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The Other Boob

March 15, 2011

My son is addicted to his ba-ba — the milk my breasts produces for him. Now a four-year-old, he is still not showing any inclination to self-wean from the few times he still nurses, mostly to fall asleep. I never anticipated nursing him this long, but I have to tell you — nothing feels more [...]

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Why Spanking My Child is Not For Me

March 11, 2011

{This post was originally written for the NYC Moms Blog and posted November 01, 2009. This is an updated version.} My son is turning three in a couple of weeks, and the terrible threes have definitely descended upon us. I can’t complain, temper tantrums are rare, but lately he makes dressing him or getting him [...]

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Mommy Bloggers Paid to Review Similac App That Sabotages Breastfeeding

February 24, 2011

As a breastfeeding advocate who helps moms interested in breastfeeding or struggling with it with encouragement and resources, I’m so disappointed to find out that a few mommy bloggers decided to review the Similac StrongMoms Baby Journal iPhone application for money paid by Abbott Lab, some even though they are educated about breastfeeding and breastfed [...]

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National Breastfeeding Month: Whip ‘Em Out! Video With Many Celebrity Moms Endorsing Breastfeeding

August 29, 2010

I was just stalking one of my favorite lactivism blogs, PhD in Parenting, and found this (yes, at 1 in the morning): Ha—llelujah!! Nuf said. Please share this video with others to encourage more women to try breastfeeding, to let them know that it is a learned skill and often doesn’t come easily, to make [...]

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Breastfeeding, the Nestle Boycott, and BlogHer 2010

August 5, 2010

If I don’t write this post now, BlogHer 2010 will be over before I get to it. It’s World Breastfeeding Week and the La Leche League’s World Breastfeeding Week Celebrations (WBWC) are in full force, and I haven’t even blogged about that. I’m itching to write my BlogHer post after reading many interesting post from [...]

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Beautiful “Nursing the Future” Breastfeeding Video

June 2, 2010

Once again, I’ve been spending a lot of time on Twitter today — connecting with like-minded people, trying to help out, retweeting informative and funny tweets — and I came across the #holisticmoms Twitter party hosted by @HolisticMomsNet. One of their tweets led me to this beautiful video: Nursing the Future. I just love social [...]

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Dagmar Bleasdale Featured on Ricki Lake’s MyBestBirth

May 20, 2010

Visit My Best Birth Fantastic news! Ricki Lake’s site MyBestBirth.com is featuring an article I wrote specifically for the site. If you are a regular reader of Dagmar’s momsense, you know how passionate I feel about natural birth and breastfeeding, so this is very exiting to me. Check out my post Beware of Hospitals If [...]

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My Katonah Patch and NYC Moms Blog Articles

January 3, 2010

Not one, but two articles I wrote just a week ago are live on the Web. Bedford-Katonah Patch: In 2010, Be Frugal and Eco-Friendly. This article ran on the front page yesterday. It’s about being a frugal and green mom, and my resolutions for 2010. New York City Moms Blog: The Other Boob is about [...]

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The Bliss of Breastfeeding — I Parent By Nature

November 25, 2009

Dagmar Bleasdale: The Bliss of Breastfeeding I hadn’t given it much thought before, but the second I learned I was pregnant I knew I wanted to breastfeed. It was one of the things I looked forward to the most about being a mom. I just had a feeling that being able to deliver the nourishment [...]

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Breastfeeding Helps to Get Back Into Shape

November 18, 2009

My next New York City Moms Blog post is running today! I am exited — it’s about one of my favorite subjects: breastfeeding. I titled the article “Breastfeeding Helps You Get Back Into Shape. After reading a recent New York Times article about how breastfeeding helps many women to shed the pregnancy pounds, I took [...]

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14 Ways to Save Money and Be Green

November 14, 2009

It’s time for another frugal entry. Here are just a few money-saving tricks I use, and some of them not only save you green, they also let you BE green: 1. We just moved, and I didn’t pay a cent for moving boxes (and we needed a lot of them). I asked for free ones [...]

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Breastfeeding is Natural but Often Doesn’t Come Naturally

October 21, 2009

I was quoted in one of our local news papers, the Journal News, when I was a participant in the Global Breastfeeding Challenge on October 3, and the writer did such a terrible job with the article that I had to write a Letter to the Editor. There were several things wrong with the article, [...]

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Not Me! Monday — Nursing in the Bathroom

October 19, 2009

A quick Not Me! Monday: – I am NOT writing this when I should be doing paperwork, work on another post for NYC Moms Blog, and go to the bank. – I am NOT bribing Landon with getting a (vitamin) gummy bear to finally get him to pee in the toilet. He does his big [...]

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We Attended the World Breastfeeding Challenge

October 7, 2009

When I heard about the World Breastfeeding Challenge, scheduled for October 3, 2009, I immediately knew I wanted to go. I’m up for a challenge! All over the world mothers would unite and latch on their children at the same time — what a great idea to promote breastfeeding! So Landon and I drove to [...]

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BlogHer Let’s Bloggers Opt Out of Formula and Bottle Ads

October 3, 2009

Today, I was approached by Annie, another breastfeeding supporter who blogs at PhD in Parenting, about problems she had with some of the BlogHer ads that were running on her blog. As someone who believes strongly in the WHO International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes, she did not want ads for formula or bottles [...]

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No More Naps? Are You Kidding Me, Little Boy?

September 25, 2009

In the last week, things have changed around here. All of a sudden, it takes me half an hour or longer to get Landon to nap. Whereas before he would lie down with me and fall asleep nursing within minutes, he now breastfeeds for a minute and then wants to play some more. No matter [...]

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Dagmar is a mom, blogger, columnist, editor, entrepreneur, and social media consultant. She writes about motherhood, natural birth, breastfeeding, attachment parenting, green and frugal living, decorating, blogging, and her love for Twitter and Nutella.

She lives in Westchester, NY, and teaches entrepreneurs and small businesses to take advantage of blogging and social media tools. She is the founder of imPROOF Proofreading, Editing, and Social Media Consulting.

Dagmar is a passionate breastfeeding, co-sleeping, and green/healthy living advocate and writes to empower women to believe in their instincts and to pursue their dreams.