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What Is Domperidone, Anyway?
In the past few weeks, we’ve been blogging about mothers who have induced lactation and used Domperdione to help do so (see here and here). Other mothers we’ve been in contact with have used...
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Scheduling Pump Breaks at Work
As a freelance writer, I enjoy a very flexible schedule. This is fantastic in terms of pumping milk for my baby during my work day. Ordinarily, I just set my timer to pump, put down my work, and hop to...
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Breastfeeding Without Birthing: Changing Plans
Christine Barker was still nursing her third biological child, a toddler, when her family began looking to adopt a fourth child. Barker had had no issues nursing her first three children and was...
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Coping with Colic: Tips for Mom
I spent my first months of motherhood pacing barefoot around my neighborhood, bleary with exhaustion. Does he have colic, people used to ask when my first son was born. It seemed like such an...
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Do You Ever Dream of a Vacation?
This morning, when I went to the bathroom, my kids became so frantic looking for me that the five-year-old proposed making a map to find me. Also? It’s February and -5 degrees F. Today, dear readers,...
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Free Grocery Store Childcare? Sold!
One of my favorite days as a parent so far was July 17, 2012–the day my oldest son turned 3 and, thus, eligible for the free childcare at our grocery store. This happened about a week before my...
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Becoming a Milk Donor: Shipping Liquid Gold
I did it! I saved and donated 200 ounces of breastmilk to the Mother’s Milk Bank in Columbus, Ohio!Earlier, I posted about my journey to get here, how I needed to supplement my milk for my first son...
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Family Info Cards for Babysitters
Once I had more than one child, it got trickier to keep writing notes for new caregivers. We had to repeatedly write out our address, both of our contact information, allergy info…it just got to be a...
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Keeping a Crawler Safe from Big Brothers
Image sourceMy older two boys have become accustomed to trashing our house by now. I’m either changing, nursing, or napping the baby and haven’t been very present to intervene, you see. Every surface...
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How to Spend Your Maternity Leave
While pregnant with my first child, I had visions of a decadent maternity leave. The first week, I imagined, I’d probably be a bit sore and tired, so I’d likely sleep a lot and just chill with my...
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Common Root Causes of Supply Concerns
Lots of breastfeeding mothers have concerns about their milk supply, especially if they don’t haveImage sourceclose friends and family members who breastfed to set an example or offer support. If you...
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Let Elomi Elevate Your Enormous Bosom
I’ve always had an ample bosom. That’s not entirely true–I still feel the sting of hurt from eighth grade math class when AJ slid a calculator across the table and it said “BOOBLESS.” I sure showedLook...
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Sorting Kids’ Seasonal Wardrobes
I need some pointers. I’ve finally reached a point where my bins of kids’ clothes are not organized, where I have no idea if anyone has pants that fit, and what to do with all the extra stuff that...
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Experimenting with Baby-Led Weaning
My last baby turned six months old and couldn’t wait to eat some solid food. He’d been reaching for our foods, imitating us eating, and generally freaking out during meals because he wasn’t doing the...
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Leaving Little Ones with Grandparents Overnight
Have you ever spent the night apart from your little ones? I first left my oldest son home with Daddy when I had to travel for a conference. My baby was 8 months old, and that was the longest 48 hours...
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Timing a Workout Around a Nursling
Once again, it’s marathon season in Pittsburgh and a friend has convinced me to start training for the relay race even though I have a tiny nursling at home. Ok, he’s anything but tiny–but he’s young...
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What Do You Personalize?
I love personalized items. My son has a unique name, so anytime I can do a custom personalization for him, I do it! That way he can have a shirt with his name on it or some other personalized item that...
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Pumping in Public: Harassment at the Theater
I’m pretty good at advocating for myself as a breastfeeding mother. I have a lot of years of experience at this, I know my rights, and I’m very resourceful. However, something happened to me this...
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On the Road Again! This Mom’s Tips for Peaceful Driving
You know what’s hard about living far from family? The road trips to go visit my family. I mean, other than being apart from my family…I just took my boys to visit grandparents for spring break, but...
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Mother’s Day Contest
Join us on Pinterest and Facebook and be entered to win our best selling Nursing Support Cami!!Happy Mother’s Day mamas!!
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