The possibility of having a premature baby isn’t something that I really thought about when I was pregnant. I didn’t know anything about the Neonatal Unit and what went on there, until at 30 weeks gestation, my baby girl was delivered by emergency cesarean and I was plunged into an...
Once, while meeting with a lactation consultant, I was taught that breastfeeding, while natural in the sense that we were made to do it, doesn’t always come naturally. In fact, breastfeeding can often be like a complex dance routine in which both partners are new to the steps and have...
While having a newborn baby in the house is a magical experience in it’s own right, it can also be a challenge, especially for the partner of the new mother. While mom is learning to nurse her baby, recover from birth, and balance her constantly changing sleep patterns, you are...
My two girls are school-aged now, just starting the 1st and 3rd grade, but the days of breastfeeding and trying to get a good night of sleep are still fresh memories. The way I handled nighttime nursing was drastically different for my girls, and I do my best...
Bringing a child into this world is a unique and wonderful experience, unlike any other that you can imagine. It’s not however, something to be entered into quickly or lightly. As a parent in this generation, one thing that I have noticed is how so many parents to be, skip...
If you’ve just added a new little bod to your happy family or are pregnant with your second, you might be starting to wonder what you’ve let yourself in for. Well, I’m not going to lie, the first few weeks were tough for us, despite having done it all before....
Before I delivered my children, I had an image in my head of what it would be like once I brought them into this world. I would get to share them with my family and friends who came to visit us in the hospital. They would take pictures of the...
It’s August. The freshly accrued school supplies are spread out all over the dining room table. You use the fine point sharpie to tattoo the names of your children all over their supplies, hoping they won’t get lost. It’s time to go to school. It’s time for my four-year-old twins...
Having a caesarean section, or C-section, can be a distressing experience, especially if you weren’t expecting it. Occurring in roughly one in three women, C-sections impact your body’s normal healing process post-partum; you’ll be sore, have stiches to take care of, and a newborn infant who is learning how to nurse. A great...
Do Babies Under 12 months self-wean? You may have heard another mom say that her infant stopped wanting to breastfeed all on his own, or self-weaned, before a year old, but this was likely not the case. Without prompting from his caregivers, it’s unusual for a child to self-wean under 18 months old!...