昨天那男的又约我了，这次是真的因为忙而拒绝他了，我不喜欢他，我让他约其他的女生出去，他说：他只想和我约会。多少次，我想我都会拒绝。只是这种拒绝对于我来说有意义吗?我真的就这样了吗?爱情，加油！如果有一天我累了，我不想在坚持了。我也会接受他的。

  最激动人心的时刻到了，我把我的作业贴出来，希望可以帮助新妈妈们做参考，以后自己做妈妈的时候也好看。这几天书看得多，发生的与教育有关的事情也很多，有空一定写出来，以后自己也可以看，我啊┉立志当个好妈妈！没有翻译。

                    Content Analysis                              

                                                           Juan Chen

            There are many books for parents covering many areas of child-rearing.  Some of the biggest issues faced by parents include potty training, weaning from bottle or breast and picky eating.  Below I have looked at how four experts suggest that parents handle these issues.

Potty Training

           In What to Expect the Toddler Years, by Eisenberg, Murkhoff and Hathaway, The authors advises when a child wants to go pee or poop, he will tell you (not in words, but through a variety of behaviors) and we should only start potty training when he is physiologically ready.   A toddler the authors opine that when who stays dry for an hour or two at a stretch during the day and during nap-time is physically ready to begin toilet learning. The authors recommend reading picture books to the child about potty learning, as they feel that this will help to prepare your toddler for using the toilet. They also recommend beginning potty learning in summer, as the child will be able to remove his clothes more quickly if he has the urge to go.

          In Supernanny, author Jo Frost proclaims that toilet training too early is bound to fail. She advises parents to start potty training around 2.5 and 3 years-old. Because a child knows to give signs to parents, he may announce the fact that he needs to go a few seconds in advance or even during a pee or poop. Toilet training should be simple and plain. Frost also believes that the best weather for potty training is in warm weather. Under no circumstances are parents to put a diaper on him for excursions; She recommends outings to the park while the child is still potty training.

      Dr. Michel Cohen, the author of The New Basics thinks toilet training is unnecessary and occurs naturally as a normal part of a child’s development. Cohen discourages both rewarding a child because he went to the potty and making a child watch toilet-training videos or read toilet-training books.

      In the Dr. and Mrs. Sears baby bible, The Baby Book, the Sears tell parents that it is better to begin potty training later than earlier. Potty training should be done step-by-step. The Sears encourage toilets talking and potty-training books to teach your toddler words for body parts and for the actions.

Weaning

      Both Frost and Eisenberg, et al., advise the mother to initiate weaning when she is ready and not when the baby wants to wean.   In What to Expect the Toddler Years, the authors strongly recommend weaning from the breast at a year as by this time, nursing may be physically uncomfortable for the mother due to the child’s teeth and this discomfort may negatively impact mother-child interaction. If a mother waits for the child to initiate the weaning process, the authors advise that it may take forever!

     In Supernanny, although she doesn’t focus specifically on weaning, Frost feels that four to five mouths is the right sort of time to start your baby on solid food and to cut nursing down, as your child is ready for a new stage.

       Dr. Michel Cohen, the author of The New Basics, thinks that “‘child-led weaning’ happens mostly in fairy tales.”   If a mother waits for her child to wean himself, she could wait a very long time.  In The Baby Book, the Sears tell parents “weaning” is not meant to be a loss from one relationship to another but rather a passage from one relationship to another. Weaning should before baby’s first birthday.

Picky Eating

        In What to Expect the Toddler Years, the authors advise that “sweet nothings are nothing but trouble.”   This book talks a lot about how to choose food for the child and what may cause a child to be too thin: excessive fluid intake, easy distractibility, lack of assertiveness, self-feeding problem, illness, slow growth, illness and disease.

         In Supernanny, the author didn’t talk about picky eating, but suggests that parents introduce solid foods at a specific set time.  She also suggests that parents don’t add salt to food or offer salty food. Babies and young children don’t need sugary foods or additional sugar. The author also advises that family members should try to eat together at least once a day.

         The author of The New Basics thinks we can give the picky child the same food for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.  For example, if a parent wants her child to eat chicken, she should serve it to him tree times a day.  Do not use the TV. Do not give vitamin tablet of replace the nutrients found in fruit and vegetables.  Cohen feels that the child won’t starve by missing a couple of meals.

     In The Baby Book, the Sears tell parents changes in emotional and motor development can bring about changes in eating patterns. A child may not be in the mood for food.  Sears advises parents to keep a food record.

Conclusion

       What is a parent to do with so many experts telling them so many different things?  Ultimately, each parent must try the strategies which appeals to her and see if the strategy is successful.  If the strategy is not, the parent always has another expert to which she can turn.

11;54pm 2008,02,25 chicago time