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My Second NYC Moms Blog Article Was Published

November 3, 2009

I was so busy getting the house ready and everything organized for the whole Bleasdale clan to come over for Landon’s third birthday party that I only now checked if my second NYC Moms Blog article is running. And sure enough, it was already published! It is called “Why Spanking is Not For Me,” and [...]

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Not Me! Monday — Crazy Jeans and Posing With Pumpkins

October 26, 2009

I love McKMama‘s Not Me! Monday’s so much, I now catch myself thinking, “Oh, I should be using this for Not Me! Monday!” when I am doing something very un-Lady/Mommy-like. So here it goes for this week: I do NOT still wear the same pants I went to bed in. I put them on last [...]

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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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Not Me! Monday — Rachel Zoe and Burger King

October 12, 2009

After I had a lot of fun posting my first Not Me! Monday entry a few weeks ago, a blog carnival created by MckMama, here is my second entry. You can head over to her blog to read what we all have not been doing this week. I did NOT say to Landon, “Cool! Go [...]

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Fun at the Katonah Fall Festival

October 12, 2009

Landon and I went to the Katonah Fall Festival last Saturday, and I wanted to share the pictures before I forget about them. We have done so many other fun things since then, and I have so many more posts to write! When we drove into town, I saw musicians play at the library, and [...]

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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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Friday Favorites

September 26, 2009

I just found another great blog via Twitter — Daily Dwelling. Monica currently lives in Germany with her three kids, so of course that intrigued me. She runs a blog carnival called Friday Favorites, which is a list of favorite links you want to share with your readers. So here are my Friday Favorites: Natural [...]

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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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Thank You Cards for Breastfeeding Moms

September 17, 2009

I woke up after falling asleep with Landon and here I am at midnight printing out “Thank You Notes” for breastfeeding moms. I just stumbled upon this site, Militant Breastfeeding Cult, and although I am so not a “cult” person, I was intreagued by the words “militant breastfeeding.” I guess that is me by now [...]

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Not Me! Monday by My Charming Kids

September 15, 2009

I have never participated in a blog carnival before, but I thought it might be fun when I found this one: the blog carnival Not Me! Monday was started by McKMama of My Charming Kids. I found her blog and blogged about it when Jennifer’s little Stellan, her fourth child, was so sick and in [...]

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Extended Co-Sleeping

September 13, 2009

Since we moved, I have been sleeping in Landon’s new big-boy twin bed with him. And Daddy is sleeping on the couch. Our new bedroom needed to be painted, so we don’t have our bed set up yet. I think that is going to finally happen tomorrow, since I finished painting the trim today. Honestly, [...]

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Frugal Tip: Take Advantage of Your Local Library

September 6, 2009

We owe $16 in library fees — we didn’t return the Elmo, Wiggles, Potty Power, and Trucks DVDs in time. Again. This is it — from now on we only take out one, maybe two DVDs at a time. Our library charges $2 for every day a DVD is late, which happens easily, especially if [...]

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Dagmar Bleasdale Featured on Colloquymoms.com

August 30, 2009

Kat Robertson, who blogs at For the Love of Chaos, contacted me and asked me to write a guest post for her other blog, Colloquy Moms, which she writes with her friend Shynea Hunter from PennyPinchingDiva. She gave me free reign — write anything about breastfeeding. How could I resist? My article, 3 Invaluable Tips [...]

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Who Helped You Learn How to Breastfeed?

August 29, 2009

Breastfeeding definitely needs to be learned, it doesn’t come easy to most women. It took me two sleepless, painful weeks and visits to two lactation specialists to get the hang of it. The first one was useless, the second a godsend. I credit Corky Harvey (MS, RN, IBCLC) for my breastfeeding success and the fact [...]

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I Spoke to “The Doctors” — Dr. Travis Stork & Dr. Sears

August 26, 2009

I was invited by Rolemommy.com and CBS Television to participate in a conference call with Dr. Travis Stork (remember him from “The Bachelor”?) and pediatrician Dr. James “Jim” Sears today (what an honor since his The Baby Book and his parent’s The Breastfeeding Book and The Attachment Parenting Book are some of my absolute favorite!). [...]

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