We’ve been through the night-weaning a lot lately. It was working well the first time; he was sleeping until 3 a.m.! But then he got sick. And couldn’t breathe. And wasn’t eating well. And I just couldn’t refuse.
He’s better now. Teething, but that’s not going to stop anytime soon. […]
Filed under: The Benjamin, The Breastfeeding on June 26th, 2008 | 4 Comments »
This has been forwarded to me no less than five times by five different people today alone. If you are in any kind of breastfeeding circle, you’ve most likely already seen it. If not, it is definitely worth viewing, so I figured it was worth a post.
Click here to see a video of a hero […]
Filed under: The Breastfeeding on May 22nd, 2008 | 10 Comments »
The Pc vaccine protects a child against pneumococcal (Pc) disease, which ranges from mild cold symptoms and ear infections to severe pneumonia, bloodstream infections, and meningitis. The Pc vaccine is recommended by the AAP at 2, 4, 6, and 15 months. The vaccine came out in 2001.
Pc is common - in the cold […]
Filed under: The Breastfeeding, The Vaccination Lessons on March 9th, 2008 | 19 Comments »
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Thanks, Ashley, for adding to my incontinence problems.
Filed under: Just for Fun, The Breastfeeding on October 7th, 2007 | 7 Comments »
Yeah, I know. Preach it to me. Part One was almost two weeks ago. But in my defense, I hardly have reason to believe you’ve been on the edge of your seats waiting for the oh-so-exciting conclusion. And then I had a crazy weekend. And then my Internet broke.
Well, scoot […]
Filed under: The Breastfeeding, The Olivia on September 30th, 2007 | 7 Comments »
This is an excellent, compelling, it’s-about-time-someone-said-this argument.
Do you breastfeed? Are you planning to? Ever felt awkward for wanting to feed your child in public? Heaven-forbid, at a restaurant?
Read this. It’s a great perspective of the outrageous double standard.
Filed under: The Breastfeeding on September 19th, 2007 | 12 Comments »
This weekend, we went back to our home-state, Illinois, for a friend’s wedding. It was great to see high school friends again and compare pictures of our children. (I’m winning; I had the most (children and pictures)).
The whole family was invited to the wedding, but we made arrangements for Olivia to stay with […]
Filed under: The Breastfeeding on July 31st, 2007 | 7 Comments »