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Welcome to OMG Parenting!

We get to say ‘OMG parenting’ with many different inflections. I know because I am a parent. Also, I have been looking into the faces of babies, parents, and grandparents for over 20 years in my work as a clinical and public health nurse. I have felt the joys, hopes, disappointments, traumas, grief, fears, concerns, laughter and love of parents and children. I have heard their thoughts and feeling.  I have seen their actions and the effects of those actions. I have interacted with the myriad of professionals who weave in and out of family life. Because of this and being a parent, I have a great appreciation for the range of experience that exists within and between each parent and child.

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Parenting Q & A

If you have any questions, email me at ns@OMGparenting.com

QUESTION

People wonder why I stress stress management, #OMmoments, so much for parents. They KNOW they experience stress but isn’t that normal?

 

Answer

Yes, it’s normal to be stressed as a parent!

The brain has 5 frequency categories in which it operates. From highest to lowest, most exhausting to restful: 

  • Gamma – deep concentration – peak performance
  • Beta –  a tasks state- action and thought, multi-tasking oriented a la parenting
  • Alpha – relaxation state – get there with relaxing tasks including aerobic exercise or playful activities
  • Theta – a meditative state – when creative, intuitive, restful
  • Delta –  slow state – in deep sleep, deep meditation

You need OM Moments to get BELOW beta. This reduces stress hormones and our fight/flight/freeze responses. Otherwise, we get irritable, unable to focus, and problem solve because we’ve exhausted our mind (literally used up necessary brain glucose).