Time magazine is going to start a mommy war. And they’re just getting in on what the blogs have already been brewing for a long, long time now. The subject of extended breastfeeding and attachment parenting. Along with Dr. William Sears. I love the image. A beautiful mom nursing her 3-year-old son. I hate what [...]
When I first saw this photo, I’ll admit my eyes went straight for the breasts. Those nipples. Perfect breastfeeding nipples. What a sweet sculpture. A smooch from baby who most likely just finished a meal. I mean, why else would mama’s shirt be half on? Because of all the breastfeeding haterade I read on a [...]
Time to get cheeky and (slightly) objectify the drool-worthy dads out there. Installment #1: August, sexy babywearing dad (HELLO!) Accessory: The lovely little Lucca in a rust Moby Wrap (goes really well with August’s Ginger locks, and hot damn how I love a man with a full beard) Conclusion: August is a hot month, but [...]
Have you ever heard of HELLP Syndrome? I hadn’t until I was laboring for four hours in the hospital and something went wrong. I was feeling woozy and got up to go to the bathroom and realized I was too dizzy. It was almost instant — a rush of really not right feelings taking over [...]
Tags: HELLP syndrome, preeclampsia
I was staring into the air and thinking about c-sections. Yes, this is what I sometimes do when I get that look and drift off into that space in my head when my eyes go blurry. You know what I mean? Oh, you don’t? Oh. Oops. Okay. Scratch that then. But I was thinking about [...]
Tags: c-section
Maybe this will sound like a complete whiny rant but you know what, screw it. This shizz is bothering me so get ready for me to GO. OFF! Rrrrrrrrrrrroar! Okay, I’m back to speaking sweetly now, no one needs a migraine right now. But I just about got one when I wrote a post about [...]
We never stop learning. Never. Even a 99-year-old who has seen it all and done it all can still learn. Not just textbook learning stuff — life stuff. Real life crazy daisy big time importante stuffs. For reals. Some of the most beautiful kind of learning is about making mistakes, accepting that mistake, and learning [...]
I know I am whiny sometimes, okay a lot, but it’s mostly about my birth story and the public’s messed up view of breastfeeding. All the comments I get when I talk about my healing process helps SO MUCH, by the way. Even the ones who tell me, basically, to just get over it, already. [...]
First I titled this “Post Weaning Depression Is Real” and then I felt really sad. Sadder than I already am about this weaning business that my twins have decided to partake in on their own without my permission, presumably the first time they will do something I don’t approve of. But I guess deciding to [...]
My phone rang at around 7 a.m. and it’s the nanny, saying she sick, blah blah blah, something about she’ll call me around 11 to let me know if she feels well enough to make it for the afternoon. I hang up and my first thought is Don’t come to work around my kids if [...]
Tags: stay at home mom, working mom