Slater Young, Kryz Uy, Scottie at Sevie
TULAD ng mga first-time mommy, marami ring mga nagawang sablay ang wifey ni Slater Young na si Kryz Uy sa pag-aalaga sa panganay nilang si Scottie.
In fairness, ibang-iba na raw ngayon si Kryz bilang nanay dahil nga sanay na sanay na siya sa pag-aalaga ng bata lalo pa’t dalawa na ang anak nila ni Slater.
Kuwento ng content creator sa kanyang bagong vlog sa YouTube, mas naiintindihan na niya ngayon ang ibig sabihin ng bawat iyak at galaw ng sanggol.
Aniya, sa pagdating ng ikalawang baby nila ni Slater na si Sevi, alam na alam na niya ang gagawin pagdating sa pagpapadede at pagpapatulog.
“First mistake. When Scottie was a newborn, a lot of moms told me, ‘You know what, you should make your kids sanay to sleep anywhere even it is a noisy environment so don’t let him coop up in the room so you don’t have to tiptoe around him when he’s sleeping.
“You should keep him like in the broad daylight so that he can sleep anywhere,” simulang pagbabahagi ng vlogger mommy.
Sabi pa raw sa kanya ng ilang kapwa nanay, “’You should talk even when he is sleeping, even with a normal voice. He should hear the vacuum, the coffee machine, everything should be normal so that you could train him to sleep wherever and he’s not gonna be a picky sleeper.’
Ngunit habang tumatagal, parang may mali sa mga ipinapayo sa kanya, “Kasi, even us adults we can’t sleep na nga if it is a noisy environment. If it is super bright, it is harder for us to sleep, what more these kids, these babies who are so used to the dark of our wombs?
“When Scottie was a newborn we were always in the living area, we were making breakfast and he was just there. We were watching TV, he was right there.
“It was super duper bright because our house was a glass house which is probably why he never slept. And Slater and I always said Scott is not a sleeper lang talaga. He is just a baby who is having a hard time sleeping.
“No wonder because his sleep environment was not optimal at all. And now with the amount of research that I’ve done and also with the experience that I had, Sevie sleeps in own room, creating the perfect sleep environment will definitely help with baby sleep,” pahayag pa ni Kryz.
Isa pang sablay na nagawa niya ay ang paniniwalang nagugutom ang first baby niyang si Scottie kapag iyak ito nang iyak noong sanggol pa ito.
“It was always feed the baby, feed the baby, feed the baby. And that fed into the anxiety in my head that maybe my milk is not enough. Why is he always hungry?
“And guys that is completely wrong pala. We just assume that the baby is hungry but a lot of times he is not. If you just fed him and his diaper is well, he could be crying for a myriad of reasons.
“He could just be uncomfortable, he might just want to be held, he might just need attention,” esplika pa niya.
At patungkol naman sa paggamit ng pacifiers, “I got advice from a lot of oldies, aunties, moms, and midwives that we shouldn’t use pacifiers or get the babies to use pacifiers because it could be so hard to wean them when the time comes.
“But the ‘Moms On Call Daily Schedule’ (a book) specifically said this is how you soothe your baby — ‘You jiggle the baby, you shush the baby, you pat the baby and if it does not work give the baby a pacifier.’
“To kind of hold him off until his next feeding and to extend the time to when he’s supposed to get his feedings,” pagbabahagi pa ng misis ni Slater.
Kaya naman pinagamit talaga nila si Sevi ng pacifier, “That has been super duper helpful for us because instead of the baby wanting to suck on your boob for comfort, he can suck on the pacifier instead.
“Sucking is actually very calming for a baby, especially a newborn and so giving a pacifier isn’t actually all that bad based on my research because if you give a baby a pacifier, if you want to wean him off you can just take it out.
“But what we did with Scottie was we didn’t give him a pacifier. We let him suck his thumb instead and that’s even harder guys because you can’t detach his thumb completely from his body and until now, he is two years old, he still sucks his thumb. But with a pacifier you can wean him out of it,” paliwanag pa ni Kryz.
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