In honor of Black Breastfeeding Week, I have a confession to make. Well, make that two. First confession: I am still breastfeeding my 2...
It is important that each family has an individualized breastfeeding plan of care that works, not just during their hospital stay, but when they...
When I was about 35ish weeks pregnant with my first, my Mom was helping me get the nursery set up and all the typical...
It’s National Breastfeeding Awareness month. The interweb has been flooded with articles, stories, and pictures talking about the benefits of breastfeeding and also what...
"Motherhood is exactly what I expected it to be," said no one, ever. When I had my son Jona, I fully expected to be...
I was warned that breastfeeding would be hard and painful. If someone asked me how my breastfeeding journey went, that’s exactly how I’d describe...
Let’s go back a little over three years. Picture this … a new mom frazzled and out to eat. A stranger approaches and the...
My first daughter was a late term preemie, born just shy of 36 weeks, eager to meet the world and then sleep for the...
Standing in my bathroom at the hospital, alone for the first time in probably months, I looked at myself in the mirror. I stood...
There are benefits to having kids later in life — more stability financially, more experience living and knowing what you believe in and hopefully...
Breastfeeding. Some people love it and some people hate it. To some it comes naturally and others work their tail off to make it...
The doctor sat down.
That was my first sign that something was wrong. Doctors, especially hospital pediatricians, wear sneakers because they're on their feet all...
I am was a reluctant formula-feeding mama.
The first time that I gave my son formula, I cried out of fear of the formula I was...
Formula feeding is a topic near and dear to my heart, one that I'm passionate about speaking up about after my own experience as...
We recently welcomed baby number two into our family. I've blogged before about the differences between my two pregnancies and how we tried to...























