Unless you are exclusively breastfeeding and plan on being a stay-at-home Mom, at some point you will need your baby to take a bottle. Even then, it is good to have a bottle on standby in the event that you need someone else to feed your baby. Below are some tips that I learned when […]
Leaving the hospital can be very intimidating, I remember thinking to myself with my firstborn, “Wait! You are letting me leave with this baby, but I’ve never done this before.” I had taken all of the classes available at my hospital but still felt like I had no idea what I was doing, and honestly […]
I remember going to baby showers as a girl who had never been pregnant or had a baby and the easy thing to do was to either look at the baby shower gift registry, if they had one, grab a gift card or a big box of diapers. It wasn’t until I became a mom […]
When I started breastfeeding, I had no idea what a “good” supply was. I had heard of “over suppliers,” but never really understood what that meant since all I ever heard was that your body will make enough milk to feed your baby. I remember being in the hospital after I delivered and the nurse […]
My breastfeeding journey lasted a little over two years. I always wanted my daughter to self wean but as time went on, it seemed like that would never happen. Making the decision to wean my daughter, was a tough one. On one hand I knew it was time and on the other I was really […]
Disclaimer: I am not a medical professional. Any advice you receive from this post is strictly just that, advice based on my own breastfeeding experiences. This Pain is Unbearable! I remember the day I experienced my first clogged duct/milk blister. I had no idea what was happening, I just knew the pain was unbearable every […]
Before I had my daughter I remember thinking “My goal is to breastfeed for a year!” It wasn’t until she was born that I realized how hard it is to breastfeed. My mindset quickly went to “we are going to take this day by day!” BREASTFEEDING IS HARD WORK! Let me first start off by […]
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