Clever Cleavage
Clever Cleavage
EVERYONE MEET AUDREY! She is an awesome mom, and so supportive of other moms making the choice to practice extended breastfeeding!
1. Tell us about your personal breastfeeding experience with your children:
Justin started rooting around and latched on for the first time within 20-30 minutes of being born. I won’t take credit for it; we were blessed to have an awesome doula there with us that got us off to a good start. In reading … Keep Reading!!!
A Breastfeeding Story: Megan
Everyone Meet MEGAN!
She is hilarious. And scares the living daylights out of me. She’s the kind of friend that is awesome to have on your side. She’ll put people in their place for you. (Speaking of that: Megan we still need to make that park date at the “mean lady park” by me 😉 )
1. Tell us about your personal breastfeeding experience with your children:
When I had my first child I was the … Keep Reading!!!
Clever Cleavage
I’d like everyone to meet my beautiful cousin, Whitney! And be sure to check out her awesome blog:
1. Tell us about your personal breastfeeding experience with your children:
My daughter is 15 months old. I breastfed exclusively until she was 5 months when we slowly began introducing solid foods in anticipation of my return to work when she was 6 months old. I am a lawyer and am fortunate that my firm has a generous maternity leave … Keep Reading!!!
A Breastfeeding Story: Breastfeeding After HELLP Syndrome
I met Wendy through a cloth diapering group I joined when Aram was a couple months old! Wendy and I bonded over our shared experience having babies born around the same gestational week, and both having suffered from Preeclampsia and HELLP Syndrome (and subsequently breastfeeding after HELLP syndrome has occurred).
1. Tell us about your personal breastfeeding experience with your children.
No one ever told me that breastfeeding would be the hardest thing I would ever do.
Jack arrived at … Keep Reading!!!
Traveling With Kids and Keeping Your Sanity
Traveling with kids is never easy. Sometimes it’s nearly unbearable. The only thing that seems to make it worthwhile is knowing that, eventually, there’s a destination that marks the end of the trip and finally eliminates the endless refrain of “are we there yet?”.
Thankfully there are some ways to help make trips (a little bit) more tolerable. However, unless your plan includes pediatrician-approved doses of Benadryl, it usually requires a little bit of work on your part. Here are … Keep Reading!!!
A Breastfeeding Story: Pumping For Adopted Toddler
Everyone, give Sophia a warm welcome!
Here is another great adoptive breastfeeding story!
Tell us about your personal breastfeeding experience with your children
I have two sons, one through adoption, Daniel and one through birth, Ben. I have been with Daniel since his birth. Since he had joined our family through adoption, breastfeeding was not something I considered. While caring and raising Daniel as an infant I never once felt like I missed out on being pregnant or giving birth, … Keep Reading!!!
Clever Cleavage: Jenilee
Everyone meet Jenilee!
Another important personal story for everyone to hear!
1. Tell us about your personal breastfeeding experience with
your children:
I had difficulty nursing all of my children. I had a very low milk supply. With my first born she was losing weight so drastically they informed me that I needed to supplement or risk her having failure to thrive. Once I started supplementing she would NOT nurse. I tried pumping and giving it to her but … Keep Reading!!!
Guest Post-I, Too, Am Not the Babysitter.
I, too, am not the babysitter.
Most teenagers aspire to look older. After all, there are advantages to looking older at that point in life. Then, sometime in their 20s or 30s, many young adults begin to purposely reverse the signs of aging. I have yet to reach that point.
Ageism is a form of discrimination I have encountered throughout most of my adult life. From being asked what grade I was in by another teacher at a conference (she … Keep Reading!!!
A Breastfeeding Story: Zoe
**Update: Zoe’s daughters came home! Read her updated breastfeeding story : “Why I Let My Adopted Pre-Schoolers Nurse.” And be sure to follow her on Facebook! **
Meet Zoe!
I really don’t have enough good things to say about her. She is such a fun person with a family that sounds so wonderful I secretly hope that one of my children marries on of their daughters, so I can be a part of it, too!
Now the … Keep Reading!!!
Clever Cleavage- Mandi’s Breastfeeding Story
Meet Mandi!!!! Head of a cloth diapering group where I’ve met so many fun moms. She’s also hilarious……
1. Tell us about your personal breastfeeding experience with
your children:
I have exclusively breastfed all three of my kiddos. My first
and second babies both nursed perfectly for about a year, at
which time they lost interest. My daughter is a whole other
ball game! She was in the NICU for 10 days because of meconium
aspiration/ingestion. She couldn’t … Keep Reading!!!
Breastfeeding on Sesame Street
My sister was 4 or 5 when this clip of breastfeeding on Sesame Street aired and she remembers it!
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