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Polly Berrien Berends is an unknown scholar, born on December 1, 1939. Her life and achievements have not been well documented.

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“Parenthood always comes as a shock. Postpartum blues? Postpartum panic is more like it. We set out to have a baby; what we get is a total take-over of our lives.”

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“Most of us would do more for our babies than we have ever been willing to do for anyone, even ourselves.”

Inspirational Willing Baby

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“We can see that the baby is as much an instrument of nourishment to us, as we are for him.”

Inspirational Baby Instruments Nourishment

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“Suddenly we have a baby who poops and cries, and we are trying to calm, clean up, and pin things together all at once. Then as fast as we learn to cope--so soon--it is hard to recall why diapers ever seemed so important. The frontiers change, and now perhaps we have a teenager we can't reach.”

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Author:Polly Berrien Berends

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Born: December 1, 1939
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