08 March 2010 ~ 15 Comments

When Breastfeeding Hurts – Update

photo credit: christyscherrer
Saffron is 10 months old, still breastfeeding most of the time, and killing me.
OK, not literally. But the pain makes me cry out, grind my teeth, and tears to swell. For the last two weeks, every time she latches on I want to crawl in a hole and scream.
The reason for the [...]

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20 November 2009 ~ 9 Comments

Formula Fed America – The Documentary

Formula Fed America – The Documentary

My thoughts coming later, I just wanted to get this up now. Go ahead and start the discussion in the comments.

And I’m putting this out here now, anti-breastfeeding trolls will be deleted. Don’t like it, suck it.

Related Reading:
Ina May’s Guide to Breastfeeding
Engineering Formulas
Daniels’ Running Formula – 2nd Edition

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13 April 2009 ~ 9 Comments

The “You Don’t Really Know What You Want” Syndrome

photo credit: country_boy_shane
On Twitter this morning I saw a tweet by @dontpatthebelly that reminded me of something I used to complain endlessly about when I had Evan:
is trying to convince my m-i-l that breastfeeding and cloth diapers means that we AREN’T using disposables and formula.
Oh boy, do I remember the frustration of those days. [...]

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01 February 2009 ~ 10 Comments

Breastfeeding Support is Hard to Find

photo credit: Raphael Goetter
There was a pretty lively discussion last night on Twitter about breastfeeding support. It started when lil gruntlings shared her annoyance at someone in a parenting group trying to sell new moms some pretty horrible advice.
Someone on a group I’m in is pushing her book of advice on how to get [...]

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