I could have also titled this post “Why I hate breastfeeding”, but it’s not necessarily that I hate breastfeeding.  I actually think breastfeeding is wonderful.  It’s natural.  It’s great for mom and baby.  I just don’t understand it. Here’s the problem…When Talon was born he did a beautiful job of latching on and showed promising [...]

A few months ago I shared with you all my disdain for shopping for maternity clothes.  Thankfully I was able to find a few online maternity shops and have survived the maternity days. But the whole experience did leave me wondering about the whole shopping for nursing wear experience. Let me be clear, while I [...]

It’s one of the most controversial topics when it comes to motherhood and yet it is one of the most seemingly natural parts of motherhood and has been around since, well…since the beginning.  I’m talking about nursing.  It is amazing to me that nursing (or breastfeeding) your baby (or not) is in any way, shape, [...]

Third time’s the charm…right? I tried nursing both of my girls when they were infants.  I failed miserably with Abbi due to an unfortunate combination of being a new mom and having an unplanned C-section.  I wish I had reached out more for help but, sadly, just gave up trying and decided to pump for [...]

Let’s just get this out there…Zoe is 20 months old and she still takes a bottle. I’ll give you a minute or two to gasp, think ill thoughts, and throw around the questions of how on Earth I could let her still take a bottle. Done?  Great. Let’s continue. I’ll start with the fact that [...]