Disclaimer: I am on the MommyCon street team and receive payment and tickets in exchange for my promotion of these events. Can you believe that summer is almost over? My big kids head back to school in just a few days. I can’t believe that the much anticipated MommyCon Columbus is just around the corner. I… [Read More]
10 Little Things I Love About Breastfeeding
Despite what breastfeeding proponents want you to believe, breastfeeding is hard. The early days weeks are exhausting, painful, frustrating. Your body is not yours, you are still healing from birth and for many of us, you wander zombie like throughout the day in a sopping wet shirt. Regardless of the difficulties, there comes a moment when you… [Read More]
Breastfeeding and Food Allergies
Within a few weeks of my daughter’s birth, we knew there was something gravely wrong. Beyond an actual birth defect (laryngeal trachea malacia), she was also showing significant feeding issues and weight loss. Our lactation consultant and pediatrician immediately suggested that I go on a complete elimination diet. For about 3 weeks, my diet consisted… [Read More]
Breastfeeding & {First} Baby Signs
Warning: This is a breastfeeding video. Therefore you might see something that you don’t necessarily want to see. So if you are uncomfortable talking about breastfeeding or watching women breastfeed, you should probably stop reading right about now… One of the perks about having a bi-lingual home is that our little guy has been exposed… [Read More]
Breastfeeding & 8 Year Old Boys
“Ewww, gross. What is he doing?” said my 8-year-old as he popped up behind me while I was nursing the baby. I hadn’t really been paying attention to the baby and didn’t realize that he had finished eating was now just contentedly playing “stretch the nipple.” The baby had a huge smile on his face and his little… [Read More]
Breastfeeding with Intention
As part of World Breastfeeding week, I am guest posting over at The Pistachio Project. Come find out how I am trying to make breastfeeding a more intentional part of my day. When my first son was born, I thought I was fully prepared to breastfeed. I had dreams of sitting in the rocking chair… [Read More]
Lip Tied & Tongue Tied – Breastfeeding Difficulties
Did you know that this past Thursday was the start of World Breastfeeding Week? Would you like to know how we celebrated? The Babe and I celebrated with a trip to a dentist who specializes in the laser correction of lip & tongue ties in infants. Like many Moms, I have a love/hate relationship with… [Read More]
Milkin’ Cookies (Lactation) Giveaway
The little man and I are six weeks in to our breastfeeding relationship. In a couple of weeks I will be heading back to my full time job and he will be going off to day care. My past experience tells me that my milk production will decrease and I will be in need for… [Read More]
Breastfeeding, The ACA & You – What I Have Learned This Month
This past January, after learning about new provisions in the Affordable Care Act that provides new mothers with breast pumps and lactation services, I wrote a post about my experiences calling my insurance. You can read that post HERE. The provisions were very unclear and there does not seem to be any consistency at all… [Read More]
Breast Feeding a Milk Allergic Child – A Personal Experience
**This is not medical advice. Please contact your doctor for specific information related to your child.** Since Luella was 4 weeks old, we have known that she had a several food allergies, She was chronically ill during the first several weeks with many colic symptoms. Our integrative based pediatrician suggested that we begin a food… [Read More]