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My breastfeeding journey is long over, but I wanted to share one of the toughest challenges I faced as a breastfeeding mother: Thrush. It developed when J was just about four months old, and I’m not sure it ever fully went away until I stopped breastfeeding. Initially I had no idea what was going on; my […]

Oh, breastfeeding in public. My mother scolded me for breastfeeding without a cover in my parent baby class and insisted on shielding me curtain-style with a receiving blanket. If you can’t breastfeed comfortably there, then where can you breastfeed? In those early days with a newborn that made a huge fuss about latching, I did […]

Juliet is now 4 months old and this is the longest I have ever nursed a baby.  I stopped nursing Drake at 3 months and switched to pumping, which was early September.  Now it’s November and the weather has finally taken a turn. With it comes thick chunky sweaters, tall boots, and layers for me […]

Yesterday, I came to a sad realization when looking around Liam’s room. We rushed him into toddlerhood. It wasn’t intentional, exactly, but we did make conscious choices after his first birthday that I now see have cut his babyhood short. Here’s how: 1. Stopped nursing at 14 months To many people, this might seem late […]

When I was researching which nursing pillow to register for, I kept coming across these two as the top contenders.  Some swore by the My Brest Friend, and others could not live without their Boppy.  I got the Boppy as a registry gift, but also ended up purchasing the Brest Friend, so I was able […]

When I was on maternity leave, it was easy to dress to accommodate frequent nursing sessions because I could wear casual clothes just about every day. Now that I’m working, it has been a little more challenging because many of my favorite outfits that I used to wear to work either no longer fit or […]

When Wagon Jr. was an infant, I was always paranoid about getting mastitis. I had heard such horror stories about how sick it makes you, and that was the last thing I needed as a new SAHM struggling with breastfeeding. I spent many a night with a clogged duct or milk blister, crying and wielding […]