Breastfeeding

2011 – an end of year review

January 1, 2012

2011 was one of the best years as we welcomed our baby girl, but also brought with it some pain as we lost our puppy. Here’s a quick recap. I was due mid January, so of course we had the worst snow storms at the end of my pregnancy. At the end of January (a [...]

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Weaning – the emotional stuff

December 20, 2011

To be completely honest, I’ve been staring at my blank screen for about an hour now, just trying to figure out how to even begin to write this post. I guess I’ll start at the beginning. When I was pregnant I looked forward to experiencing nursing with our little baby. After we welcomed Peanut into [...]

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Weaning – the technical stuff

December 19, 2011

As our little Addi-pie nears 1, things around here have really been changing rather quickly. One of the biggest changes is that I stopped nursing her. Peanut is still on 100% breast milk, but we’re using the “stash” of frozen milk. When Peanut was born and we decided to breastfeed, I didn’t really think about [...]

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Nursing – pumping and storing, my favorite products

October 5, 2011

So far I’ve talked about what helps me succeed with breastfeeding and how to keep it going while working. I also wanted to share with you some of my favorite products (no, I am not getting paid for any of this). First and foremost, if you know that you will be away from your baby [...]

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