In news this morning (that should not really be news), we are happy to announce that breastfeeding is now officially legal in all 50 states in the United States, yay! Wait, what? If breastfeeding is now legal in all 50 states, that means that there was a time when breastfeeding wasn’t legal? Apparently, and unfortunately,…
Breastfeeding
10 Problems Only Breastfeeding Moms Understand
Oh, sure, breastfeeding is a great way to bond with your baby and it’s pretty much liquid gold, but when it comes to the day-to-day realities of what it’s like to feed another human being with your boobs, it ain’t always easy. Case in point: 1. The face grab. Here, Mom, let me explore your…
FREE Breastfeeding Printables
As a labor and delivery nurse, I was very careful to ask my patients if they wanted their baby to have a pacifier. A lot of parents, especially breastfeeding moms, don’t want their babies to have pacifiers for the fear that it will interfere with the baby’s latch. Totally understandable and totally respectable from the…
The Breastfeeding Myth
I have a love/hate relationship with breastfeeding. Sometimes I hate it. Like when I sit down to nurse and inevitably, the doorbell will ring, or Mya will have to go potty, or the girls will start tearing each other’s hair. Or when I’m in a public place and Jacob refuses to nurse, effectively ensuring a…
10 Miles or Bust
One week. That’s it. One week is all that separates me from the day that my life will change forever. The day I will attempt to run 10 miles. Now before you start thinking that I’m all one of those fit and trim moms, allow me to set the record straight. I am in no…
When Is It My Turn?
Starting my family (albeit not exactly on purpose. ahem) at the ripe old age of twenty one, I’ve heard all the popular lamentations of the benefits of young motherhood: “Oh, you’ll never regret having kids so young,” my co-worker crooned, “Just think of all the fun you’ll have when you’re my age!” Or, “You have…
What Kind of Mother?
I have never rocked my baby to sleep. Are you shocked? Horrified? Disbelieving? Join the club. Since the moment she first laid in my arms, my Mya has resisted any and all of my attempts at snuggling. I entered the hospital this second time around, dreaming of the sleepy aftermath of birth, when I could…
