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“It should never be PAINFUL”
“…but, it should never be PAINFUL.” My wonderful doula (and now friend) Laura spoke those words to me after asking how it felt when my baby girl latched on the breast for the first time. I don’t even...
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Cloth Diapers: “Aren’t you afraid of sticking her with the pins?”
“Sticking the baby with the pins” was a real concern of my mom’s when I told her we were going to use cloth diapers! She told me about how she used to babysit and it was always a fear of hers with the...
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First Birthday Watermelon Cake
Last weekend we celebrated our daughter’s first birthday! Which also happened to be the 4th of July, so we had a great party that Caterina’s grandparent’s hosted at their lake house. I had so many...
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Meeting My Breastfeeding Goal – One Year!
As I drove home from the Breastfeeding USA meeting I attended today, I realized it had been a year since I first met with the lactation consultant running the meeting. It made me pause, and reflect on...
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What I Drank During Labor
A friend’s comment actually inspired this post! He was pondering the hospital’s policy of only allowing a woman to consume ice chips during labor… Well, pondering may be the nice way of saying it. He...
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My Small Part in Breaking a World Record
Last Friday, I attended the Adirondack Big Latch On, as part of the Global Big Latch On. Basically, I got together with a group of breastfeeding women, to all latch on our children at the same time....
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How to Buy the Perfect Baby Carrier
I knew I wanted a baby carrier when I was pregnant, but didn’t know much about babywearing. Since having my baby, it’s safe to say I’ve become a babywearing enthusiast! I read somewhere once (perhaps...
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Baby’s Eats
After determining that our baby was ready, and that we were going to do baby led weaning, what were we going to feed her? We had family friends look horrified when we said we weren’t going to feed her...
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‘Tis the Season… To Pump and Dump?
I’m about a third of the way through my course to become a breastfeeding counselor, and not only have I found it fascinating, but I find that the science backs up what probably at one time (when...
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Many moms fall short of meeting their breastfeeding goals. More than 85% of moms wanted to breastfeed for at least three months, and only 32.4% actually met that mark according to a 2012 publication...
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