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Independence is the topic for this month’s theme day here at the Health and Wellness Channel. When I first heard the topic, it struck a chord with me. I felt a little rant welling up on this subject. You see, I get the distinct impression that some people associate breastfeeding with a dependence on the […]
Okay, maybe that title is a little misleading on a breastfeeding blog. The gift I want you to consider giving your nursling, if you haven’t already, is the gift of writing your will (and possibly a trust), a medical durable power of attorney (that specifies the person(s) who can make medical decisions for you should […]
“I couldn’t stop thinking about what my sister had said to me once, as she was breastfeeding her firstborn: ‘Having a baby is like getting a tattoo on your face. You really need to be certain it’s what you want before you commit.’ ” — Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything […]
The Breastfeeding 1-2-3 article “Breastfeeding Protects Maternal Mental Health” was selected as one of the ten posts included in this month’s Healthy and Fit Family Carnival, hosted this round by Kate at Babylune. There’s some great information to be found there. After the illness experienced at our house over the weekend, I could use the […]
Okay, that title is a little dramatic, but I truly believe that breastfeeding kept my toddler out of the emergency room yesterday. She woke up with some sort of stomach virus and quickly started to become dehydrated. Fortunately I could convince her to nurse in between her requests for just a “tiny ‘yittle’ bit of […]
Today’s Mom-to-Mom question is more of a Parent-to-Parent question because I received the following from Abel of Parent Wonder:
Q: I found you on breastfeeding123.com’s “Fostering Independence in the Breastfed Child” and I must say that I like your blog. I have a question on Attachment Parenting. Do you have a problem that your child is […]
Stay tuned below for contributions from several breastfeeding bloggers on today’s theme: “What I didn’t expect when I was expecting.” Feel free to leave your own comment about what you didn’t expect about breastfeeding — good or bad!
When I was pregnant, I did a lot of reading about breastfeeding. I made a commitment to breastfeed […]
In light of the recent controversies over breastfeeding at daycare and a daycare charging more for handling breast milk, I thought it would be interesting to discuss our nurslings’ child care arrangements.
Which best describes your nursling’s child care arrangements?
Daycare center
Daycare in caregiver’s home
Stay at home mom
Stay at home dad
Mother/father work opposite shifts
Relative (grandmother etc.)
Nanny
Au […]
I was curious to see whether a majority breastfeeding mothers prefer cloth diapers to disposables for their babies and the answer is a resounding yes! Poll respondents chose cloth diapers more than 2-to-1 over disposables. Let me reiterate that I don’t think there has to be any correlation between breastfeeding and cloth diaper use, nor […]
Everyone knows that safely swaddling a newborn can help the baby fall asleep and stay asleep for longer periods of time. Unfortunately, each of my daughters tolerated swaddling for about three weeks and then protested it vehemently. They wanted those little arms out! I could wrap their lower bodies but heaven forbid I try to […]
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