Start Breastfeeding: 7 Things You Need To Know

Ready to start breastfeeding?

Think about this one:

I have been nursing my daughter for 7 months.

Before that, I nursed my son for 15 1/2 months.

So, I have spent almost two years of my life nursing and I am not finished yet!

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10 Tips On Weaning From Nursing

I nursed my son for 15 1/2 months.

I enjoyed every moment except for the first 4.  The first four were hard.

After that, I loved it.  I felt very connected to my son through nursing.

It was something very special between us that only I could provide him.  It was him that decided to wean not me.

Around 15 months, he began biting.  I read everything I could on biting.  I did what everyone said, nothing worked.

I finally had to accept that the very final reason listed on every article on biting might be our truth – sometimes a biting baby means they are ready to wean.  This was very true for my son.

I, however, was not ready.  More about that later.

Weaning before 1 could and probably is a very different experience.  Weaning a baby that isn’t ready to wean would also be a very different experience.

So, I am going to share my lessons and how I did it.  I provide no guarantee.

While my son was ready, he wasn’t happy with the change.  Also, we co-sleep.  So, that made it more complicated.

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How to find purpose in motherhood

As stay-at-home moms, we often struggle to find our identity and our purposes.

For the working mom they have their career. The working mom gets validation in the form of a pay check, a raise, a promotion and a thank you.

But for the stay at home mom, we have a house, children and a husband. None of this work comes with a paycheck, or a promotion.

It’s easy to get wrapped up in taking care of everyone and everything and forget that we have our own identity, our own purpose within ourselves. So my question to the stay home mom is what do you live for?Continue reading

How I Became A Stay-At-Home Mom

Before I became a mom, I sold real estate. I had a great career, had my own company was my own boss. I made my own hours, made fantastic money and was completely capable of being independent. I loved my life and I live in a storybook town. I lived in my dream home.

When I first found out I was pregnant I didn’t think anything needed to change. I had a plan, I worked out of the house so I could hire a nanny. The nanny would be upstairs with the baby and I would be downstairs in my office making my calls, running my business and I could pop up and see my child anytime I wanted.Continue reading

How To Handle Extended Family During The Holidays

In every marriage there is at least one fight over who gets what holiday and what it looks like.

For the first few years of our marriage, we tried to do a meal at each home, but found the day exhausting. We knew things would have to change when we had kids.Continue reading