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At Scribble’s six month appointment, he was sitting pretty at the 50th percentile in height and weight. I had become smug about nursing; we were on an easy schedule and my supply was as good as ever. I had given away all the unopened formula samples and was confident I’d make it to my goal [...]

Hindsight is 20/20, and I’ve learned a lot in the last 7 weeks that might have made my breastfeeding experience much more successful.  While I still occasionally try to nurse, we’re pretty much a pumping exclusively and formula feeding family due to a variety of reasons, but primarily: (1) low supply, (2) inefficient nursers, (3) [...]

I always planned to try to breastfeed. I actually tried not to focus on it too much in my pregnancy because I knew that if it worked it worked, and if it didn’t it didn’t. I really had no idea what it would be like, and honestly how could you if you had never had [...]

This is a guest post by Monkula. My oldest daughter nursed until age five. My youngest is still nursing at age one. If she nurses as long as my oldest did, I will have been nursing for a solid decade with no interruptions. This wasn’t my plan. I’m loving every minute of it. Anyone who [...]

I looked down at my beautiful girl’s face as she snuggled up against me to nurse.  She was 5 months old.  We were well established into our breastfeeding routines.  She was a fantastic eater.   Her eyes started to close slightly and her body started to relax.  We had done this so many times.  I knew [...]

This is a second post about breastfeeding Mavrick written in October of 2010, 1 month after my previous breastfeeding post.  Not so long ago, I blogged how I had mixed feelings about nursing and thinking of slowly weaning Mavi onto formula. I decided to stick with nursing though because it was quick (Mavi was a quick [...]

Most people have no idea that adoptive breastfeeding is even a possibility.  Though I had a vague idea that it could be done physiologically, I didn’t realize that it’s actually a reasonable proposition… but it’s a real thing and it can work successfully. I breastfed our first daughter until she turned 2.  I thought that [...]