Lactation recipes. The one time you’re allowed—no, encouraged—to indulge in delectable treats at 2:30 in the morning. The internet is stocked with lactation recipes of all sorts. Unfortunately, some tend to be less than delicious. Do you know what I’m talking about? You find a recipe that looks good but tastes like cardboard? Ugh! Well,…
When I was a new mom, nothing could put me in panic mode quicker than the flu and a common cold. I’m not kidding. I automatically thought of nursery rhymes like John Brown’s Baby and Solomon Grundy. Now (a battle-hardened mom of two), it seems like we’re dealing with some kind of new illness every…
During my first 7 weeks of motherhood I missed out on a tool that could’ve saved me hours of sleep. Even before I gave birth, I was obsessed with getting my baby to sleep through the night. You see, I can barely function with at least eight hours of sleep and two cups of coffee…
Breastfeeding is a beautiful bonding time between you and your baby…unless you hate it. Can I be brutally honest? At first, I hated breastfeeding. Hated it. It hurt, it was boring, and it kept me from the actual activity I desperately wanted to participate in: sleep. Breastfeeding is hard. You have so much to learn…
The dreaded flu season… If you’re a mom of a toddler, then you know that dealing with the flu isn’t as easy as it sounds. A baby will take any treatment you give them, but a toddler? A toddler will fight you, complain, whine, cry, and scream every single day he’s sick. If you have…
Two months. I can’t tell you how many times I considered giving up breastfeeding during that time. The teeth-grinding pain when my daughter nursed, her obvious frustration, and the constant battle between an overactive letdown and low milk supply had removed any joy from the act of breastfeeding. I spent the majority of it wondering…
