MOTHER LOVE
DON'T PANIC M You're first-time mother and haven't a clue what you are doing! But that's all right – most new parents feel like that. There are some simple, but invaluable, wisdom. picture; African journal When a child is born, so is a mother. Here you are: you've given birth, you are over the moon and you can't wait to take your infant home. But when you leave the hospital, you are suddenly overwhelmed. You think: “I have no experience at all! How do I take care of my baby? Can we please go back to the hospital and stay there for a year or so?” to help you get over those first-time parenting hurdles, pediatric cardiologist DR David Githanga has seven tips on how to hurdle your newborn baby and yourself. PARENTING HURDLE #1 Is that my baby? He looks like an alien! Newborn babies can look rather weird. The journey through the birth canal, maybe coupled with a vacuum extraction, has baby’s head looking all out of shape, and she’s covered in a past...