When I was in high school it was really funny and cool to have no memory. To embody the stoner stereotype of forgetting what you were just going to say or do. T-shirt shops in Amsterdam were covered with messages that celebrated our inability to function like responsible adults. [Read more…]
Archives for May 2014
Badass of the Week: Week of June 2, 2014
by Badass Colleen
My son, Colton, was born on March 21 at 32 weeks 5 days after I had been in preterm labor for weeks. He was in the NICU for 39 long days. Feeding was his biggest issue.
I remember the first day he sucked anything from a bottle. It was only 5mls, but I cried, we took pictures, I even saved the bottle. He would not latch onto the breast for anything though. Finally one of the IBCLCs gave me a nipple shield. It was like magic. He would latch, and would nurse, but never longer than about 15 min. Plus it was noisy and crowded in the nicu. I swear every time I tried to bf, 12 uncles would come visit the baby next to us, it was ridiculous! The speech therapist told me to focus on bottle feeds so we could get out of there faster, so nursing got put on the back burner. [Read more…]
Ask an Expert: When Baby is Not Interested in Solids
by Wendy Wisner, IBCLC
Fan Question:
“My 7 month old is not interested in starting baby foods at all, she just wants the breast. I am okay with that but her doctor tells me that she wouldn’t be getting enough nutrition. The internet searches I do are divided on the issue. What are your opinions or experiences with this? I don’t want to force her to eat but I also want her to be healthy.” [Read more…]
Birth: A Cause for Celebration
Whenever I have asked readers if they had a birth photographer at their birth I get a lot of responses such as “yes, we loved it,” or “no, we couldn’t afford it,” but there is one type of answer that sort of bothers me… “I had a hospital birth so there was nothing to photograph,” or “I delivered in a hospital so there was nothing to celebrate.” [Read more…]
The Ultimate MommyCon Giveaway
I’ve been with MommyCon for over a year now. The only comments I have ever seen about the fastest growing natural parenting convention are “What is MommyCon?” or “I love MommyCon.” Proving that to know MommyCon is to love MommyCon.
What is MommyCon? MommyCon is a parenting convention that focuses on natural and organic parenting methods. [Read more…]
Ask an Expert: Dad Specific Benefits of Breastfeeding
by Ashley Treadwell, IBCLC
Fan Question:
“What are the benefits of Breastfeeding that are DAD specific? Something that directly impacts him. Not the baby. Not mom. Just dad.” [Read more…]
Ask an Expert: Teething
By Nancy Mohrbacher, IBCLC, FILCA
Fan Question:
“How do you breastfeed your baby once they have teeth? I hear a good latcher shouldn’t bite but what if you have had a “perfect” latch and all of a sudden you start getting bit???” [Read more…]
Ask an Expert: Preventing Thrush
by Robin Kaplan, IBCLC
Fan Question:
“Any suggestions to prevent thrush?? I seem to get it with each baby….” [Read more…]
