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In the World of Parenting, Life Is a Jinx!
Moms Learn to Think Before They Speak
By Melissa Granberry
Announce your pregnancy, and you will be bombarded with all kinds of advice:
- "Don't let the baby sleep in your bed!"
- "Letting the baby sleep in your bed makes her feel secure!"
- "Feed the baby whenever he seems hungry!"
- "Keep the baby on a strict three-hour schedule!"
It's enough to make you hide out in the hospital with a full nursing staff to help raise your baby through the teen years.
Here is some advice – advice that no one ever mentions, but mothers know it's true – "The Jinx." What is the Jinx? Let me give you some examples:
You think:
"Since Junior is playing so quietly with his puzzles, I am going to sit down for a minute and pay bills, return phone calls, etc."
As soon as you sit down to act on this thought, Junior will throw the puzzles against the wall and demand to be held for the next 45 minutes.
You tell your playgroup:
"I'm so glad Junior isn't aggressive. He never hits or bites and seems to get along so well with all of the children."
You spend the next three months leaving the playgroup in tears because Junior was hitting, biting or throwing everything in sight.
You tell your mom:
"Everyone in our family has been healthy this summer."
One by one everyone will come down with strep throat, followed by ear infections and an unexplained rash.
You confide in your husband:
"I'm so glad we have a 2-year-old who doesn't throw tantrums."
You have a 3-year-old who does.
You tell your pediatrician at Junior's 6-month visit:
"He is such a great sleeper! He sleeps for 10 to 12 hours a night!"
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