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So I realized today that not too long after posting that long awesome post about how Stephen puts the kids to bed on a regular basis, Alli has gone to bed with me pretty much every night. I have definitely said "You do it" to him and he has never refused, but at least four times that I can think of, he has come back out with her still awake and ( Read more... )

alli has been offered liquids in sippy cups since she was as old as this icon photo. (since last september) and she has had almost no real success. she drinks sometimes. never expressed milk. sometimes water. rarely juice. usually she spits everything out ( Read more... )

Stephen turned to me in the kitchen tonight and asked me if I've been taking my pills. LOL, no, no I have not ( Read more... )

40 oz in the freezer and pumping about 3-4 a day ... don't know if it's enough, but hopefully everyone who was promised milk will get what they need. i can't wait for alli to have milk sisters ( Read more... )

So I just examined my freezer stash, which is actually quite small, because pumping is a lot of work when you figure your baby will never ever need as much milk as you've made. (She's had three bottles in her whole life!) So mostly, I don't pump, I just press it out in the shower or into a towel or whatever is handy ( Read more... )

I weighed 140 before I got pregnant (which is pretty high for me, I'm 5'4 and generally like to be between 125-135 ... if you'll remember several people suspected/downright ASKED if i was pregnant before i actually was ( Read more... )

i can't believe i haven't been online in a month!!!!!!! the longer i'm away the less draw lj has for me. strangely the thing i miss the most is the documentation of my own life, so i'm here doing it, because i know that i'll appreciate it later. i can't believe how much more i remember of ben's life between the ages of 1 and 2.5 than between 2.5 ( Read more... )

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I know all this stuff, and have posted a similliar article before, but something about hearing it spoken instead of reading it makes it a lot more powerful. It's 10 minutes long, I encourage everyone to watch and learn :-)

http://blog.lib.umn.edu/raim0007/RaeSpot/BreastfeedingBusinessCards.pdf

the greatest miracle one and the cow one are FANTASTIC!!!!