Category Archives: parental ponderings

I was going to write today about weaning or tandem nursing (what I have to say about pumping, you probably don’t want to hear.) But, in the last two days I have read and heard several discouraging things about World … Continue reading →

This year’s World Breastfeeding Week theme is to encourage the practice of mothers breastfeeding immediately after birth. Especially in hospital situations, when a baby is born people start doing things — suctioning, swaddling, measuring, medicating, warming, etc. All of those … Continue reading →

Moms, please share a breastfeeding memory that you have, sweet or funny, encouraging or reminiscing. I know we have some new and expecting moms reading, what do they have to look forward to?

I have never been a person who despised labels, and I’ve always loved words, so I’ve never had a problem with the term “demand feeding.” The way milk production works, after all, is supply and demand. But, I have heard … Continue reading →

Who are the Experts? Why I Demand Feed When to Start Solids Ways to Promote Breastfeeding What would you like to hear about?

For the third year, we are going to be observing World Breastfeeding Week here at the blog. I checked the latest statistics and there’s still a lot of room to grow towards exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months and continuing breastfeeding … Continue reading →

A few days ago, I took that personality test and was surprised to find myself an ENFP. In college I was always an ENTJ. So, I took another test, and got ENFP again. Learning that Jeannette had a similar transformation … Continue reading →

My dear friend Tulipgirl has just finished her fourth annual Ezzo week. As a veteran of Ezzo’s materials, she’s a great source of information about them.

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