Disclaimer: I have not yet given birth. Our baby is still in the incubation stage. But here is one experience I've been having lately that I imagine is a crossover lesson from pregnancy to kids:
1) Balancing what they think they want with what you know is good for them.
I'm referring specifically to my stomach at this point. I can recall (and maybe you can, too) being a small child and insisting that I could handle another scoop of ice cream, no, that I needed another scoop...and then getting it, eating it, and realizing that was a bad idea. I thought I'd mostly grown out of that as an adult, but it turns out that having a pregnant tummy is much the same as having a 3-yr-old tummy. Especially if I go too long without eating. Then all of a sudden, I'll hear about, smell, see on tv, or even think about a food (could be any food, really), and all of a sudden, I HAVE to have some of that NOW. I don't consider these cravings, more just a very volatile belly that is very easily influenced. I begin eating said desired food, and the message I get from said stomach goes like this:
"I need more. More. More. More! TOO MUCH! TOO MUCH! TOO MUCH! TOO MUCH!"
Sigh. Perhaps by the end of nine months I'll have a sufficient handle on this to be able to translate that experience to a child.
Congratulations about the baby....you'll be a good Mom, I'm sure :)
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