This post is the second in a series of quick useful tips for moms. Today’s amazingly auspicious advice is a trick I discovered out of necessity: the trick of breastfeeding in a carrier. While walking around. It can totally be done. My normal way to breastfeed now is actually to go for a walk. Best [...]
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Peachtree TV on attachment parenting
May 30th, 2012 
lcbaker I’m on vacation and can’t write a full post today, but the video for my tv interview is up on YouTube! So if you haven’t seen it, you can watch it here: Like this post? Get email updates and never miss a post!
who’s who in the breastfeeding support network
May 28th, 2012 lcbaker 
This is a guest post by Danielle Downs Spradlin. Danielle is a Certified Lactation Counselor accredited through the Academy of Lactation Policy and Practice. She is a veteran nursing mother who wants mothers to meet their breastfeeding goals. Her practice focuses on infant-mother well being, evidence-based solutions, and making breastfeeding an enjoyable and healthy time for [...]
Tags: baby kicks new basic pocket diaper review
May 25th, 2012 lcbaker When Baby Love Consignment Store started carrying the new BabyKicks pocket diapers, Lauren (the owner of the store), asked if I wanted to try one out. But of course I told her I couldn’t, because I already have far too many diapers. Ha. Right. I decided to try the new basic pocket diaper, mostly because [...]
how to thaw frozen breast milk
May 24th, 2012 lcbaker 
This post is the first of a series I’m starting called “Amazingly Auspicious Advice.” These will be very brief posts with a single useful tip. Most of the tips will be submitted by readers. If you’d like to submit a super-useful, practical tip for other moms, do it here. My first tip is from my [...]
11 surprising beliefs that free range and attachment parents share
May 23rd, 2012 lcbaker A lot of people seem to think that attachment parenting means helicopter parenting. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Maybe it’s the name? (There are a lot of problems with the name “attachment parenting,” but that’s an issue for another post.) The idea that your children are “attached” to you seems to imply that [...]
how to breastfeed a toddler
May 21st, 2012 lcbaker 
After the big TIME cover last week, extended breastfeeding is becoming a lot more mainstream. Most moms I know are pretty sure they want to wean around age one. But now that you’ve seen Jamie doing it, I would not be surprised if a few of you are thinking, Well, why not? Of course I’m [...]
5 benefits of extended breastfeeding
May 20th, 2012 lcbaker There is no nutritional benefit to breastfeeding after twelve months. That’s what the pediatrician said who was interviewed with me on Peachtree TV this morning. (I have no idea whether that quote got aired or not because I haven’t seen the show yet, since it’s not online and I don’t have tv. But she said [...]
as seen on tv!
May 18th, 2012 lcbaker 
This Sunday, I’m going to be on television! Peachtree TV contacted me last week to ask if I’d like to be interviewed about extended breastfeeding. I said yes, of course. Because I’m an exhibitionist and want to be famous. Just kidding. Because I want to help normalize breastfeeding. Actually, I’m only half-kidding about the famous [...]
don’t do these 7 things when your child throws a tantrum
May 16th, 2012 lcbaker 
Ah, tantrums. Aren’t they fun? When tantrums first start — somewhere between twelve and eighteen months, give or take — they’re actually kind of cute. They mean your child isn’t a baby anymore. He’s forming his own opinions and learning independence and stuff. Actually, I take that back. They’re not cute at all. They’re awful [...]
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