Charlotte Stephens

This is a whole thread. Not sure if I have to point that out? (Is this thing on?)

Babies & Morality Do babies know right from wrong? Let's find out!

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so it’s not actually an issue of either or, but a case of both and all.

even as other scientists have come out like “uh, actually…” and have, as a result, continued to carry out behaviourist methods of yore, as well as continuing to debate nature vs nurture, even though we now know that one informs the other

“don’t show your children affection it’s unsanitary” and “put that baby down you’re spoiling it.” Despite the lack of actual evidence, and despite the common sense I’m sure the housewives of the time could have imparted, many people have believed for a long time in the empty baby thing,

(These researchers quite clearly hadn’t.) Taking as much a hold of the zeitgeist as long dead rumours that animals feel no pain, this theory influenced later psychological movements, notably behaviourism, which was largely responsible for such things as cry it out,

*An interesting study into baby morality!*

So. For a long time, scientists believed that babies were blank slates – tiny little empty headed creatures shaped entirely by the whims of their parents and their environment, which you’ll know is crazy if you’ve ever spent any time looking after babies.

Postpartum Advice I'd Give You If I Wasn't Afraid To Hurt Your Feelings 1/ Sleep when the baby sleeps, for the love of god, the cleaning can wait woman you look exhausted (third time mum wisdom, fight me)

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4/ Bounceback culture is pervasive and it will eat your soul if you pay too much attention to it – try to focus on what an amazing thing your body just did instead of how soon you can get back into your jeans. That jean cut is out of fashion now, anyway, so you may as well enjoy your joggers

2/ Your doctor is wrong, that ab separation won’t fix itself

3/ No I mean, really, if your doctor told you that, don’t listen. Mine said the same thing and my abs are still so separated they may as well get a divorce

Postpartum Advice I'd Give You If I Wasn't Afraid To Hurt Your Feelings

1/ Sleep when the baby sleeps, for the love of god, the cleaning can wait woman you look exhausted (third time mum wisdom, fight me)

What Should Have Happened After Karen Millen Said What She Said About Breastfeeding I have re-imagined the chat, so you can sponge the original from memory

It's been weeks, I know, but I'm still so outraged by the comments made by Karen Millen about extended #breastfeeding. If anyone wants some actual info about breastfeeding an older child, I've re-imagined the whole chat, here: babybrain.substack.com/p/that-vanes...

25 Things I Have Learned As A Parent 1. People that knowingly make a lot of noise near sleeping children are dickheads.

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4/ Not all babies will go down drowsy but awake. Some go down drowsy then more alert than they’ve ever been in their entire lives, leaving your evening plans in tatters, unless your evening plans were to hang out with your baby

3/ Nothing is more heartbreaking than seeing some grub of a kid tell your precious angel that they don’t want to play with them. YOU SHOULD FEEL LUCKY THAT HE EVEN LOOKED AT YOU, TERENCE, WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?

(2/2) – more importantly – will scream at you less, which is worth a painful and potentially debilitating operation as a senior. That’s future you’s problem, live for the now

2/ The only way to survive multiple children if your oldest is still in the early years is to use a baby carrier. Your back will throb and you might need a hip replacement later in life but your children will feel loved and (1/2)

1/ People that knowingly make a lot of noise near sleeping children are dickheads. No exceptions, no take backsies

25 Things I Have Learned As A Parent: A Thread

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