of cortisol in mother and child, a hormone closely linked to stress. The baby regulates his heart and respiratory rate better, has less chance of presenting hypoglycemia, that is, low blood sugar, cries less and decreases his irritability. In addition, contact allows you to better regulate your body temperature and keep it within normal ranges.

On the other hand, it decreases the possibility that the mother presents postpartum depression, increases positive affectivity and adaptation to the signals of her children.

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What precautions should I take into account when trying to get pregnant?

Julieta Spodek — Tue, 15 Nov 2022 18:30:18 +0000

The state of health of the woman at the time of trying to get pregnant is more important than we think. It is recommended to do a preconception consultation two or three months before pregnancy to improve the health status of the mother and minimize the possibility of congenital malformations.

In addition to the appropriate tests, your doctor may direct you to take vitamin supplements, such as folic acid or vitamin B12. It is very important that your doctor tells you what you should take, since the doses and type of supplementation will also be different depending on your background.

For example, folic acid supplementation before pregnancy is an effective preventive measure against neural tube defects, one of the most common congenital disorders. Neural tube defects are caused by an alteration of the embryonic process of neurulation between days 18 and 27 of pregnancy, when on many occasions the woman is not yet aware that she is pregnant.

It is also important to have healthy habits:

avoid alcohol and tabacco
sleep well
do exercise
take care of your diet

And above all things, forget about stress and anxiety and enjoy the process.

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Fever: the concept

Julieta Spodek — Tue, 15 Nov 2022 18:14:30 +0000

Fever is the increase in body temperature to more than 38º that the body generates as a defense mechanism in response to certain threats. Sometimes, boys can feel warm… that’s why it’s important to always check the temperature with a thermometer, since it will allow us to distinguish if it’s a fever or not.

Although the fever is annoying and generally scares us, we must know that it is not a disease in itself. It is a symptom that our body generates as a mechanism to defend itself!

Viruses and bacteria find it more difficult to grow or reproduce in a higher temperature environment. So this increase in temperature decreases the availability of certain elements that we have in the body and of which microorganisms take advantage of to live better. Fever encourages our immune response to function more efficiently.

There are many myths regarding fever, and this often leads us to be scared when our child has it. You have to know that fever by itself does not cause harm or is harmful to health.

What IS important is to discover what is the cause that is generating the fever to know if it is necessary to provide some specific treatment, or if it is simply something viral and self-limited.

Always remember to pay attention to its evolution, and offer: love and support.

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Sleep in the early days

Julieta Spodek — Tue, 15 Nov 2022 12:44:36 +0000

A question that we all ask ourselves at some point: When am I going to sleep soundly again? That is something that we cannot answer directly, but we can help you understand the stages of sleep development to:

May your expectations, regarding your baby’s dream, be real
So that you have tools to help you accompany your child in this process

The first thing we need to know is that most of the situations that are interpreted as “sleep problems” are actually an incorrect interpretation by adults:

First, because we do not know the expected development of sleep in babies and children
Second, because it bears little resemblance to the dream of adults
Third, because the demands of the world of work do not give us room to accompany this process. We have to produce and perform as if we were not breeding.

The first thing we have to know is that: babies do not sleep straight through the night. It’s normal, it’s expected, and it’s healthy. And here the following myth is demolished: babies do not wake up from breastfeeding, they wake up because their maturational development requires it and, in any case, thanks to the characteristics of breastfeeding, they can go back to sleep.

The feeling of the first times, is that it is a continuum of 24 hours: “lactation and sleep”. And that’s why, too, we find it so exhausting and so disruptive with respect to our habits.

Deep sleep helps to rest the body but during this period, babies do not usually get very tired physically, the priority is to mature mentally and accompany them in this process.

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