The last thing you would think that could help people, especially the weight-gaining pregnant women would be sleep. We know that the reason for weight gain is linked to their added fetus inside and also the food intake as well as vitamins and minerals that help the mother and her unborn child healthy. But now, some people are saying that sleep can help them get back their actual frame.

A new study done by Kaiser Permanente in California finds sleep may be just as important as diet and exercise for shedding baby weight. One study has found that new moms who slept five or fewer hours a day, six months after giving birth, were three times as likely to hold onto those extra pounds as were women who got seven or more hours of sleep.

This seems interesting and should be a good guide for pregnant mommies out there. So if you are worried about getting back your original figure, this little study should more or less be a great reference and hope for you after you give birth.

(Source) ABC

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When it comes to making sure that your child is within your grasps, nothing punctuates it better than this highly touted Sleepy Wrap baby carrier. The product is now available from Destination Maternity, something that most moms are sure to love and want to get today.

We have seen carriers of any make but if there is one thing that makes the Sleepy Wrap unique is that it really wraps the child near their moms. If there is one thing that bothers babies is sensing that their parents are not there beside them. Now, all that will change as they will be practically with their moms wherever they may go.

“Our steadfast mission in creating the Sleepy Wrap has always been to provide the highest quality, most comfortable, durable and wearable baby wraps for all parents – and give them a helping hand in raising confident, joyful and compassionate children,” said Robert Antunovic, CEO of NAP, Inc., co-creator of the Sleepy Wrap.

(Source) Press

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Mommy Needs Sleep Door Pillow

At times, a mother will perhaps want some time out but a husband and especially the kids may not even notice when she would want it. While a mom makes it a point to do all the chores even if she is exhausted, it may come to a point that she will want to sleep without any distractions.

It is in these cases that this door pillow may come in handy. The “Mommy Needs Sleep” door pillow stresses a point without needing to shout or make it clear that she is dead tired. Hanging it outside her bedroom is enough to tell the people in the house to not to disturb her.

A good buy for $5.00 only.

(Source) Peepers Sleepers

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A lot of this stems from the fact that new fathers are equally excited to take care of their baby as well. While most would disagree, there are also fathers who would want to see to it that all their baby’s needs are met as well. Add to the fact that moms need a break as well. Imagine months of carrying the child and going into labor. If you think of it, mothers need a break too.

(Source) Chronic sleep deprivation is one of new motherhood’s lesser joys, as any first-time mom will tell you between yawns.

What is less understood is how a new baby in the house affects fathers — and a professor at the University of Regina is trying to change that.

“Although we do know a fair bit about what it’s like for moms to become new parents, we don’t know so much what it’s like for dads,” said Lynn Loutzenhiser, head of a study called Mom & Dad Plus One.

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Technology was meant to make life easier for people but for mom’s this deprives them of the usual 6 to 8 hours of sleep. This in turn leads toward emotional stress which results into arguments that may overall become origins of breakups and misunderstandings.

Hence, sleep is now seen to be something important in the emotional and psychological aspect. It is more than pure dozing off. They help shape up how people must be fully aware of comfort and calmness for anyone today.

Read more: Mothers struggle with under four hours’ sleep

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Well just imagine the mom having to go through the pregnancy and delivery stages. Don’t you think it is about time that the fathers get to work and give the moms a break?

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