exclusive pumping

An Emotional Switch from Nursing to Exclusive Pumping

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When it comes to breastfeeding, it’s not always black and white. There’s a little breastfeeding sister called pumping that I don’t think gets enough attention, and I’m not just talking about the working mom...
miss breastfeeding

You’re Going to Miss This

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I know what you're thinking, but don't curse me just yet. You're going to miss breastfeeding. It's true that in the early days of breastfeeding it's hard to ever imagine that you'll one day...

Fed Is Best

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This blog doesn’t serve to diminish breastfeeding but rather to share other options out there because when it comes to our children, fed is best. Two years ago, I gave birth to my first child,...
weren't ready to wean

We Weren’t Ready to Wean…But Cancer Told Us Otherwise

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I breastfed both of my daughters, my first daughter latched super easy and nursed both sides every feeding. Never burped, never spit up. Happy happy eater…happy happy mama. Then my second daughter was born...
pumping mom

True Confessions from a Pumping Mom

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When you collectively spend weeks of your life pumping breast milk for your child, there are a lot of thoughts and incidences that happen along the way. I actually saw a post the other...
natural mom

I’m a Natural Mama

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It all started with my mom pushing the veggies. I have family members who vividly remember me eagerly reaching for sliced bell peppers over sugary snacks when I was around four years old. This...
kid eats what I eat

My Kid Eats What I Eat

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Before I had a kid I never thought much about what it would take to feed one. I mean eating is such a basic human function that doesn't require much thought. But once my...
Austin ice cream

Guide to Austin Ice Cream

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Ice Cream, Ice Cream, We All Scream for Ice Cream or at least my family does!  Yep, I said family. We all love ice cream. The two littles and the hubs especially.  My husband recently...

Clogged Milk Duct…or Cancer?

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A warning from one young mama battling what she thought was a simple clogged milk duct, turn into her worst nightmare: cancer. She is active to help prevent other mamas from this fight. Twelve months...
Building A Freezer Stash of Breastmilk

Building A Freezer Stash of Breastmilk While on Maternity Leave

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When I went back to work, I had stashed about 300 ounces of breastmilk in my freezer.  Admittedly, that’s way more than the average mama needs… but I tend to be an overachiever. ;)  In...