Sorry, Dad, you’re Number 3
At the end of the last episode Lotti said that we should go back to the beginning. So she asks me if there is anything I would want to pass on to my daughters at the point that they tell me that they are pregnant. My Number 1 piece of advice is that as a pregnant Mum they are Number 1. That is, it is not the baby and it is not the Dad. The Mum needs to look after herself and to let herself be looked after: ‘sacrificial Mum’ behaviour is not helpful. We talk about the role of anxiety and its relationship to “colic”. We get to talk about a possible preventative “cure” for colic, and the crucial importance of sleep, and the importance of eating and its connection to breast feeding. Finally, I get to show why this podcast is entitled “Sorry, Dad, you are Number 3”.