So I had all the pregnancy books. I was reading them religiously, however, you want to know something? They were making me go CrAzY! I was turning into a paranoid weirdo. I was worried from the temperature of the water in my shower to various cramping and other weird things going on in my body (which is going to happen!!) I finally took the plunge and threw them away. And I feel so much better. I told my doctor he better just tell me the no's no's because I threw them out, and luckily he supported my decision.
Funny you should mention this. I was at a fireside with Elder Bednar last month and he started on the topic of child-rearing and whatnot. He talked about how he fed his kids ice cream from the time they were very young, and how he now feeds his grandkids ice cream (against their parents' wishes). He said that this generation of parents are way too controlled by books and experts and what everyone else is doing and blah blah blah. The best thing to do is to just follow your instincts, he said. And that's coming from an Apostle, so to hell with all the research and all that crap. Right?
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