Category: Grandmothers
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Peace of Mind with CPR
Back in my former life in working in preschool, I have taken many CPR/First Aid classes to keep up my certification and to meet state licensing standards. Depending on where you live, this needs to be renewed annually or every two years. I am well aware of the importance of this life saving training. My…
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The Birth Plan
For all generations, the plan for a pregnancy is to have a healthy baby after a wonderful labor and delivery experience. Nowadays there is a written plan reflecting the information presented in ante natal classes, which were first offered in the mid 20th century. The last century saw birthing gradually shift from the midwives assisting…
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The Ties That Bind
My Nana who knitted for 5 children and 9 grandchildren. It’s interesting to watch my daughter changing through her pregnancy. Her hair is lush, her cheeks are pink and her body is rounding out. I remember being more than pleased with the quality and shine of my own pregnant hair and being very aware of…
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Check it out!
We are living in the information generation. There has never been so much knowledge available to us on just about everything and in so many formats. However, we are huge fans of books and libraries. My daughter had some book recommendations for me that I want to share here. Back in the 80s and 90s, I…
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Folic Acid and Fodmaps
I became pregnant at the end of 1989 in Scotland right before emigrating to North Carolina. The first thing I noticed, with horror was that my favorite appetizer at the Ho Wong restaurant near the river Clyde in Glasgow, suddenly tasted completely different, and I didn’t enjoy the experience. This was the beginning of a…
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Folic Acid and Fodmaps
I became pregnant at the end of 1989 in Scotland right before emigrating to North Carolina. The first thing I noticed, with horror was that my favorite appetizer at the Ho Wong restaurant near the river Clyde in Glasgow, suddenly tasted completely different, and I didn’t enjoy the experience. This was the beginning of a…
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A New Role
I remember my grandmothers and how each of them lived into their role differently. I remember my mother’s relationship with each of my grandmothers. I saw how my mother and mother-in-law built connections with my children, their grandchildren. Now it’s time for me to live into the grandmother relationship. I am NanaKim, wanting to be…
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Reinventing Grandmotherhood
Not everyone gets to be a grandparent. There are many steps that are out of our control and sometimes out of the control of our children. I was so keen to get started that I asked a wonderful teacher and mother to be if I could play some of that role for her unborn child.…
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A Baby is On the Way
My daughter and her husband have discovered they are pregnant with their first child. They already have three cats so things will get very busy very quickly. They are both data oriented in all aspects of their lives. They are on top of the tools at their disposal. My daughter gets a positive pregnancy result…
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Planning Ahead for Child Care
My daughter and her husband both work full time in interesting and rewarding careers with great benefits, especially healthcare and including some support for child care. My daughter especially is able to get a European level of maternity leave of around 30 weeks, stitched together from a variety of categories of leave. This leaves people…
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