by Melodie on June 7th, 2010

Today Twitter alerted me to a recently published article called Moms, Don’t Forget to Feed Your Marriages by Rabbi Shmuley. Essentially, the Rabbi says that women who are devoted to breastfeeding are committing a “cardinal sin” by not putting their husbands and thus their marriages before the needs of their children. He goes on to say [...]

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by Melodie on May 20th, 2010

It is widely recommended by health professionals that you introduce whole cow’s milk into your baby’s diet at 12 months of age. It doesn’t matter if they are breastfed or formula fed, but at age one they want you to start giving your child whole cow or goat milk. Most moms I know have unquestioningly [...]

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by Melodie on May 12th, 2010

The following post is a guest post by Jennifer Johnson who writes on the topic of Nurse Practitioner schools. I asked her to write about this topic to give pregnant and breastfeeding moms, and those interested in pursuing a career in nursing, an idea of what nurses actually learn about breastfeeding in school. Thank you [...]

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by Melodie on January 14th, 2010

In light of the recent earthquake in Haiti, I am re-posting (with editing) something I wrote for World Breastfeeding Awareness Week 2009. May it be my small effort towards educating people about the importance of breastfeeding the babies in Haiti at this time. My gratitude and admiration go out to all the mothers in Haiti [...]

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Today I am honoured to have a guest post from Jennifer at Barely Knit Together. As some of you know I am in the process of applying for my Masters in Social Work. My goal is to work with in psychiatry (my career background before I became a mom) specifically with women and families. I’d [...]

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by on August 22nd, 2009

One of my faithful readers and commenters, Chatter Box Joe, sweetly nominated me for the One Lovely Blog Award. It feels good to be recognized and appreciated for something you are passionate about. It helps make it all worthwhile really, like you really are writing for an audience and not just because you think you have [...]

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