Tag: momblog
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Breastfeeding: The time I breastfed on Pirates of the Caribbean
If someone had told me that one day I would be breastfeeding my child in the middle of the Pirates of the Caribbean ride, I would have though, “Yeah right.” Yet, it did happen. So, I’d like to talk about the time I took my child on Pirates of the Caribbean… at 17 months old……
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Breastfeeding Identity. Who am I when it’s over?
Recently I’ve had the revelation that when breastfeeding comes to an end, I feel like I won’t know who I am. This part of my life journey has absolutely felt like I’ve been created new, from the ground up, and developed a way to connect with others in a way I never had before. I’m…
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The Breastfeeding Privilege
We are saddled with talk about breastfeeding being a mother’s right, and that’s absolutely true. However, where I live, while it’s acknowledged as as right, it honestly feels like more of a privilege. I wanted to make sure that privilege is acknowledged before adding posts about the huge amounts of work that went into my…
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The Not So Golden Hour
When you’re about to embark on the motherhood journey and you’re thinking you’ll give breastfeeding a try, you’ll likely stumble across the “You must nurse your baby within the first hour of their life” advice. The golden hour is highly advertised. It paints a masterpiece of this golden sunrise of new life, complete with heart…
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Welcome
Hello, and welcome to yet another blog all about mothers and their experiences with, well, mommy things. For this blog, for the time being, the primary topic will be breastfeeding and the unbelievably difficult journey that it can be, yet is so very rarely discussed. My name is Katie and I became a mom to…
Mommy Goat 