Simplifying Family Life

By Tracy Liebmann

When looking for ways to simplify our family life we often run into titles like Get More Done and 100 Things To Do: To Simplify Your Life. I don’t know about you, but I really don’t want to be told I need to get more done or have MORE . . . → Read More: Simplifying Family Life

Courage Is The Price Life Exacts For Granting Peace

By Shannon O’Donnell “Courage is the price life exacts for granting peace.” It’s one of my favorite quotes, written by Amelia Earhart. This quote has come to mean a lot to me in many areas of my life, including breastfeeding (and for that matter, parenting in general). The first several months of breastfeeding were . . . → Read More: Courage Is The Price Life Exacts For Granting Peace

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!

Tongue Tie And Newborns

by Dusk

First I want to say that I desperately wanted to nurse my daughter. I had nursed my son for about 7 months and he started to bite really bad and I had thrush twice and it was just so difficult. And I gave up! So, when I got pregnant with my daughter . . . → Read More: Tongue Tie And Newborns

Stress-free Nursing In Public

By Elisa Minsk Hartstein

Mastering breastfeeding takes patience. With time you learn proper latch-on, positioning, and how to gauge your baby’s sensitivity to external stimuli while nursing.

But once you have that down and are ready to hit the road with your baby, how do you get comfortable nursing in public? Inevitably your . . . → Read More: Stress-free Nursing In Public

One Mom’s Breastfeeding Story

By Tiffany Holley

I’ve got a lot of years of nursing under my belt, er, bra… And three very different experiences.

Mom nursed my sister and I, so formula was just not something I ever considered. She went with me to my first La Leche League meeting when I was pregnant with my first.

. . . → Read More: One Mom’s Breastfeeding Story

Sing, Mama!

By Jeannie Myron

Before I tell you about singing, let me establish something I have in common with you: I nursed my little one!

I also sang to him non-stop, even before he was born. The singing hasn’t stopped. Do you know that singing lowers your cortisol level, 25 minutes after you . . . → Read More: Sing, Mama!