Feeding | Making It Work

If Only Babies Came With Instruction Manuals

February 17, 2012

Babies can be frustrating little creatures who can’t tell you what they want (JUST TELL ME WHY YOU ARE CRYING AND I WILL GLADLY FIX IT! I JUST DON’T KNOW WHAT IS WRONG!!) and I really think most of the first year or so is spent trying to figure out what makes them tick. There [...]

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A Small Confession

August 26, 2011

I’m always baffled by people who are ashamed or defeated by aspects of their birthing experience. You do the best with what you’ve got. Did I WANT to have a C-section with Nathan? Of course not! (That’s MAJOR surgery, people! My sister got to observe some C-sections during her labor and delivery rotation for nursing [...]

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Bottlefed, Breastfed, And Now, A THIRD Option! Bottled Breasts!

June 28, 2011

There are a lot of things I found odd or interesting about pregnancy, but one of the biggest surprises to me was that at some point during my childhood, the gestation of a baby changed from 9 months to 40 weeks. (It’s probably just semantics and based on when you start counting the weeks, but [...]