Tag: toddler
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Last day of pumping. What an emotional moment.
June 28, 2023 at 2:10pm was my last day of pumping out breastmilk. Rules allowed pumping until the 18th month, and for months I knew that date was coming closer and closer. I don’t know why I felt the need to pump that long since most people stop at 12 months, but it seemed like…
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Motherhood: Early Morning Snuggles
At the moment of writing this it’s a Sunday at 6:45am and I am sat on the couch with my under 2 toddler fast asleep on my shoulder. My little bug, who is also in a developmental growth spurt, didn’t go to bed until after 10pm last night. Before you judge, yes, we tried everything,…
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Breastfeeding: Reflecting on nursing a toddler and what they are learning from it
I find myself in a place where I am still nursing my now toddler, and it’s both amazing and wild. I think about how far we’ve come from the possibility that it wouldn’t work, to letting us see where the journey takes us. Lately I’ve been reflecting on this new stage of nursing as my…
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Pumping: Pump Bra Haikus
My child has been keeping me really busy lately so I haven’t been able to build up a stock of nursing posts. However, I’ve got some in the works so next week should be back to normal. For now, here are some haikus about how much I dislike pump bras. Pump bra you are badI…
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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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