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…
Breastfeeding Basics
Schedules Bad, Routines Good.
by sarah • • 4 Comments
I don’t have my six and a half week old daughter on a schedule. Many of my friends hear this and say “OF COURSE NOT!” and some ask “why not?” I’m of the opinion that schedules are harmful for breastfed…
Letters to a Daughter
Fitting You Into The Schedule
by sarah • • 6 Comments
Dear Daughter, I hear a lot about “scheduling” and how to “fit a baby into a family’s schedule. There’s some gobbledygook about training and waiting to feed you and making sure to never feed you unless you’re hungry, and spacing…
The Experience
(Guest Post) “WTF am I going to do with a daugher?”
by Alex • • 2 Comments
This was my facebook status after I found out your gender during an emergency room visit that I took your mother to because she was concerned at your very sudden lack of movement. Needless to say this statement made some…
Letters to a Daughter
The Six Week Growth Spurt
by sarah • • 89 Comments
Dear Daughter, You turned six weeks old on Friday. This means many things, but the most all-consuming thing of the sixth week of life is your six-week growth spurt. I lovingly refer to this as the “growth spurt from hell”…
Letters to a Daughter
A Green Blanket
by sarah • • 4 Comments
Dear Daughter, It’s dark outside. Quiet. Warm. The ceiling fan is on above us, and you lay by my side on a simple green blanket with an embroidered butterfly at the bottom. I won this blanket as part of a…
Letters to a Daughter
Dads Don’t Bond With Bottles
by sarah • • 7 Comments
Dear Daughter, When I watch you and your daddy, I smile. There’s this myth that says “Dads don’t bond without bottles”. Your dad scoffs at such things. He believes that his bond with you comes from listening to you. From…
Breastfeeding Basics, Pictures
laid back/upright nursing
by sarah • • 14 Comments
Love this nursing position. Laying on my side with my legs curled up behind baby and my torso rotated slightly back, baby sitting up and nursing. Great for refluxy babies and fast letdown. Added bonus: baby tends to burp…