My friend and I were talking recently about careers, jobs, school etc. and she told me that she thinks I'd be best working with babies and children, and I got to thinking about it, and I realized that she was right, I've always enjoyed working with kids and babies.
We later went to visit a friend who just had a baby, but also has 2 other kids, and I was looking after the baby (3 months) and her daughter (6 years) while my friend and her friend went outside for a smoke, and her daughter was playing with raw spagetti or "sketti" noodles as she calls them, and we were sticking them in my hair and her hair, and I told her they were antenna, and that she was a butterfly, which she just loved lol
Well my friend came back inside from having a smoke and saw me with spagetti noodles in my hair, and she thought it was "so cute" and said "well I guess I don't have to worry about you keeping my baby occupied" (she is pregnant currently and I'm the Godmother) and I realized that I really enjoyed being with kids (something I've always known, but never really focused too much on before)
Anyway what I'm trying to get at is, I'm trying to think of all the possible careers with babies, and children, and even pregnant woman.
I've come up with:
Pediatric Nurse (I was told you could not be a pediatric nurse ONLY and you had to go to school for ALL of it, which I'd rather not do, does anyone else know anything different about this??)
Neonatal Nurse (working with premature babies, again I'm not sure if you need to go through school for nursing and then specalize in neonatal or if you can just go to school for neonatal..)
Obstrician (working with pregnant woman, delivering babies etc. I read that most OB's become GYN's as well...and I don't think I'd want to be a Gynecologist..lol)
Early Childhood Education (working in nursey schools, pre-schools, babysitting etc.)
Child Welfare (Working with the Children's Aid Society etc. as something like a Social Worker)
Those are what I've come up with, I'd like to know if there is more that I've missed, and I'd also like information on Nursing and if it is at all possible for me to just work with babies, children and pregnant woman, so in the Pediatric area??
Thanks