Tag Archives: nursing

As I Wean My Last Baby: 4 Thoughts on Nursing

I still remember having one epiphany after the next while reading “So that’s what they’re for,” the book about breastfeeding…

6 Ways to Really Help Out a Working Mom

It’s World Breastfeeding Week, an annual celebration we honor here on Mumbling Mommy in support of moms globally. The theme for…

A Mom’s Guide to Life After Maternity Leave

Planning to return to life after maternity leave is usually difficult for moms – but so many of us have to go…

World Breastfeeding Week: Hold the Cover, Please

Here we go again. Another celebrity — this time Olivia Wilde — posts pictures of herself nursing her baby. Once…

World Breastfeeding Week: My Toddler Thinks All Babies are Bottle-Fed

My youngest daughter is nearly three years old, but she doesn’t let anyone forget that she is the baby of the family.…

World Breastfeeding Week: My Lactation Consultant, My Hero

I knew I wanted to nurse (breastfeed) long before I had children. My mother talked glowingly about her experiences as…

How to Increase Breastmilk Supply

When I was pregnant with my first daughter, breastfeeding wasn’t a top item on my priority list. My mom didn’t breastfeed me nor did I…

Bottle Refusal: When Only Mommy Will Do

A lot of us really want to make nursing work.  And fortunately in our case, it works well.  Perhaps it…

Book Review: Milk Diaries A Fun, Kleenex-Worthy Read

  Get any group of mothers with young children together- or even just two of us—and the stories start coming. Labor…

Hot Topic Tuesday: PG-Rated Breastfeeding

We’re talking about breastfeeding in public today at Mumbling Mommy. In addition to Rachael’s piece below, check out Heather C.’s advice for…