Sending My Baby to Daycare

I went back to work when my first son was 6 weeks old. I was teaching at a university and the semester began when it began, so I left him at home with a nanny. He took a bottle just fine, voraciously drank anything we handed him.

My second son never took a bottle. . . . → Read More: Sending My Baby to Daycare

Hands-Free Bra Makes Pumping Better

Let’s be realistic. Pumping milk from your breasts is never going to be awesome. It just isn’t. But! I was finally convinced (5 years into my nursing journey) to buy a hands-free pumping bra and lo! It does make things better. 

I hesitated so long because I didn’t understand the logistics of the bra. . . . → Read More: Hands-Free Bra Makes Pumping Better

Returning To Work? Yes, You CAN Continue To Exclusively Breastfeed!

by Wendy Armbruster Bell (How a Nanny and a Good Breastpump Can Help You Reach Your Personal Breastfeeding Goals)

As the end of your maternity leave fast approaches, nursing mothers have a number of choices to maintain their breastfeeding relationships with their babies. This holds true no matter how long your maternity leave will . . . → Read More: Returning To Work? Yes, You CAN Continue To Exclusively Breastfeed!

Blogiversary Celebration – Pumpin’ Pal – CLOSED

We seem to be on a breast-pumping theme here in my blogiversary this week! Today’s post is about a GREAT company called Pumpin’ Pal! If you are not familiar with Pumpin’ Pal, you can see the features that we did on them a few months ago here and here. Pumpin’ Pal is a company . . . → Read More: Blogiversary Celebration – Pumpin’ Pal – CLOSED

Blogiversary Celebration – Pump Ease Hands Free Pumping Support – CLOSED

Pump Ease is a company who has taken the BORING out of breast pumping! They manufacture (in Canada!) beautiful, colorful, super spectacular hands-free pumping supports for moms who are pumping. If you have pumped even once, you know what a pain in the “you know where” it can be to hold the breastpump flanges . . . → Read More: Blogiversary Celebration – Pump Ease Hands Free Pumping Support – CLOSED

Blogiversary Celebration – Easy Expression Hands-Free Pumping Bras – CLOSED

Today’s Blogiversary Celebration features Easy Expression Products – the original hands-free pumping bra! Easy Expression Products was founded in 1998 by Gretchen Penny. At that time, she was a new mother getting ready to return back to work after her maternity leave and she found pumping tedious and was looking for something to make . . . → Read More: Blogiversary Celebration – Easy Expression Hands-Free Pumping Bras – CLOSED

Hands Free Pumping Meets Beauty!

La Leche League NEW Hands-Free Pumping & Nursing Bra