Tag: breastfeeding
My baby really likes solids
I was “late” in starting my first daughter on solids. I started with regular offerings of purees at 8 months, reluctantly, because I wanted to make sure that she would breastfeed for as long as I had in mind for her to breastfeed, or at least until the age of two when all the experts [...]
Philips AVENT Rocks the Baby World with New Natural Bottle
We all know that breast is best, right?!? Let’s keep it real though because that doesn’t mean that babies can always feed right from the breast. While breast milk is the best for your baby end of story, there are all kinds of reasons why a mother may need to use a bottle. Hey, working [...]
Nurse-In At The Capitol Building on August 4th
We’ve seen nurse-ins happen around the country, aimed at stores and restaurants that give nursing mothers a difficult time, but now the first annual Great Nurse-In is coming to the U.S Capitol Building in Washington D.C. This is a peaceful nurse-in described as a grassroots movement committed to normalizing nursing for today’s society and future [...]
Reality TV Show About Nursing Past 12 Months?
Posts are popping up all over the internet right now with news that a reality TV show is in the works focusing on moms who breastfeed past 12 months. Yes, you read that right. Because now producers are clutching at straws and think THIS is reality TV. Didn’t Time magazine do a great job at [...]
Third Trimester Nursing and Weaning A Toddler (all in two weeks)
If you’ve read any of my previous posts about nursing, you’ll know how much I love it. You may also have read how I was hoping to nurse through my current pregnancy, and then tandem nurse. My concerns with having a second child were “How will I nurse two babies at night? And how will [...]
Time Magazine’s Breastfeeding Cover Goes Viral as Mommy Wars Begin
That is absolutely sick!!!! The mom needs a psychiatrist and eventually the son will too. Oh goody. Another overprotected, upper middle class kid. Let go, Mom. Are you kidding me? This is SO wrong I don’t know where to start! If your child can walk and talk, breast feeding time is over, if your child [...]
Lactation Consultants are “Boneheads” According to Whoopi Goldberg on The View
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has announced that he has put together a breastfeeding initiative program to help mothers with breastfeeding in hospitals. The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene page describes this as the following Breastfeeding Initiative: Activities include encouraging breastfeeding by educating mothers, providers an d the public; seeking support [...]
My Experience So Far on Pregnancy and Nursing
So, I’m pregnant- hooray! We are very excited to add a second trooper to the clan. Baby is due early September and my toddler is almost 18 months, so s/he should arrive a few weeks before my daughter turns two. She is still nursing throughout the night and during naptimes. So before anyone asks, yes [...]
Tips for Breastfeeding in Public
When thinking of a title for this post, naming eight tips for breastfeeding in public, I went through the list of horrible comments I’ve been told or have heard as a breastfeeding mom about the “right” place to feed a baby. Some say the bathroom. Others say in cars. I say whenever you need to, [...]
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