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When Wagon Jr. was born, I exclusively breastfed him, but we also bottle-fed him at least one feeding every day so that he’d always be used to both the bottle and the breast. I was blessed to have a more than plentiful milk supply  — I actually had an oversupply and lots of clogging and […]

In all that I had imagined about parenthood when I was pregnant with M, exclusive pumping was never part of it. I expected I would breastfeed — I was formula fed myself, but Mac Daddy is very enthusiastic about breastfeeding, and I saw my older sister successfully manage it with my niece, so it felt […]

I posted a few months ago about building up a freezer stash of milk for when I headed back to work full time. I knew that I wanted to breastfeed Baby Oats until he was a year old; I’d nursed Little Oats until she was 16 months, so I didn’t see a problem with this […]

While most of my posts involving travel will be about traveling with children, this post is actually about traveling without kids. Just as having kids didn’t deter us from traveling with children, I wasn’t completely ready to let my business travel go (although I did find a new job where I travel significantly less than […]

Due to initial medical complications, I exclusively pumped breastmilk for my baby girls. This past week, I made the difficult decision to wean at 12 weeks. While I understand and acknowledge the medical recommendation to continue feeding breastmilk to the one-year mark, several factors factored into my decision to stop pumping. Many things about the […]

Here in Canada, we are extremely fortunate to receive a year of maternity leave. For me, that meant that breastfeeding Little Oats until her first birthday wasn’t something I thought twice about; I had a year at home with her, we had a great breastfeeding relationship, and since she hated purees (and most solid food) […]

I have a goal in mind to breastfeed Little Bug until at he is at least 1 year old, or however long after that he wants. But I have to be honest — I kind of hate breastfeeding. I don’t hate the great things it is doing for him, but I hate a lot of […]