Raising an Adventurous Eater

September 19, 2009

My 2 year old son Oliver eats just about everything.  The other day, Janda and I had lunch at Aran here in Regensburg, and Oliver had fresh German whole grain bread spread half with tomato-garlic spread and the other half with a tuna-artichoke mix.  He’s eaten caviar, blood sausage, raw onion, boiled beef with horseradish, […]

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Separation while extended nursing

September 8, 2009

I figure I’m a little unusual in the modern, western world.  At 25 months, my son Oliver is still breastfeeding, and last weekend was our first extended separation since his birth.
I’ve left Oliver for a few hours before, even for almost a full day, but he’s never spent a night without me.  I was a little […]

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Hand Expression

August 26, 2009

Originally published on A Piece of My Mind.
I mentioned yesterday that I use hand expression at times. I first learned how to do this when I wanted to increase my supply because I found out that breast compressions/massage coupled with my pump could increase output. I noticed a significant difference between when I did massage […]

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Pumping

August 24, 2009

Originally posted on A Piece of My Mind.

Pumping. I am not sure why I have not really blogged about pumping. Obviously I did pump and hand express (tomorrow’s topic) or I would not have made it through over two years of nursing while working outside the home with The Boy in daycare. I think pumping […]

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Breastfeeding after reduction – 2 years and still going strong

August 20, 2009

When I was 15 years old, breastfeeding was the furthest thing from my mind, I just wanted smaller breasts.  I went from a 44E to a 38B (yes, clearly I was in the wrong band size pre-surgery.  I didn’t know about special ordering bras, so I was just in the biggest I could get at […]

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Breastfeeding in Italy with a Toddler

August 18, 2009

I started this post after we returned from Italy in March 2009, but I never finished it. What better time to do so than now?

Before we left for Milan, I was a bit anxious about nursing a toddler on the flights and abroad.  I was used to how nursing a two year old was seen […]

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My thoughts on being a stay at home mom

August 17, 2009

It seems we all here at Mamas Worldwide needed the summer off!  If you are interested in writing a guest post or possibly becoming a contributor, we welcome your interest, get more details on our contact page.
It’s been a good summer for us.  My son Oliver turned two and we’re still breastfeeding, two topics I want […]

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Book Review: Little Earthquakes

June 27, 2009

I’m not really a chick-lit fan, but when this book came up on offer in our reading group, something about it clicked with me and I decided to give it a try.  Little Earthquakes by Jennifer Weiner is about four new moms adjusting to life with newborns.
I loved that the moms were dedicated to breastfeeding and […]

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Helping my little one off the nappies…

June 15, 2009

I have been thinking long and hard about posting about this very delicate subject. It works different for everyone. It took us now just over two months to get to the point where I can say with reasonable confidence that we have made it! Our daughter not only wear no nappies during the day, but she […]

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Book Review – Maybe One

June 3, 2009

Being an only child requires patience. There’s a lot of explaining about not having siblings, and about whether that was “strange” and about how Disneyland might have been more fun with a sibling but if I’d had a sibling my parents couldn’t have afforded to take me to Disneyland. It requires listening to […]

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