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Inside Motherhood

Archive for the ‘Breastfeeding’ Category

September 26th, 2007

Brainpower Boost While Breastfeeding?

When is the insanity going to stop? Everywhere you look these days, there are some new things out there - products, services, whatever - that are supposedly designed to boost your child’s brainpower. Now even nursing babies have to be “smart” enough by exercising their poor little brains while having a splash of […]

By Sherry -- 3 comments

March 9th, 2007

breasts… what are they, and who do they belong to, anyway?

My mother had an interesting conversation with my four year old the other day. For some reason, he’s become fascinated by nursing, and often pretends he’s a baby puppy or kitty and some other grown up woman is the mama mammal, and he pretends to nurse. Now, there’s no contact, he’s not actually trying to […]

By Christina -- 2 comments

February 22nd, 2007

how not to bottle feed

I was sitting at the airport this afternoon, waiting to fly home. Airports give you a lot of time to watch people… and across from me a new family doted over their baby girl. She looked to be about five, six months old, and the mother cradled her baby in her arms and cooed and […]

By Christina -- 2 comments

January 28th, 2007

Mastitis: have you tried ginger?

Do I really have to give a disclaimer? I’m not a doctor. If you have a problem, go see one.
In the meantime… if you’re feeling feverish, if you feel like you’re coming down with the flu and there’s a hot place, a red spot on your breast or up into your armpit… you might be […]

By Christina -- 1 comment

January 14th, 2007

Sunday Funnies: weaning a toddler

A friend of mine came to work one afternoon, still bright red, muttering under her breath. When I asked her what was wrong, she gave a rueful laugh. “I’m trying to wean my three year old daughter,” she said. “It’s not going so well.”
 My friend and her daughter had been at the grocery store earlier […]

By Christina -- 2 comments

November 16th, 2006

Rant on the Vermont Nurse In

I am a long-time nurser and I can’t help but want to punch that flight attendant in the eye. You mean I can walk around with my thong hanging out, with my shirt cut down to here, expose the world to nipple slips (google it) and NEVER get in trouble with the law, but […]

By robyn -- 3 comments