1- Try “gravity assist” positions. Laid back nursing where baby nurses “on top”, dangle nursing where you get on your hands and knees and lower your breast into baby’s mouth. It’s harder for baby to latch on shallowly when the…
Letters to My Sons
You Need to Learn Patience
by sarah • • 2 Comments
Dear Eldest, You’re five and a half and you really need to learn patience. You often expect me to listen to you RIGHT NOW when your sister needs a diaper change, when your brother is crying, or when your grandfather…
Letters to My Sons
Red Frog
by sarah • • 8 Comments
Dear Eldest Child, A year ago something happened between the two of us that has stuck in my mind ever since, and that will now stay with me for the rest of my life in the form of a small…
Controversies
When Donor Milk is No Different than Formula
by sarah • • 7 Comments
In some ways donor milk is no different than infant formula. After you’re done getting very VERY angry at me, let me clarify. I am not talking about nutritive content and health value. I’m talking about the impact that donor…
The Experience
Attachment Parenting is Not
by sarah • • 24 Comments
Attachment Parenting is not Indulgent Parenting. Attachment parents do not “spoil” their children. Spoiling is done when a child is given everything that they want regardless of what they need and regardless of what is practical. Indulgent parents give toys…
Letters
Dear Alex
by sarah • • 0 Comments
Dear Alex, Today is Father’s Day. Thank you for being an awesome dad to Thing One, Thing Two and Thing-ette Three. One thing that I’ve learned about motherhood is that it is easier to be a single parent than it…
Controversies
Against Nursing in Public
by sarah • • 12 Comments
Dear Stranger, You are doing something that makes many people very sad, very angry, very uncomfortable, very defensive. Please consider the impact that your actions have on others. We share this public space of ours. Some of us choose to…
Letters to a Daughter
BBQ Cat
by sarah • • 9 Comments
Dear Daughter, I am daydreaming of BBQ Cat. It is now 4:25AM. I began trying to get you to sleep “For Real TM” at 11PM. I tried it all. Your nose is snuffly and you have some gas, I’m pretty…
Letters to a Daughter
The Truth About Your Body
by sarah • • 2 Comments
Dear Daughter, You lay on my lap nursing in your sleep. Long and chubby, with an impossible amount of thick curly dark hair. Behind those whispy lashes are big blue eyes, and you have a prominent little nose even in…
Letters to a Daughter
I Cannot Always Make It Better
by sarah • • 7 Comments
Dear Daughter, You are finally asleep in a wrap against my chest. It is 5:28AM, and for the past two hours something has been bothering you. Most of your days are spent without much in the way of crying. You…