Week 4 Consequences of Stress on Children's Development/Poverty

Poverty

            As a little girl I remember that my parents welcome this couple into our home because

they were having a hard time with financial problems. My mom was a manager at Byrd’s

grocery store and it was a her co-worker. The co-worker had just started working because she

Just had a baby and her husband were paying all the bills while she was on maternity leave.Well

her husband could not afford to pay all the bills so they water and lights was turn off and they

 was hungry. My mother knew he co-workers very well and she could tell that was

something was wrong with her because she was not herself and looks very stress. Eventually she

told my mom what was going on and my mother called my dad to talk over the situation to see if

her co-worker could come and stay with us. They stayed with us for three days until they got

their lights and water on. This family was a Caucasian family and we are an African-America

 family so my mother reached out to help this family and their baby. While staying with us

for three days they took showers, and ate dinner around the table with us. I remember when my

mom put me to bed and I ask her “mom why are they staying with us” and my mother respond

“they are staying with us because they are having a hard time and it is good to help somebody

because you never know when you need help”.  I remember that and my mom always had a

heart with people.

            The country that I wanted to learn more about poverty is Sweden. Sweden

 affects children in their development. Children that are from Sweden grew up in poverty,

absolute or relative, suffers from bad health, produce worse school worse school results, lack

self-esteem, and more likely to be victims of violence. People speaks so highly of the country

of Sweden. but is one of the 35 rich countries who let children fall into deep poverty if compared

to the population as total. The Urban Partnerships for Poverty Reduction program has improved

living conditions in Sweden and it also promotes inclusive and sustainable human development

and works to reduce poverty in all its dimensions. It helps people in equality and to produce jobs.

Child Development and Public Health Week 2

Breastfeeding

            Breastfeeding is meaningful to me because it helps the mother and the child bond more

together. Babies need to feel that nurturing, love, and security from their mother and the world

around them. Breastfeeding also helps mothers of not buying that expensive formula and it is

meeting the infant’s needs. The benefits of breast-feeding help the baby by having fewer ear

infections, allergies, less asthma, and a higher IQ, less likely to attend college.

            In the country of Kenya breastfeeding is on the high rise of demand for mothers. Kenya

has made significant strides in boosting exclusive breastfeeding, even passing a new law banning

the promotion of infant formula. A major part of prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission

remains. The law, passed in September of the year of 2012 that prohibits the promotion of

complementary foods and forbids heath workers from accepting gifts from formula

manufactures. It also requires formula packaging to contain notices, warnings and necessary

information with respect to promotion of breastfeeding and proper use of breast milk substitutes.

It is hope that the law will contribute to the government’s push to encourage all mother to

breastfeed exclusively for at least six months. This is particularly important for HIV-positive

women six month of exclusive breastfeeding is associated with a three-to four-fold lower

risk of transmission compared to mixed feeding, according to the UN Children’s Fund. Kenya

has adopted the UN World Health Organization (WHO) recommendation that HIV-positive

mothers should exclusively breastfeed their infants for the six months of life, introducing

appropriate complementary foods thereafter, and continue breastfeed for the first 24 months

of life.

            Breastfeeding has impact my future work as being an Early Head Start teacher of

providing resources for new moms that are pregnant to know the benefits of how it is important

to breastfeed your child. Unfortunately I was not able to breastfeed my child due to the fact that

my breast would not produce the milk. I was real upset because I wanted to bond more with my

child but there are other ways I knew to bond with my child. As a teacher I see a difference when

a parent breastfeed their child and when they don’t breastfeed their child. When children are not

being breastfeed I see children more sick with colds, allergies, and ear infection.  Some children

have a lot of ear infections that causes them later on to have tubes in their ears. This is how 

breastfeeding is important to my work.

Childbirth In Your Life Around The World Carmon S Week 1

My childbirth experience was a happy occasion but a high risk pregnancy. My pregnancy

was high risk before I had my daughter on September 29, 1999 due to the fact of the year

January of 1994 I had a miscarriage of triplets. In the year of 1994 at the time when I was

going with my ex-boyfriend and I have been with him  for over five years and I did not know

that in his family that twins had ran on both sides of his family with his parents. Three

months after I went for my checkup and found out that I was having triplets I had a miscarriage.

After the miscarriage me and my ex-boyfriend had broke up and we grew further apart. The

miscarriage hurt us both because we both was buying baby materials and we was happy about

me being pregnant. At the time I was working at child care center but after I had the miscarriage

I had to leave that profession that I love.So I took a break and work for the company at IBM.

            In the year of 1999 I had dated another guy and meet him at IBM and went with him for

 four years. After Valentine’s Day I found out that I was pregnant. At first I could not believe it

because I was scare of having another child and having a miscarriage is really hard. I had to go to

the high risk clinic every week so they could monitor my pregnancy. On September 29, 1999, I

gave birth to a baby girl who weighs 6 pounds, 3 ounces, 19 inches long. When I had my baby

girl, my parents, my aunt, her dad, was in the room coaching me as I was having my baby. To

have love and support from my family meant the world to me. As I had her and when she came

out everybody was happy and crying, my dad was the first to hold her and my mom was like she

is healthy she has all her fingers, toes, her two eyes, and a head full of hair. Not only that was a

happy occasion but I knew that this baby would be surrounded with love.

            In the country of England birth experience is different in the United States. I have learned

in England is when a mother  give birth to a child they have two choices of give birth in the

hospital portion of the birthing ward where epidurals were freely dispensed, and the second

option is when you have the baby in the birthing center in the hospital where natural births

are encourage epidurals are not available. England is real strict when it comes to personal

hygiene. Visitors are made to cleanse their hands before entering the birthing ward and noise

is to be kept down to a bare minimum so the new mother can get their rest and privacy. They

also have three midwives that checks on them every 15 minutes of giving birth to a child. They

also believe in natural childbirth.  In the United States I feel like you do not get a lot of rest of

having a baby in the hospital the nurse in your room every chance they get. Pregnant women

also have a choice to get the epidural if they want to. These are the difference of the births in

England and the United States.

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