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Weaning Nora
World Breastfeeding Week is coming to a close, and after a busy three days of classes, speakers, and events on Nantucket, I was exhausted (and, frankly, remembered exactly what it was that I didn’t...
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Pumping and Time Apart
Tonight, I pumped for the first time since Zara’s birth. I sat on my bedroom floor, answering question after question from my curious preschooler as I followed a ritual at once both familiar and...
View ArticleNursing in Public
Yes, that’s an arbitrary nursing picture with ***gasp*** a boob in it. Given the topic of this post, it only seems appropriate to share a picture of my little Zara Bea doing her favorite thing. If...
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Building a Parenting Library — Recommended Reading
I mentioned awhile ago that I received a $500 grant to start our La Leche League library. I had a lot of fun thinking about the books I would recommend to local moms and what was helpful to me the...
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Why I Am Waiting to Start Giving My Baby Solid Food
In a national survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and released last April, 40 percent of parents surveyed said they gave their baby solid food before they were 4 months...
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Post-Op Notes and Breastfeeding After Surgery
In case you missed my note on Facebook, I got the best news possible when I awoke from surgery: the nodule was benign, which means I still have half a thyroid and am not expecting to have to deal with...
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World Breastfeeding Week After La Leche League
Today is August 1st, which marks the first day of World Breastfeeding Week. For the first time in 5 years, I did not plan a big celebration or orchestrate a walk. I didn’t attend a single...
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Weaning Zara
This week, my “baby” officially started preschool. Since we’re a Montessori family, Zara had the benefit of a long transition period as she moved from the toddler to the preschool class over the...
View ArticleTeaching (and Debating) Breastfeeding
At 9:30 a week ago tonight, my cell phone rang. By the time I was down the stairs and into the dining room (praying the ring wouldn’t wake up Nora), it had stopped. I didn’t recognize the number,...
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Extended Nursing and Being Mom Enough
Unless you’re living under a rock, you’ve probably heard about last Friday’s Time Magazine cover story on attachment parenting and the “controversial” image of a 26 year old mom from Los Angeles,...
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