Disclosure :: World Breastfeeding Week is recognized August 1-7, 2015. This year, World Breastfeeding Week calls for concerted global action to support women to combine breastfeeding and work. Whether a woman is working in the formal, non-formal or home setting,...
Disclosure :: World Breastfeeding Week is recognized August 1 – 7, 2016. This year, the World Breastfeeding Week theme is about how breastfeeding is a key element in getting us to think about how to value our wellbeing from the start of...
Let’s have a reality check, moms. We are mean to one another. We judge. We assume. We pity. We give unwanted advice. Enough already. We are all wearing clothes with some form of kid stain on it; whether they...
My expectation of returning to work and pumping after my son was born went a little something like this: a designated room that locked with a comfortable chair and outlet for my pump and 20-30 peaceful minutes 3 times a day...
We didn't think 2014 could be matched, but with 3 years behind us, 2015 just may have been our best year yet at New Orleans Moms Blog. We truly value, appreciate and respect each and every one of you and...
Help! I can't get anything done!
I need help. Let me lay it out here: I don't know what happens to my days, but I just can't seem to get organized. I feel overwhelmed most of the time. What am I...
I hurt. Horribly. Sometimes the pain is limited to small areas of my pelvic floor. Or it’s referred pain all over my body. The sensation can be sharp, heavy or tight. Sometimes it’s hard to breathe, and I can’t...
Breastfeeding. An intimidating, yet beautiful thing.
I could go on and on about how amazing and hard and wonderful breastfeeding is. Coming from someone who was going to "try" nursing but wasn't sold on it while I was pregnant with...
Crunchy mom (n): a mom who practices natural living.
What's less-than-crunchy? Not mushy. Crunchy-ish? Crispy? Chewy? Ok, now I'm getting hungry. I'm sure there's a technical term for it, but to keep things simple, I am sometimes crunchy.
I started out pretty crunchy...
Breastfeeding:...
My darling girls,
I hope by the time you become mothers , things will be different.
I hope you don't have to defend your choice to breastfeed in public, to bottle feed from day one, stay at home, or go back...
Disclosure :: World Breastfeeding Week is recognized August 1-7, 2015. This year, World Breastfeeding Weekcalls for concerted global action to support women to combine breastfeeding and work. Whether a woman is working in the formal, non-formal or home setting, it is necessary...
The other day I was grabbing a quick iced coffee at a local coffee shop when I happened to - unintentionally, I might add - overhear a judgmental conversation. There was one table against the wall that admittedly was...
A Lesson Learned
When Jane was six months old, I dropped her off at my parents' house like I did four mornings a week. I didn't know that would be the last morning I'd administer her bottle to her. I...
At 25, I became the mother to a beautiful, healthy, perfect baby girl. Feeling the warmth radiate from her body, inhaling that intoxicating new baby smell, coming to grips with the knowledge that somehow I had created this perfect,...