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Baby Led Weaning: An Alternative Approach to Starting Solids

Our first food attempt at 6 months – clearly Callum was not impressed!

Before kiddo was born, I thought I’d make my own baby food; I even got one of the cute little food making kits as a gift.  But the closer we got to starting solids, the more I started reconsidering how we would [...]

Farewell, Pump

My bittersweet relationship with the breast pump. [...]

Carry Your Nursing Rights...In Your Pocket

The mamas at the new breastfeeding advocacy group  Nursing Freedom have created pocket reference cards with your nursing rights for quick reference if you are ever confronted while nursing in public.  The cards are customizable for your state.  Check them out here.

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Nursing in Public: Maybe it's not so Awkward Afterall

Welcome to the July 2010 Carnival of Nursing in Public

This post was written for inclusion in the Carnival of Nursing in Public hosted by Dionna and Paige at NursingFreedom.org. All week, July 5-9, we will be featuring articles and posts about nursing in public (“NIP”). See the bottom of this post for more information.

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I can [...]

Support Best for Babes and Help Beat Booby Traps!!

The breastfeeding advocacy group Best for Babes is in the running for a top prize in Chase Bank’s Community Giving campaign – but they need your vote to win!  Visit the Chase Community Giving app on Facebook (you need to be signed in to Facebook to vote).   Cast your vote for BestforBabes.org and then ask [...]

A Night Weaning Story

Callum and I have just recently passed our 18 month mark in nursing (as have the other half of Becoming Mamas – Holly and Gavin!).  And I feel pretty confident that we have many months still ahead as nursing is still something very important to both of us.  When I first started nursing, I had [...]

The Importance of On Demand Feeding

Interesting read from Parenting Science on the importance of feeding on demand.

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Finding Support

I think it started as soon as I started telling people I was pregnant. I hadn’t felt so much peer pressure since middle school. Suddenly, my life became open to all kinds of advice and criticism. Simply because I was growing a tiny embryo, everyone decided that they knew what was best for me. Some [...]

Share Your Breastfeeding Story or Be Inspired by Others

I wanted to give a shout out to a wonderful project started by another mama: Simple Gift: Stories From Breastfeeding Mamas.  Many of us rely on the wisdom and experience of other mamas as we begin our breastfeeding journey.  Hearing how others met and dealt with the challenges and joys of nursing can be the [...]

SAUDI ARABIA: Cleric in hot seat after calling for women to give men breast milk to avoid illicit mixing

The headline really says it all… SAUDI ARABIA: Cleric in hot seat after calling for women to give men breast milk to avoid illicit mixing.

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