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The Language of Modern Parenting

Seeded on Thu Mar 25, 2010 8:12 AM EDT
Read ArticleArticle Source: The Globe and Mail
health, parenting, pregnancy, language, babies, words, motherhood, translation, lexicon
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When I was pregnant with my first baby, I anticipated the sleep deprivation. I anticipated the changes to my social life. But no one ever told me I would have to learn a whole new language. Forget pamphlets on breastfeeding, I need a dictionary.

"DS (10 mo) still doesn't STTN. Have tried NCSS, GW and WIWO. Am now ready to Ferberize or CIO. Help!"

Last year if you had shown me that paragraph I would have thought I had inadvertently picked up a newspaper written in ancient Sanskrit. But now as a mom of a 14-month-old son, this translation is a no-brainer...

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As with any technical field, you learn to pick up the 'jargon'!

Dictionary of Modern Parenting sounds like a bestseller to me...

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Reply#1 - Thu Mar 25, 2010 8:13 AM EDT
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