• Milking It: Drying Up

    After last week (World Breastfeeding Week), my brain is still stuck on the topic. So I wanted to discuss a topic many mommies have questions about – how to encourage milk production. This is a topic I didn’t look much into before having Liam. I wish I had! Thankfully I had read about certain items…

  • WBW: For Those Who Couldn’t

    Today is the final day of World Breastfeeding Week. I want to hit on a topic that comes up a LOT …   The mom who WANTED to breastfeed but her life took another path.   I want to say that by celebrating World Breastfeeding Week, I was in no way saying “I’m better than…

  • WBW: My view

    When nursing, your view is sometimes pretty limited. Since learning how to breastfeed Liam in the baby carrier (read: STEEP learning curve) my view has improved. But with a bad back, sometimes I just need to sit and rest myself. Here are some of my views … 99% of the time, when I nurse at…

  • WBW: A Day of Nursing

    Today, for World Breastfeeding Week, I documented my nursing relationship with Liam. I can’t really capture all of the warm fuzzies, but I can show you how *our* day looks. Everyone’s nursing relationship with their child is different. It’s different because you are unique, and your child is/will be unique. I am writing this to…

  • World Breastfeeding Week 2013

      This week is World Breastfeeding Week (#WBW). This week is used to raise awareness of breastfeeding and its benefits. The generations before us did a LOT of damage to breastfeeding culture. It has been seen as “offensive”, “unnecessary” and more. Women who were completely capable of breastfeeding were told they could not feed their…

  • Happy Hips!

    For those of you who missed this post, Liam was born full-transverse breech. The gist of it? He was born with his feet touching his ears. This has caused us all sorts of car seat drama, along with other precautions we’ve had to take to ensure we are careful with his hips in a very…

  • Tried and True: Swaddle Me!

    Liam sleeps best as a baby burrito – nap times, bed time, it doesn’t really matter! We’ve swaddled him since birth and he knows it mean “sleepy time”! If he’s tired, he smiles the biggest smile in the world when you begin to swaddle him. If he’s fighting sleep, you get QUITE the dirty look…

  • Happy 6 Months!

      Dear Baby Liam You are 6 months old today. I can’t believe it’s been half a year since the day we met you. We waited so very long for you, the whole day was surreal. I still remember the little things about that day. The music playing in the OR. Daddy’s smile. The look…

  • Fear Is A Thought…

    A friend liked this on fb today, so it popped up into my feed. And stopped me dead in my tracks. And trust me, that’s impressive. Because I’m moving FAST today trying to get things done! Why did it stop me? Fear stole so much from me. Joy. Opportunities. Hope. Options. Learning to deal with…

  • Tried and True: [Apron Style] Nursing Covers

    *”Tried and True” will be an on going thread where I will be reviewing the products we have tried out in our lives as parents!* Let me begin with a small disclaimer. If you nurse in public, ok! If you don’t like nursing in public, ok! If you prefer to be covered while nursing, ok!…

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