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Traveling to Germany with a Little Boy — Part 3

July 20, 2010

The second day of our visit to my girlfriend’s farm we spent at the local pool. For such a small town in the country, they have a very sophisticated pool with tons of water features, and the boys were in and out of the water for four hours. Since I didn’t have a bathing suite [...]

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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 media [...]

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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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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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3 Tips on How to Get Baby to Sleep Easily (and Yourself!)

January 27, 2009

Three tips for getting your baby and yourself to sleep faster!

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Breastfeeding Advantages: Facts and Tips

January 25, 2009

This picture was taken when L was a day old. Following are some things I know to be true after 2 1/2 years of breastfeeding :)
1. Your milk WILL come in, and you will make enough milk for your baby!
Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise! It breaks my heart every time I hear a new mother [...]

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