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Top five things to do while you are nursing

Written on 8 Jan, 2009 at 12:00 in Asia, Breastfeeding, North America, Pregnancy, Region | viewed 90 times | 3 Comments

So now that I have been nursing for three months, and the nursing stretches are getting longer instead of shorter, I keep thinking of things that can be done with one hand and with baby attached to you. Of course,... (Continue reading)

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Weighty Issues

Written on 13 Dec, 2008 at 13:21 in Breastfeeding, Life as a mom, Pregnancy | viewed 102 times | 7 Comments

Ok, so bear with me please. Is this Too Much Information? Let me know… I am some 10 weeks into post partum and have decided I need to pay some attention to losing weight and then tightening up.  And since... (Continue reading)

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Life in Pandemonium….and then wash hands

Written on 6 Nov, 2008 at 22:05 in Breastfeeding, Kids stories, Pregnancy | viewed 50 times | 2 Comments

So it began easily enough. I was able to distract the babe enough so that I could get the little one latched on and starting to nurse. I even got the babe to get a toy from his playroom downstairs... (Continue reading)

The juggle and the jiggle – nursing with two kids

Written on 18 Oct, 2008 at 20:18 in Breastfeeding, Life as a mom, Pregnancy, Uncategorized | viewed 83 times | 7 Comments

Source: Breastfeeding Book ‘Nursing is a great time to connect with the entire family. Use this time to read to your older child or play a game of candyland’ Accompanying picture: Mom sitting with nursing infant at breast, cradled in one arm.... (Continue reading)

Breastfeeding has become so frustrating

Written on 19 Feb, 2008 at 5:24 in Breastfeeding | viewed 104 times | 7 Comments

My 3 and half month old baby isnt eating like he used to. i had to stop breastfeeding for 2 weeks due to medical reasons and  i used a pump for those 2 weeks and he went right back to breatfeeding... (Continue reading)

What no one ever told me about weaning

Written on 27 Jan, 2008 at 5:20 in Asia, Breastfeeding, Staying fit | viewed 137 times | 5 Comments

 Today I went to a doc I have trusted my life and was told I was 18 lbs overweight. I had kid of suspected it, specially since I get a lot of ‘Congrats on being pregnant again’ based on my... (Continue reading)

The first time in public…(nursing, I mean)

Written on 2 Jan, 2008 at 15:28 in Asia, Breastfeeding, North America, Pregnancy | viewed 123 times | 2 Comments

Before I had a baby, I was very shy to expose even generally acceptable anatomy in public. I was generally a conservative dresser. If one time I bought a shirt or blouse which displayed a remotely plunging neckline, I wore... (Continue reading)

Nursing Strike and Baby Negotiations

Written on 30 Dec, 2007 at 3:21 in Asia, Breastfeeding, Life as a mom, Moms @ work, North America, Pregnancy, Working | viewed 106 times | 0 Comments

So around four and a half months or maybe just four,  the babe decided to go on a nursing strike. When I rushed back from work, ready to nurse him, he would greet me with the biggest smile but any... (Continue reading)

How I became an accidental lactivist

Written on 28 Dec, 2007 at 4:07 in Adapting Traditions, Breastfeeding, Good Resources, Living in a new culture, Pregnancy | viewed 144 times | 5 Comments

Well, actually, I breastfed my son for 18 months. And the reasons for me were not the ‘My son will be healthiest this way’ or ‘formula is a curse second to none’. I had been mostly formula fed and thought... (Continue reading)

Consultants, consultants even a lactation consultant

Written on 26 Dec, 2007 at 15:33 in Breastfeeding, Pregnancy | viewed 92 times | 2 Comments

So back in your home country, have you ever heard of a lactation consultant? I had not. When I heard the term, it seemed to me to be an overkill. One more American way of complicating life and earning money.... (Continue reading)