Listen to your body

I was wading through another baby book today — “Baby Love” and was struck how on so many occasions the author would go through a dozen different solutions to a problem only to finish with something like “Listen to your body”.

It’s amazing what a great barometer our bodies are, and it seems that in most of the books the solution is to try A through Z and if the problem is still there, then try listening to your body.

Shouldn’t it be the other way around?

I’m not dismissing the value of the books — not at all — after all I’ve learned loads today with Baby Love, including that breastfeeding makes mum feel sexy ( page 70 if you need a page ref ).

Our teacher at baby school has a similar attitude, often saying “listen to your body” when interpreting the signals your body is sending you.

So it would be great to see books given more space over to understanding just what your body is trying to tell you — of course then you have to actually pay attention and obey what it’s telling you and that’s a whole other dilemma — I really really need that last slice of pizza…