Five Favorites Friday: Breastfeeding
5 Favorite Things About Breastfeeding: How she rolls her eyes back in her head in ecstasy when my milk lets down. My Ameda Purely Yours Pump. Cheaper than Medela. Closed pump system so there is not milk in the tubes that need to be cleaned. Lots of cycle and suction settings. Comfy. Avent breast pump conversion kit. Lets me use the Avent BPA free bottles with the Ameda pump. Le Leche League Hands-Free Pumping Bra. Ugly. Uncomfortable. Two free hands? Priceless. Having a daughter that doesn’t have nipple confusion. Binkies, breastmilk in a bottle, and breast...
Read MoreHomeschoolers: 1.5 million strong!
I remember when I first decided I would homeschool my children. I was 16 years old! That was a looong time ago. But, at the time it was so “fringe” and you would go to a book store and maybe find a book or two about it. Now there is a whole section on homeschooling. The US Department of Education recently released a report on the number of homeschooling families in the US. In 1999, 850,000 students were homeschooled – now it is approximately 1.5 million. This still only amounts to 2.9% of children ages 5-17 but that is up from 1.7% in 1999. I hope that this...
Read MoreIs Nothing Sacral?
teehee. A little medical joke courtesy of our great pediatrician Dr. Lavin (examining Aellyn at left). There were some birth details I didn’t want to forget to record for posterity. Aellyn was born with a sacral dimple (medical name pilonidal dimple). The images I found online look awful – Aellyn’s is adorable and very shallow – so, no cause for concern. Also, newborn procedures. First, I just can’t recommend Robinson Memorial Hospital enough. If you live within and hour of this facility you should deliver your baby there. They are so mother...
Read MoreEarly Motherhood
Early motherhood sure makes a bad blogger! Check out my husband’s version of the birth story on his blog. But oh, what a week we’ve had! Here are some of the wonders of early motherhood: The Good Breastfeeding is awesome! I was so worried about how hard it would be in the begining – pain and difficulty with Aellyn latching on. I kept waiting for the other shoe to drop. Maybe it would hurt when my milk came in? Maybe my milk wouldn’t come in? Maybe I wouldn’t have enough supply? Well it was just a dream. She latches like a pro and is a...
Read MoreA Momma at Last! Aellyn’s Birth Story
Our beautiful daughter, Aellyn Leigh Renée, was born Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 4:53 AM. She weighed 7lbs. and 14 oz. and was 20″ long. She is amazingly perfect and so was our birth experience. Despite not going according to plans it was a blissful and blessed experience. Well last I posted, I had visited the midwives and had my membranes stripped. I thought my water might have broken but I was in denial. The next morning I was still having occasional gushes of fluid and knew it must be my water. I called the midwife office with a kind of wishy-washy “I think...
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