Sample essay on parenting and children’s health experience

There is never a standard answer to children's health. All parenting methods must be anchored in the "actual status of your own children" and adjusted. There is no need to worry about not meeting other people's "perfect parenting standards", nor can they completely neglect necessary health monitoring.

To be honest, when I first became a mother, I was more busy doing KPIs than I was at work. Every meal was calculated as a calorie for complementary food. I had a drawer full of calcium, iron, zinc, DHA, and lutein supplements. I dressed my baby in two layers more than I did in winter. Even snacks were strictly in accordance with the standard of "no sugar at all before the age of three." It wasn't until my son was 3 years old that he coughed repeatedly for half a month in the winter, and the house became a mess: my mother said that I should cover my sweat and stew rock sugar pear water every day. My best friend who works in preschool said that it was most likely a bacterial infection and that I should take antibiotics immediately. I watched half a dozen parenting bloggers' videos, and some people said that it was a taboo for a weak spleen and stomach, so I needed massage. In the end, there was really no way to take the baby to the nursery. After listening to the lungs and looking at the blood test, the doctor said that it was an airway hyperresponsiveness induced by the change of seasons. Children over 1 year old should drink two sips of warm light honey water every day. Don't let them run around outside and breathe in the cold wind. They didn't even need to prescribe medicine. I dubiously followed the instructions, and I stopped coughing in three days. The piles of cough syrups and spleen and stomach health care products I had stocked up on were not even opened until they expired.

Later, after many conversations with child care doctors, I discovered that there is no single solution to many of the parenting issues that everyone is currently arguing about. Take feeding as an example. Parents who advocate precision feeding insist on quantitative feeding and elimination of allergens based on age, while parents who support free-range feeding believe that feeding their babies something of everything is good for nourishing their spleen and stomach. In fact, both opinions are reasonable: babies with allergies must monitor allergens and fine-tune their diet. If the baby has a strong intestine and stomach, it is not a big deal to occasionally eat ice cream or taste adult meals. There is no need to adhere to the standards of a certain school. I had strictly enforced the rule of "don't let the baby touch the snacks" before, but every time I went to the supermarket, the baby would not leave the candy cabinet. Later, I changed it to giving a small healthy snack every afternoon, including original nuts, sugar-free yogurt, and freeze-dried fruit. Instead, he no longer obsessed with the junk snacks in the supermarket. Last time I went to the amusement park, other children rushed to eat Skittles. He took half a piece, tasted it twice, and stuffed it back into my hand, saying, "It's too sweet, not as delicious as the yogurt at home."

There are also many parents who are struggling with "whether to give supplements to their babies." I have stepped into this pit before. I heard others say that DHA supplements can make them smarter, and lutein supplements can prevent myopia. I bought several supplements to feed my babies every day. Later, the child care doctor looked at the baby's growth curve and said that he had enough milk per day of 400ml, and that he had enough red meat and dark green vegetables three times a week. He did not need to take any additional supplements. On the contrary, taking too much would increase the burden on the kidneys. After I stopped taking supplements, my baby's previous problem of always holding on to his mouth when eating went away. The food that used to take half an hour to be chased and fed can now be eaten by himself in 20 minutes.

It's funny to say that in order to meet the "two hours of outdoor hours a day" standard, I took my baby around the community under an umbrella even when it rained lightly. As a result, my baby got caught in the cold wind and developed a fever. Only later did I realize that the standards in those guidelines were reference values, not KPIs that must be completed. I couldn’t go out due to the haze this week, so I made up for it by going to the country park twice more next week. I couldn’t make up for it just to make up for the time. Raising a baby is actually like making a cup of coffee that suits you. Others say that half sugar and ice taste good, but it is useless. If your baby drinks iced coffee, he will have diarrhea and likes to eat slightly sweet coffee. The slightly sweet and room temperature formula is the most suitable formula for him.

In fact, I still dare not say that I am a parenting expert. Last month, my baby suddenly broke out in hives. I was so panicked that I took a taxi to the emergency room in the middle of the night. But compared to the time when I first became a mother, at least I wouldn’t try to put it on my own baby when I saw a parenting post, and I wouldn’t feel anxious just because another baby is two centimeters taller than mine and knows ten more words. After all, the baby is alive, and the growth curve is dynamic. He smiles when he opens his eyes every day, eats well, and runs with flying colors. He is more reliable than any unified standard.