A Valentine’s Day Gift That Any Mom Would Love
Flowers are nice for Valentines Day but a gift certificate for a maidis better than gold for a new mom! I was browsing my friends on facebook and just discovered this contest that I just had to share...
View ArticleBreastfeeding Blog Hop: Gifts for the Breastfeeding Mother
What are the best gifts for a breastfeeding mother? I thought a lot about this question as I prepared for the arrival of my second child and people asked me what we needed. We needed nothing at all...
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Finding a Babysitter for My Breastfed Babies
I have 3 sons, so right away, I’m looking for a special calibre of babysitter for both my working hours and the date night I fantasize about eventually taking with my husband. I can’t just get a random...
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Small Changes, Big Difference: Pump Parts and Milk Expression
Judy, our resident breast pump expert, asked me if I would test out some new valves that Ameda has released to improve their pump efficiency. I currently don’t own an Ameda pump, so she lent me the...
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Dynashape Nursing Tank: A New Love Affair
I’ve been gushing about the Glamourmom Full Bust nursing tank for a long time. Almost 3 years, in fact, as I have lived in them since late pregnancy with my second son. I see we now carry it in pink,...
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Preparing for Road Trips with a Breastfed Baby
It’s almost Thanksgiving–can you believe how that sneaked up on us?–and I’m once again preparing to take my family on the road. It feels like just last week I was hauling my newborn to my...
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Gymnurstics
Gymnurstics. My friend taught me this term. It refers to nursing a wiggling baby or a toddler, or nursing both of these at once. Or, in my most recent struggle, nursing a wriggling baby and trying to...
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Hands-Free Bra Makes Pumping Better
Let’s be realistic. Pumping milk from your breasts is never going to be awesome. It just isn’t. But! I was finally convinced (5 years into my nursing journey) to buy a hands-free pumping bra and lo! It...
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Staying Hydrated While Nursing
Ever since I got pregnant with my second child, I’ve done a poor job of remembering to hydrate. Even as I type this, the back of my throat feels a bit dry! What is it about parenting young children...
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Becoming a Milk Donor: An Update
A few months ago, I blogged about signing up to donate my breastmilk to a milk bank. Since then, I’ve been slowly squirreling away extra milk. I’m up to 75 ounces in my neighbors’ deep freeze. Does...
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Caffeine: A Tandem Nurser’s Love Affair
My mother is a big-time coffee drinker. This has always been true, since she was a little girl. Her grandmother used to give her “coffee milk,” which was basically a splash of coffee in a glass of...
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Sending My Baby to Daycare
I went back to work when my first son was 6 weeks old. I was teaching at a university and the semester began when it began, so I left him at home with a nanny. He took a bottle just fine, voraciously...
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Nursing Hunger: Fighting the Ravenous Feeling
Here’s what I ate for dinner a few weeks ago: about a quarter pound of meatloaf, a heaping helping of buttered noodles, some salad. Then, for dessert I had a huge bowl of popcorn, half a chocolate bar,...
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Coping with Teething
I thought by the time I had my third baby, I’d have everything figured out. You can feel free to laugh with me. I’m laughing at myself right now! But really, I thought that.Currently, my 4-month-old is...
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Adjusting Decorating Expectations to Meet Kids Where They Are
I love reading design blogs and fantasizing about having a Christmas tree with monotone ornament selection, a mantle filled with precious, lovely things, maybe even some snow globes sitting around.In...
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Pregnancy Tips: Couch Parenting Games to Conserve Mama’s Energy
I have really zesty sons. By the time I was pregnant with my third zesty son, I was simultaneously exhausted and filled with good ideas to help occupy them while I got to stay put on the couch. A lot...
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“Shoe Alarms” to Get Kids Out the Door
I’ve been reading a blog called Rookie Moms since my first son was born. Recently, they had a post about using “Shoe Time Music” to get their kids moving out the door. They set an alarm to sound when...
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Setting Intentions for the New Year
I don’t like the word “resolution,” mostly because it seems too strict for me right now. If I resolve to do something in January, it’s more of a binding contract than if I intend to do it. As a mom...
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Breastfeeding When GI Bugs Strike
I dread January not because of the cold temperatures, but because the close, indoor contact with everyone else spreads nasty gastrointestinal illness. Last winter, the first time I tried parenting my...
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Shoveling My Walk with Young Kiddos
I’ve got a small driveway and sidewalk in addition to some porch steps I need to take care of during bad winter weather. Sure, my husband shovels and salts before he heads off to work in the morning,...
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