Figure your plan out.
Infant Esoterica:
CONSENSUAL BIRTH PLAN: We did homebirths for both. No meds, no interventions. They went great, wouldn't have changed a thing. Hospital ten minutes away in case we needed it. The important factor is that we CHOSE how we'd give birth. It was fully consensual.
Figure your plan out.
Skin-skin contact with both parents is essential. Chest to chest. Doing as as early and often as you can --> lasting connections. https://t.co/1NRK6Z2qAo
Lay them on their back on bed or soft surface, get them to grab your thumbs and start lifting up. They'll come off the ground and relinquish grip when tired. Repeat.
If you do this from day 1 and never stop, you build powerful grip strength. ie normal grip strength, the grip they're meant to have.
Stroller good to have but not exclusively.
They're adrift in a psychedelic sea of sensory data. You are the anchor as they make sense of it.
Carrying kids lowers their cortisol, increases mutual oxytocin release.
AM sunlight provides infrared light which improves skin UV resilience, helps set circadian rhythm so they sleep better at night.
Midday sunlight provides UVB for vitamin D production.
Suitable dosing depends on ethnicity, skin color, etc.
Trees and plants emit volatile organic compounds to communicate with each other, and we humans can pick up on them (the smells we smell in the forest) and obtain physiological benefits—lower stress, improved immunity. Small humans benefit too.
Secret to most of this stuff is it's all good for you, too.
Also, dogs make kids happy.
Switch house bulbs to warm Edison lights.
Use these: https://t.co/uYTtXQDu72
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View the resolutions and voting results here:
The resolution titled "The occupied Syrian Golan," which condemns Israel for "repressive measures" against Syrian citizens in the Golan Heights, was adopted by a vote of 151 - 2 - 14.
Israel and the U.S. voted 'No' https://t.co/HoO7oz0dwr

The resolution titled "Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people..." was adopted by a vote of 153 - 6 - 9.
Australia, Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, and the U.S. voted 'No' https://t.co/1Ntpi7Vqab

The resolution titled "Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan" was adopted by a vote of 153 – 5 – 10.
Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, and the U.S. voted 'No'
https://t.co/REumYgyRuF

The resolution titled "Applicability of the Geneva Convention... to the
Occupied Palestinian Territory..." was adopted by a vote of 154 - 5 - 8.
Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, and the U.S. voted 'No'
https://t.co/xDAeS9K1kW
