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Nursing-Friendly Wedding Attire
At just six weeks postpartum, I felt anxious about attending my husband’s brother’s wedding. What would I find to wear that flattered my changing body? When would I find time to shop for such a dress?...
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Air Travel with Multiple Young Kids
Last week I wrote about our preparations for traveling with our newborn and 2 other children. We flew to St. Louis for the weekend for my husband’s brother’s wedding. I wanted to share what worked well...
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Different Tools for Different Kids: Babywearing Takes a Back Seat
I have never been a stroller person. When we just had one kid, I think I used the stroller a total of five times. My son seemed to need to be worn all the time, was never happy unless he was pressed...
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Sleep Like an Actual Baby
For years, I’ve thought the phrase “sleep like a baby” was some sort of mean euphemism. My two older boys still don’t sleep very well at 5 and 2 years old. The oldest one basically sleeps through the...
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Introducing Oren
I shared earlier that I was attempting a vaginal birth after 2 cesareans. I gathered up a super-supportive birth team who all knew what I wanted, that I had educated myself and weighed my options...
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Self Care for Mothers
I’m not the best at self care. I’m not alone in this–many, many sources discuss self care and how mothers aren’t taking the time to practice it. We’re so busy caring for everyone else in our families!...
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How to Nurse (or Pump) at a Formal Function
I’ve been nursing for 5 years straight now, and have been to a few formal affairs in that time period. It always seems much easier in theory than in practice to nurse a baby (or pump milk for the baby)...
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A (Pretty Good) Day in the Life with 3 Wee Ones
4am The baby wakes up to nurse and poop, but then we both fall back asleep.6:30am The big boys have “slept in” but are now up and want to watch Curious George. We think this is a great idea, because it...
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Donating Breastmilk: Tips for Stay-home Moms
I mentioned a few weeks ago that I’ve signed up to be a milk donor with the Columbus milk bank. I’ve got 50 ounces of breastmilk on ice so far–25% of my 200-ounce minimum donation!Because I stay home...
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Book Review: Parenting in the Present Moment
I knew I wanted to review Parenting in the Present Moment: How to Stay Focused on What Really Matters, by Carla Naumburg, PhD, when I saw the Orange Rhino had endorsed it! (I’ve been reading a lot of...
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Adventures in Tandem Nursing: Frustration Builds
For the most part, I’ve tried to keep a positive attitude about tandem nursing, because I do think it’s a nice and important thing that I’m doing for my boys. But sometimes, I just need to vent about...
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Breastfeeding Doesn’t Always Go As Planned
By A Loving MomIn my family – babies are breastfed. It’s pretty simple. I have two older sisters – who have given birth to nine children between them (one has three, one has six. Unlike me, neither...
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Babe in Arms: How to Bring a Baby to Meetings
Technically, I’m on maternity leave. I’m a freelance writer and I teach part-time at a local university, so what this means is that I have not renewed my teaching contract and I currently have no...
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You Make My Motor Run: How to Tell if Your Breastpump is Working
When I was pumping for my second son (milk he never did agree to drink from a bottle!), I noticed my output decreasing when he turned six months old. I worried I was having issues letting down for the...
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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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