Hi Everyone,

This weekend my son has had a rough few days, teething plus swollen tonsils have left him feeling pretty crap! As a result, I haven’t had much time to sit and write. Admittedly, I’m not sure what I’d have written about because after a couple of days with him in pain, I’m feeling uninspired and a little useless. Obviously this too shall pass, but anyone with babies knows, when you’re in the moment, you just want to make it better for them.

Today I decided to pick myself up and motivate myself, because starting off the week well is important. I’ve opened my laptop and found myself listening to TED talks… not ones to inspire, but ones about parenting. I listened to a lot of these when I was pregnant, but somehow I’ve looped back and am listening to them again and I find a whole new appreciation for them.

I have binge watched a few now (baby’s had a long nap) and so I thought I’d share the ones I liked (links below); for anyone who needs to get our of their own heads today:

For Parents Happiness is a Very High Bar

• Talks about the economics of parenting
• Talks about preparing kids for the future
• Talks about the crisis of parenthood, which often leads to the crisis of marriage
• The issue of work-life crisis
• The conflict of wanting children to be happy… and the harsh reality that there is no real way to teach this

How to Raise Successful Kids – without over parenting

• Talks about academic pressures and parental praise
• A checklist childhood

What we Learn Before We Are Born– I loved this one when I was pregnant!

• Talks about how babies learn in the womb
• Talks about the mother’s voice travelling to her baby while it grows – and the language it will be born into
• Talks about food preferences

What We Don’t Know About Mothers Milk – This is informative and funny!

• Talks about the time and effort it takes to produce milk
• Talks about support systems for mothers and babies
• Talks about the components of breastmilk – as food, medicine, hormones, comfort etc
• Talks about how society fails mothers

The Lies We Tell Pregnant Women

• Talks about the objectification of women
• Talks about dismantling systems of inequality to help raise our kids in a better world
• Talks about sexual behaviours of pre/postpartum couples (particularly focusing on women)

There are literally hundreds of talks I could share but these are a hand-picked few. 

Enjoy xoxo