Caring for the Realcare baby was an experience I’ll carry with me when I consider having children. I have seven younger siblings, so I’ve been around babies all of my life. I’ve never had an infant be my complete responsibility for an extended amount of time, so I was wasn’t sure that it would be like to care for a baby. I expected it to be difficult and tiring, but taking care of my baby taught me things nothing but hands-on experience can. Being the caregiver of an infant consumes all of your time and requires a lot of self-sacrifice and patience. There were many challenges to caregiving. I never got a moment that was truly mine; everything I did revolved around the fact that the baby could begin crying at any moment. I felt anxious leaving the baby to go to a different area of the house even if I would only be gone for a few minutes. My baby was almost constantly by my side so I could care for her. Two evenings of being constantly alert for my baby’s needs had their toll. I felt stressed, worn down, and on edge. This simulation was only for short amounts of time; I can only imagine what it must be like constantly taking care of a newborn every day. …show more content…
When I did the right thing and the baby chimed or made a gurgling noise, I got a satisfied and fulfilled feeling. While being waken up in the early hours of the morning to care for the baby was exhausting and annoying, it wasn’t all bad. There is something about pacing a room in a sleepy haze while burping a fussy baby that is somehow comforting. I made a little bond with the baby by taking care of her. Robot or not, I missed being relied on by the her the first couple days after the experience ended. This made me even more certain that parenting is overall a very rewarding
In having the BabyThinkItOver simulator baby for a weekend I have learned so much about what it takes to raise and care for an infant. The RealCare baby helped me realize how much it really takes to be a good parent, in addition to bringing to light how many resources a real baby would consume.
Also, the film ties into the socioemotional aspect of a child’s development we’ve discussed in class. According to Epstein (2011), one of the mothers who had a VBAC claimed to have a more positive bonding experience with her son than with the cesarean child of hers. The mom got to be the first to see her child, the child wasn’t taken away for weeks in the NICU. As a result of this bonding experience, I believe the child developed a stronger, more secure bond with the mother as opposed to having to try harder to achieve that same end.
Bringing a child into the world can be a very exciting moment, filled with lots of emotion. However, raising that child will come with many responsibilities and decision making. It can be stressful as parents go through the ups and downs of raising a child, but it can also be a memorable experience as we watch our child go through various stages of development. I thought that being a parent would come with its obstacles, but that it would be an exciting experience to raise a child to adulthood. Every child has a temperament and certain characteristics that we as parents, have to adapt to. My Virtual Child, Jill, at first, was difficult to soothe down when upset, mostly cautious and shy when around new people, and has a secure attachment (My Virtual Child). Raising Jill, I had to make several adjustments due to my personal relationship with my spouse and the economy always changing. This had an effect on Jill’s development, but I always did what I felt was best for her. Jill was a quick learner at a young age; she scored above average or average for skills such as gross motor,
I was able to see how stressful it was for parents who also had children at home and had to be at the hospital taking care of their child. Also, for the first time I experienced having to deal with parents who were arguing about their child’s care. I realized how whenever the patient’s mom was out of the room, the child was behaving appropriately for his age, but when the mom would come back into the room, the child would behave differently.
middle of paper ... ... Our babies, our bodies and our families can reap the benefits of a happier and better rested mother-baby pair. Works Cited Christensen, Brittany. Personal Interview.
Many children with one parent don’t receive the accurate child care that they deserve because a single parent, can’t afford to pay child care by themselves. (Newman et al. 40). Child care is expensive but is very important for children, espcecially at a young age. Millions of children are in child care that isn’t actually giving the positive results, but also damaging them because parents can’t afford quality child care (Newman et al. 46). With poor quality child care, these children are more ...
It is our earliest interactions and connections that become a significant part of our lives, and that the internal working models that guide us through future relationships. Establishing attachment with caregivers is essential to
From the time my brother was born, a career of nursing was always in mind. I remember waking up in the car and mom telling me that the baby was coming. Moments later, we were informed that my brothers stomach was shrinking inside of her and that they had to do an emergency c-section. Thirty two weeks into my
...as an individual, still finding a sense of closeness with their caregiver. The perceptions that are formed as an infant are progressively construed to structure who we are, what we do, and why we do the things we do. These long-term effects appear to grow and are constructive as internal working models which shape our behavior, self perception, sense of self, and our expectations of other people.
...hat so-and-so does that better/differently/faster/more competently than you at least once a shift. You will have to explain your actions most of the time and nor only to the child but to the parent too. Kids wrap themselves around your heart and get into your head. When they laugh at something we say, it makes us feel great. When they want a hug before we leave the room, it makes us feel special. When they come back to visit months after discharge and have grown so much you have to look at mom to make sure it's the same kid, it's like no other feeling. When they get really sick, you suffer and when they die, you grieve. They keep us human.
When selecting childcare for your child the foundation of early learning has offered some tips that they believe will be helpful in the process. The foundation says that parents have always known that good early experience was important for their child. Now scientist and researchers are confirming how critical these first years of life are to your child’s healthy development (Selecting child care, 2002). Because the brain matures in the world rather than in the womb, the brain growth and development of infants and young children is deeply affected by their earliest experiences. In a childcare environment the relationship your child has with the caregiver will also affect how that child feels about himself and the world around him and as he grows up (Selecting child care, 2002). I ...
This is my journal of the daily life of a single teenage mother. My experience with my sugar baby was so much fun, but I soon learned that it wouldn't be easy caring for a baby all day long every day. Day one began my journey, when I introduced Lauren Ashley to my friends and family. I fixed her curly brown hair up in a bow, and I put on her a newborn diaper. There were so many styles of diapers to choose from in the store; it was mind-boggling. She had the cutest little ears I had ever seen. It was very heavy carrying Lauren Ashley everywhere all over school, including my books! The only time I needed a babysitter was when I had football games, pep-rallies, cheer practice, and class, so basically all day. I saw right then that daycare would be a necessity. I hired my parents, my grandmother, and my friends to baby sit. Whenever me and the other cheerleaders went to practice, we created a daycare in Mrs. Dennis' classroom. If Lauren Ashley were a real baby, I would pay around $90.00 a week just for her to go to daycare, and that doesn't include any extra food or diapers I would need to send. I also couldn't imagine having to wake up every two hours all night long to feed, change diapers, and rock Lauren Ashley back to sleep. But, I know I would really love my baby, so I would take care of her the proper way.
It was August 25, 2006 and I just received the news that I was going to have a baby. At that moment so many thoughts ran through my mind. I was extremely nervous and terr...
My Virtual Child is an online, interactive simulation that allows you to apply what you are learning in class to raise a child to the age of 18. Throughout the simulation, my parenting decisions were monitored as I was confronted with a variety of scenarios where every decision I made impacted the development of my child in every aspect. Although the odds of correctly predicting the outcome of my decisions were very slim, I used the knowledge acquired over the span of the class to help make the “right” decisions. I am certain that I will one day be ready for the responsibility of raising a child, but as of right now, I am young and still learning how to take care of myself. However, for the purpose of this project, I put myself in the role
I still can’t get over the fact I am a mother it’s not an easy job to do. I have had my fair share of struggles emotionally and physically. I worked dead end jobs and it just wasn’t enough to get by we couldn’t live. This is what gave me that push to go and get my nursing assistant certification it was a stable way to live. I had to put school on hold because I had to work and to raise him at the same time. It gets tough sometimes and I just want to scream because I never knew what my son would do next. Even though it gets stressful and there is a lot of the unknown I wouldn’t change it for the world.