Category: Breastfeeding

Sometimes I like to re-write songs/poems to match my life (like my “Two Weeks Before Christmas” and “In Summer”).  So here’s my latest version of Jingle Bells: Dashing through the rain With a baby in …

Tonight is a big night for our family.  Doodle is going to try staying the night with my parents and it’s my first time leaving baby.  Amazingly, Pipsqueak just attained the ripe age of three …

My ring sling that I made when pregnant with Honeybun is one of the only baby items I’ve used with all four babies and absolutely could not live without.  It has carried my babies all …

It seems to be ground zero of the mommy wars: breast vs. bottle.  Is formula really that much worse?  Who decides when breast is not best for a mother/baby pair?  What if a mommy can’t …

My saga of having too much breastmilk with Doodle and now with Pipsqueak hasn’t really gotten any easier.  I thought I had taken care of Pipsqueak’s troubles with block feeding (feeding twice per side) as …

Doodle was such an easy-going baby, for a while.  And then he became a screaming, raging lunatic like Sugarplum.  Hubby and I often talk about when the switch happened and we aren’t really able to …

Pipsqueak is 13 days old today and he’s already showing his true colors.  Here are 13 facts about our sweet little guy: 1. He rolled over last Monday (on his 4th day).  We, too, thought it …

I distinctly remember the first time I nursed in public without a cover.  It was with Sugarplum, my 2nd child.  I managed to nurse my oldest to 18 months without feeling the need to ditch …

We live pretty simply when it comes to babies, we’ve never had every gadget or device or baby holder available (which is good since I haven’t gotten rid of anything since Honeybun was born!) My …

Taking care of one’s health is always important, but never more so than during pregnancy and while breastfeeding.  It is easy for expecting and especially new mommies to forget to properly manage their health. I …