How Not to Support Breastfeeding in Public
August 1-7 is World Breastfeeding Week, and this year’s theme is BREASTFEEDING SUPPORT: CLOSE TO MOTHERS. What better time to write about the time I tried to support a mom breastfeeding in public (and...
View ArticleHow I Stumbled Into Full-Term Breastfeeding
My first child was born in March 2010. When I was pregnant I knew I would breastfeed, but I hadn’t put much thought into it beyond that. I’d heard that you were supposed to breastfeed exclusively for...
View ArticleTop Online Breastfeeding Resources #WBW
We’re still celebrating World Breastfeeding Week! Today I wanted to share some of the online breastfeeding resources I’ve found most helpful for nursing mothers or soon-to-be-mothers thinking about...
View ArticleGuest Post: When Breastfeeding Goes Well #WBW
In celebration of World Breastfeeding Week, Brittany at The Pistachio Project has been featuring breastfeeding posts from fellow bloggers all week. I’m so pleased to let you know that my post about my...
View ArticleWhat You Can Do to Support Breastfeeding #WBW
As we wrap up World Breastfeeding Week, I thought I’d leave you with some recommendations from the World Health Organization for how moms and those around them can support breastfeeding. These...
View ArticleWhat It’s Like to Breastfeed a Toddler
August 1-7 is World Breastfeeding Week when we celebrate breastfeeding mothers and children everywhere. As I was thinking about what to write in celebration of World Breastfeeding Week, I realized that...
View ArticleOur Final Days of Breastfeeding
A lot of things are coming to an end, it seems. We’re almost completely potty trained so diapers are on their way out, and now breastfeeding. I’ve been nursing for five and a half years non-stop,...
View ArticleBreastfeeding and Work: A Canadian Experience
August 1-7 is World Breastfeeding Week, and this year’s theme is, “Let’s make it work!” We’re talking about how to support women to breastfeed and work, whether paid or unpaid, self-employment,...
View ArticleFive Things No One Tells You About Breastfeeding
Editor’s Note: August 1-7 is World Breastfeeding Week, and in honour of this internationally recognized event, I’m pleased to bring you this guest post from Jeanette, the mama and blogger at Mama...
View ArticleA Letter to My Breastfed Baby
My girl, how is it that my heart is so full I feel I could write 1,000 love letters to you, and yet I don’t know where to begin? I’m sitting here in my pajamas well past noon, and you’re finally...
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