I’ve always planned to breastfeed my children until they were at least a year old. Jude breastfed until about 16 months. Noah pretty much gave up breastfeeding at exactly one year. I was a little sad to see our breastfeeding relationship come to an end, especially after all we’ve been through, but I know is…
As you may know we’ve had several challenges with breastfeeding Noah. I pumped 6-10 times a day for over a month to supplement his feeding until he recently began to nurse. Because I need to build a large supply of pumped milk I also needed a way to keep everything organized. The Mother’s Milk Mate…
Since August is World Breastfeeding Month I wanted to share MY breastfeeding story. Like most first-time moms Jude and I had our fair share of breastfeeding difficulties (mastitis, sore nipples, large breasts, etc…) but we powered through and he nursed for about 18 months. The first few weeks were hard but totally worth the…
When I first saw the Milkies Milk-Saver I wondered why I hadn’t thought of such an ingenious product. When I first started nursing Jude my body had a really hard time regulating my milk flow. For several days the milk just flowed from my body completely unprovoked. At the time I just stuffed cloth diapers…
Breastfeeding Noah has been a big challenge mostly in part to his tongue-tie issue. We are working very hard with him and are slowly seeing results as he learns to nurse. In the mean time I’m working on increasing my milk supply and teaching little Noah how to nurse. It’s not always easy but it…
One of the more interesting side effects of pregnancy is crazy, vivid dreams. Sometimes these dreams can be scary or stressful but most often my pregnancy dreams are just plain weird. Even when I’m not pregnant I have weird dreams. Pregnancy just adds another dose of crazy. It’s like a wild drug trip. (I can…
One of the benefits of breastfeeding your baby is the bonding that takes place. Your baby can look up and see your face and knows that you are the one providing them with the awesome meal in which they are partaking. Most breastfeeding covers involve covering the baby’s head in addition to your breast. This…