{"id":562,"date":"2023-01-02T13:53:05","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T13:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mommystery.com\/?p=562"},"modified":"2025-01-16T08:20:14","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T08:20:14","slug":"mommy-myths-what-is-the-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mommystery.com\/?p=562","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Mommy Myths \u2013 What is the Truth<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mommystery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Clinginess-2-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mommystery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Clinginess-2-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/mommystery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Clinginess-2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/mommystery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Clinginess-2-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mommystery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Clinginess-2-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mommystery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Clinginess-2-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/mommystery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Clinginess-2-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So, we all know that motherhood in a desi family is linked with such a large number of myths that we cannot recognize the actual facts. Every other person has to give advice and most of our mothers fall for myths. Here I am mentioning a list of the myths associated with new mothers. You can help me make this list grow by adding more myths in comments, and I will keep on debugging these myths with research in upcoming articles over the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here goes the list<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol style=\"list-style-type:1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>My milk is not enough for my baby <a href=\"my%20milk%20is%20not%20enough%20for%20my%20baby\"><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Babies who breastfeed are clingy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>My baby is using me as a pacifier<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>breastfeeding the baby will make my breast sag<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Breastfeeding at night will decay the teeth of the baby<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you want to continue your career, you will have to wean the baby<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Drinking water will increase your milk supply<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There is no milk in the first few days of postpartum<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If your breasts don\u2019t feel full, you have no milk<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Babies spitting food is not normal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rolexcopies.me\/\">replica Rolex watches<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/bestwatchclone.com\/\">replica watches uk<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondwatch.co.uk\/\">replica watches<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Giving Panadol whenever a baby cries<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Giving cerelac, biscuits, baby food, and custard to less than 6-month-old baby<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Giving your child bio-21 to relieve the pain of teething<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rubbing clay and floor on your baby\u2019s face to reduce hair growth<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Putting hard things like plates to make the baby\u2019s head flat<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Giving honey to a baby before 1 year of age<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Giving any milk except breastmilk or formula to baby before 1 year of age<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Giving sugar and salt before 1 year<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Giving sedatives including Phenergan to increase the baby\u2019s sleep quality<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Skipping food items and giving excessive milk after 2 years<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kissing the babies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Comparing your baby\u2019s milestones with other babies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Using a walker to make the baby learn early walking<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Over-layering the baby to protect from cold<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Not giving vitamin D supplements to infants and babies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Breastfeeding is natural, so it\u2019s easier<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Being a new mommy is already difficult, and it gets even more problematic with all the associated myths. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, we all know that motherhood in a desi family is linked with such a large number of myths that we cannot recognize the actual facts. Every other person has to give advice and most of our mothers fall for myths. Here I am mentioning a list of the myths associated with new mothers. You can help me make this list grow by adding more myths in comments, and I will keep on debugging these myths with research in upcoming articles over the year. Here goes the list Being a new mommy is already difficult, and it gets even more problematic with all the associated myths.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":563,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-myth-busting"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mommystery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mommystery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mommystery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mommystery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mommystery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=562"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/mommystery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":723,"href":"https:\/\/mommystery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562\/revisions\/723"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mommystery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mommystery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mommystery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mommystery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}