My daughter nursed all through my second pregnancy. Some of my friends thought she would wean when my milk dried up, like some of theirs had, but I wasn’t surprised at all when she just kept going, and going, and going. There was a time I thought my oldest daughter would never wean. I [...]
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First of all I just wanted to say that I think there’s an imbalance of justice when a man can confidently take a leak on the side of the road and a woman with leaky breasts feels the need to run for cover. That being said, maybe I’m just bitter because I’m a late leaker. [...]
It’s cold and flu season, and my nursing toddler caught whatever strain of it that is currently going around. It started off as a cold: runny nose, watery eyes, croaky, hoarse cry (sign of a sore throat), cough and practically no interest in solid foods. Then Friday night she woke up at 2:00 am, vomited [...]
For all you breastfeeding moms and breastfeeding advocates who have Facebook accounts, today is the day of the Mother’s International Lactation Campaign’s (M.I.L.C). second virtual “nurse-in”. They are asking, once again for breastfeeding moms and supporters to change their profile picture and status line for one day to send a message to Facebook and the [...]
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Today I have a guest post by Tanya from the Motherwear Breastfeeding Blog. She is trying to spread the word about this valuable research and I thought I would do my part by passing it on to you. The following post dated October 6, 2008 has been cut and pasted with permission and you can [...]
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Correct me if I am wrong, but most breastfeeding moms lift up their shirts to nurse rather than pulling their breast up over their shirt, right? When I have been among friends or family, or out in public I have almost always breastfed from under my shirt, unconsciously assuming that it is more socially acceptable [...]
First of all, way to go to Naomi Watts for giving air time to breastfeeding. Since we live in a culture that celebrates and imitates celebrities, the more often they share they’re breastfeeding, the cooler it will become to do the same. Or at least I’d like to think so. As far as the “lactose [...]
Continue reading about Lactose Lobotamy? – Naomi Watts on Letterman
