Category: Breastfeeding

Yesterday was a big day: for the first time, I was away from my baby for the entire day.  And while, yes, it was my first time being away from Doodle all day, it was …

Poor Sugarplum is on day 3 of a full blown cold.  She started the first day with a stuffy nose and slight fever (around 99) day 2 she added a pretty intense cough and today …

Napping has become increasing difficult with Doodle.  As a newbie he used to peacefully fall asleep while nursing and then I could usually gently move him somewhere to complete his sleep.  Now, however, even if …

Honeybun is completing her 7th week of kindergarten and I’m in my 5th week of my fall teaching schedule.  I am now teaching three nights a week and Saturday mornings.  The new schedule (in addition to …

When I was pregnant with Honeybun and taking a hypnobirthing class at a local women’s wellness center, I saw ring slings for sale in the center’s gift shop.  I thought they were a great idea …

A blast from the past: I wrote this 4 years ago almost to the day about my birth experience with Honeybun.  I’ve been working on a similar post since I started Beyond Mommying 9 months …

This week was the monthly meeting of my local breastfeeding support group.  This month we had a local family dentist talk about dental health for breastfed babies.  It was a great meeting with a lot …

When flying with my kids people often comment on how easy I make it look.  I guess after 100+ different airplane rides with children I should be pretty good at it by now! I think …

Little baby Doodle has now been in his own room at night for almost three weeks.  He’s been doing really well overall, only waking once or twice most nights and only had two nights where …

Doodle is probably the most social baby I’ve ever known.  On our flight to Colorado a few weeks ago, he was smiling, talking and desperately trying to get the attention of the business man sitting …