Nursing is not a riddle to be solved.
Category: parenting
Touch Yourself
So how the f%#* did I get here?! This blog is supposed to help fellow mamas have a successful breastfeeding relationship with their little one, and this my friends is not what success felt like. Hooked up to a hospital bed feeling like garbage and squeezing blood out of your tit is NOT success. Or so I thought as I laid there feeling SO pissed at myself for letting this all happen.
Bad Day
Never quit on a bad day.
Instead, do these two things first.
Tip of the Day – Preventing Clogs
Feeling a little hard in a spot on your breast? Feel like you might have a clog coming on? Nurse your babe with their chin pointing to the clog. It will assist in loosening the clog, or wanna-be-clog before it becomes a clog. The direction in which their chin points is where they have the…
Now That’s Hilarious
10 Hilarious things about breastfeeding: 1. Milk Face There will be a time when your milk is flowing and for whatever reason they decide to unlatch and by consequence get a face full of milk. It’s in the eye, it’s in their nose, in their hair.. just everywhere, and it will be the cutest funniest…
A Child’s Perspective
Convo w/ a 10yr old this past weekend as a fed my daughter: 10YO: Don’t you have to.. go somewhere? Me: No, I can feed her where ever I want. 10YO: Well… Don’t you have to like.. cover yourself? Me: Not if I don’t want to. Plus, her head covers most of my boob. 10YO,…
Let’s Talk Fashion!
I have never used a cover. Maddy would hate it. Plus, it’s just a pain and another thing to carry around. For me, the fact that I can literally leave the house with only a diaper and a wipe in hand (or not even since I have a stash that I keep in the car)…
Nutrition
For me, there were no diet restrictions that I had to adhere to to provide Maddy with breast milk. I just drink a TON of water and keep my prenatal vitamins going. I didn’t tailor my diet for her, nor did I stay away from anything specific. Spicy foods? Bring them on. Women around the…
“Comfort Nursing”
Comfort nursing is always said with a negative connotation. As if our baby nursing for comfort is a bad thing. But put a binky in a baby’s mouth and it’s just, “Yup, they have a binky.” Mother’s are often warned against being a pacifier to their babies. This doesn’t sit well with me for some…
Naturally Milk 