This post is sponsored by Nakturnal. All opinions are my own. Now that I’m definitely done breastfeeding (!!!!), I’ve been cleaning out my closet. It’s amazing what I have buried back there. Enough baby carriers to wear a small army. (I’m...
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...
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...
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,...
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,...
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...
