Hellobee

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 [...]

I just completely weaned my daughter a few days ago.  I had this idea that babies were easy to wean, and you just give them cow’s milk and off they go.  Why would I have that impression?  Because that’s exactly what my twins did.  Right at the 1 year mark I took off one feeding [...]

I’ve been “chasing the milk” for a while now. Since about November I’ve been pumping less and less each day – while a good day used to be pumping around 12-14 ounces during the workday (from 3 pumping sessions), that number was rapidly dropping. This decline also coincided with my starting a new job, where not [...]

I attended a wonderful birthday party for a one-year-old a few weeks ago, and found myself talking with a friend about nursing. My friend had her babies in the seventies and eighties, when breastfeeding was far more unpopular than it is today. Of course breastfeeding in public was quite taboo. As a result, she spent [...]

We launched several new Series today! First up, Mrs. Yoyo’s Hellobee highlights! Mrs. Yoyo’s Highlights Baby Yoyo’s Monthly Updates Mrs. Yoyo’s Visual Gear Guides We also launched three new Series on breastfeeding and pumping: Breastfeeeding (General Breastfeeding Information) Breastfeeding Problems Increasing Your Milk Supply We’re working on writing tons of Series so that we have enough [...]