The coronavirus is inescapable. I don’t mean you’re doomed to catch it and die a horrible death…I mean you literally cannot escape hearing about it everywhere you go. And if you’re like me, you go between hating the topic and being morbidly curious. Especially if you’re trying to prepare for coronavirus and you’re breastfeeding. I …
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More and more, moms are giving their babies (and themselves) a milk bath using breastmilk. Which is awesome!! Breastmilk is incredibly nourishing, and a lot of moms are saying that it’s helped their heal baby rashes like diaper rash, as well as baby eczema. So it’s definitely worth a try. Now when it comes to …
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My one-week-old baby went six solid waking hours without eating – and I was scared. I sort of expected him to go longer than usual since he ate six ounces of expressed milk earlier. My hubby had apparently never heard of paced feeding! Let’s start at the beginning of the story. When my second baby …
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I cried every morning for three weeks. The new schedule — no let’s call it a non-schedule because that’s what it really was — this new non-schedule was killing me. I was angry, emotional, tired, and at my absolute wits end. But still happy to have my son snuggled in my arms instead of dancing …
Did you know that most moms refuse to take cold medicines while breastfeeding? That’s just crazy to me! When it comes to being sick, I’m with the crowd saying “All I need is some Double-Strength-Multi-Symptom-Biggest-Hammer-Available! And if it says to take it every four hours – oh, I’m setting a timer. For like 3 hours …
So you have a stash of frozen breastmilk – and you worked hard to get it. That’s no little thing! But let me ask you this. Did you know that there are a few rules to follow to safely handle thawed breastmilk? Do you know how to keep it safe once you thaw it? What …
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I gotta confess, I’ll get caught up in a good fad in a heartbeat. And sometimes in a not-so-good fad. (looking at you, e-cigs.) Well, the latest mommy fad is giving babies a milk bath. And getting adorable pictures of it. Since you know I love fads – and since milk baths are all the …
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I’ve noticed something that really bothers me. There’s so much fake “science” and fake “news” and fake “articles” floating around today that it’s almost impossible to know what’s real and what’s not. We keep hearing about power pumping – which is a popular breast pumping method that moms are using to boost milk supply. We’ve …
If you’ve been breastfeeding for longer than, oh say 48 hours, you’ve probably heard the term “power pumping.” But just in case you live under a rock (hey, not judging – some of my favorite people live under rocks), power pumping is a popular pumping method that moms use to boost milk supply. You know …
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We all know that pumping can really, well, suck. What we need is a hack to pump more milk. Pronto! Because even if you have a great milk supply, you might not get very much milk out. And when you aren’t sure how awesome your milk supply is, you can get seriously discouraged if your …
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“Your baby is jaundiced.” I was surprised just how scary those words were, especially considering how they were delivered. There I was, rolling away in the wheelchair new mommas are required to leave the hospital in. (As if we’re invalids – when the truth is, nobody can perform the superhuman feats of postpartum baby care …
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I stayed dehydrated while I was breastfeeding. It was so bad that my boobs had to send scouts into the wilderness of my body to hunt for water. Yeah, that bad. I came up with some pretty cool tricks to help me stay hydrated…but they only worked when I remembered to use them. And drinking …
