Breastfeeding For the Last Time My third son was born with a head full of hair like his brothers, 20 inches long like his brothers, and had the face of an angel – you guessed it – like his brothers. Unlike...
My Experience with Tandem Breastfeeding When my oldest child reached 18 months old, our nursing relationship was still going strong and I was pregnant again. (Read about my experience with breastfeeding and pregnancy.) I was sure my son would wean...
My Experience with Breastfeeding During Pregnancy When my oldest son was born we had a lot of newborn breastfeeding difficulties. Although we got through the challenges I decided early on that I would only nurse him for about 6 months....
How to Treat Mastitis Naturally By the time my oldest child was 12 weeks old, all of our newborn breastfeeding struggles were behind us. He latched well, and stayed latch. In hindsight, I realize that part of my son’s latch...
My Experience with Breastfeeding While Working I had a difficult experience with breastfeeding while working. When my oldest son was six weeks old I returned to work part-time. I felt a little panicked because he hadn’t learned to properly latch...
Dealing with Common Concerns of Newborn Breastfeeding I had a rough start to breastfeeding my oldest child. We dealt with several common newborn breastfeeding issues such as poor latch, thrush, overactive letdown, and reflux. Actually, only hindsight brought to light...
The Best Breastfeeding Books My go-to baby shower gift when the mom-to-be plans to breastfeed is a book about breastfeeding. Without certain important breastfeeding books my breastfeeding experience would’ve been over before it had a chance to start. See, I...