Introducing New Breastfeeding Editor

By On January 19, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Breastfeeding, Parenting

To date, my brilliant breastfeeding career has spanned three years. This time included feeding a newborn, a toddler and an almost three year old. I tandem fed my son and his milk brother, suffered through nipple trauma in the early days, a breastfeeding strike a later on, fed proudly in public (including during a Government [...]

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Top Tips for Pumping Breast Milk

By On January 4, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Breastfeeding, Parenting

Worried or just wondering about how pumping works? Never fear: reassurance and answers are here!

It seems like a conundrum, doesn’t it? How can you pump when you’re nursing… and how can you nurse when you’re pumping?

Fortunately, the whole “how can I have enough to both pump and nurse?” issue really isn’t an issue. [...]

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Angelina Jolie, Shame on You From a Former Breastfeeding Twin Mom

By On November 20, 2008 · 29 Comments · In Parenting

A close friend of mine just sent me a link to this People story, Angelina: Breast Feeding Twins is ‘Very Hard.’

Here is an excerpt from the People post:

“It’s very hard,” the actress confessed on Britain’s morning show GMTV. “I stopped at three months, [it was] about as much [...]

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Adventures in Extended Breastfeeding

By On October 23, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In Breastfeeding, Parenting

On day two of nursing my newborn son, I was sore, tired, and prettymuch done. I cried to my husband, “I can’t do this anymore.” He said,”Yes, you can,” and that was pretty much all I needed to continue. It hasn’t always been the beautiful, soft-focus moment of Angelina on the cover [...]

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A Breastfeeding Tip: Stay Dry with Cloth Diapers

By On October 11, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In Breastfeeding, Parenting

The first few months of breastfeeding can be very messy!  Babies are so tiny and they just do not have the head and neck coordination to suckle “neatly”.  Milk dribbles down their cute little chins and, if you’re not prepared, ends up soaking your bra, then your shirt, and sometimes even runs down your belly [...]

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Breastfeeding Photgraphs Are Not Pornography

By On October 6, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In Breastfeeding, Parenting

The so-called news outlets are hyperventilating over the story that someone has stolen and is trying to sell a picture of Jamie Lynn Spears breastfeeding her daughter. And it is said that *gasp* one of her breasts is completely exposed. Is a naked breast really pornographic?

Because this young mother [...]

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Top 10 Reasons to Read About Breastfeeding

By On September 22, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In Breastfeeding, Parenting

Just about everyone loves “top 10” lists, so here’s one that gives 10 reasons to read about breastfeeding. You can find all sorts of reading materials about breastfeeding: from books and magazines to the Internet and scientific or news articles. Here’s why it’s a good idea to read about breastfeeding.

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What to Pack in Your Breastpumping Bag

By On September 14, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In Breastfeeding, Parenting

If you’ll be away from your nursing baby for the day, you’llneed to pump both to keep your milk supply up and to relieve breast fullness.Every mom needs to pack her pumping bag with certain essentials to make herpumping as easy as possible.

When it’s time for you to pump your milk and you [...]

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Preparing for Motherhood

By On September 10, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In Babies, Parenting

When I was pregnant, I thought all there was to preparing for motherhood was reading books on how to get through the pregnancy and then giving birth. It seems pretty funny now that I’m a mom of three and a half year old twins. Because, you see, preparing for motherhood involves much more than [...]

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Fiberliciousness for the Nursing Mom

By On September 8, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In Breastfeeding, Parenting

In case you didn’t know it, knitting and crocheting arebooming like never before. The good news for you, nursing or expectant mom, isthat this needlework doesn’t need to be confined to booties, hats and blankets.A wonderful world of hand-made goodness awaits you!

Let’s talk about you and what you might enjoy using afterthe baby [...]

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