March 19th, 2013 
lcbaker 
Texas representative Debbie Riddle got all the lactivists up in arms last week when she posted on Facebook that she opposed a bill that would enable breastfeeding women to sue someone who interfered with their right to breastfeed. Her argument was that breastfeeding is already legal, and a lawsuit would be going too far, and [...]
December 31st, 2012 lcbaker Holidays with extended family are so much fun. Sure, there are challenges when ten or eleven people spend a week in a house that’s usually home to two. (At some point some of us are going to have to stay in a hotel. I figure we can postpone that longer if we cosleep.) But still. [...]
December 24th, 2012 lcbaker 
A year ago today, my son was one day old. On Christmas Eve morning, my daughter came home from spending the night at my mom’s house and met her brother for the first time. When I posted this picture on Facebook, one of her preschool friends saw it and said, “But I wanted a baby [...]
December 10th, 2012 lcbaker 
Our culture is squeamish about breastfeeding. We think breasts are sexual, breastfeeding is a private act, and breast milk is a dangerous substance that spreads disease, pestilence, and subversive thinking. Sure, breast is best and all that, but keep it in private, people. And nowhere is this more obvious than in our attitude toward cross [...]
October 1st, 2012 lcbaker Parents don’t need to sleep. You know that, right? Babies need sleep. It’s absolutely essential for their neurological development that they get at least 70% of the recommended hours of sleep (which you can reference here). If they get less, their cognitive development will be permanently stunted, mostly because their parents will be too tired [...]
September 17th, 2012 lcbaker 
A friend of mine recently reminded me about a stage I’m looking forward to experiencing with my second child: the Why Stage. If you’ve ever had a three year old, then you know exactly what I’m talking about. It’s something you’ll never forget. The Why Stage can be worse than tantrums, worse than fights over [...]
August 7th, 2012 lcbaker My four year old is on break from preschool right now. Which is awesome. Really. I love being with her all day. She’s fun and clever and interesting. Except when she’s crazy and impossible and wants to climb all over me while I’m holding the baby and wants to nurse more often than he does [...]
August 3rd, 2012 lcbaker 
On September 3, some New York City hospitals will implement a new policy. Formula will no longer be given to newborns for free. In fact, it won’t be given without a doctor’s order. Instead of being readily available in nurseries, it will be kept locked in a cabinet, and nurses will need written permission to [...]
July 30th, 2012 lcbaker 
Cosleeping is a controversial practice these days. You’ve probably heard the warnings: it will ruin your sleep, destroy your marriage, prevent your child from developing independence, and give your baby an oedipal complex. Not to mention raising the risk of SIDS, asphyxiation, and overlying. These accusations are untrue. Done properly, cosleeping can be very safe. Just like [...]
July 20th, 2012 lcbaker Have you ever noticed that there are a lot of baby things that everybody has that aren’t really that great? I’ve been noticing this a lot lately. Probably because deep down, I’m a sucker for peer pressure. I like to pretend I’m a trendsetter. But really, I want what everybody else has. I don’t know [...]
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