Pump It Up
Two boobs, one pump, and two very different experiences.
Two boobs, one pump, and two very different experiences.
A concerned husband wants to know when it stops being “just hormones” and starts being something more serious.
Secret shame: Nobody wants to talk about how nobody wants to have sex anymore.
A grandmother-to-be wants to know how to be a help after the baby arrives…instead of a pain in the butt.
It’s harder than you think.
Seriously. Please sleep. Helping baby fall (and stay) asleep on his own.
Her husband wants her to quit her job and stay home full-time. She doesn’t want to. Amalah just wants to stop pulling her hair out over this one.
Brought to you by the Misdirected Googlers who erroneously end up here after searching for “list of foods can’t eat while breastfeeding” or “is it safe to eat (insert some junk food I ate a lot of while pregnant) while breastfeeding.”
Dealing with the pressure to supplement.
Phantom food aversions, long after the fact.
In which your columnist finally admits to having ongoing and inappropriate feelings towards chocolate pudding.
What to wear when your molehills become mountains.
Our swaddling blankets became a few of our most prized possessions. And since I still get questions about whether such-and-such blanket is worth the money or how many blankets should I register for or HALP MY BABY PUNCHES HERSELF IN THE FACE AT NIGHT, I figured it’s time to just put all my Very Important Opinions all in one place.
I believe I’ve mentioned once or twice or fourteen-dozen times that my older son became…intensely challenging in the weeks and months right after we brought his baby brother home. He was three years old, and he was AWFUL. I feel like I can call him that because 1) he’s not, anymore, and 2) because he was objectively, literally, monumentally AWFUL.
Of all the postpartum fallout to my body, my c-section scar is actually pretty low on the list of things that bother me. But it’s still there. And I did wonder if there was anything I could do about it.
I am currently breastfeeding my almost 4 week old son and I am very interested in getting him to take a bottle. A side note–I have a 2 year old daughter who NEVER took a bottle. I breastfed her for 13 months, exclusively. At the time it wasn’t a big deal and I wasn’t that bothered by it. But now…I NEED this little boy to take a bottle.
Like practically every other human being on Earth, I own an iPhone. It’s helping me get into the best shape of my life.
The first overnight trip away from your baby. Or toddler. Or kid.
How to safely — and successfully — do both.
I used to wake up every morning for work, before my husband did. I would shower and get dressed in suits and heels and I wore makeup and blow-dried my hair every day. And then I had a baby.