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…
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…