holy flippin moly. it sure was a wild ride.

By Adriel on December 30, 2011 | 12 comments

Friends, it’s been quite the year.

I celebrated my first year of motherhood. I watches as my baby morphed into a toddler. I lived through a category five cyclone and went without electricity for a week. I survived single motherhood for a month while pregnant with a toddler (yes please, hand me [...]

7 breastfeeding tips for moms-to-be

By Adriel on August 8, 2011 | 35 comments
breastfeeding tips for moms to be

Pregnant moms-to-be: Have you thought about preparing for breastfeeding yet?

It’s tempting to get so wrapped up in planning and thinking about our labor and birth (and the nursery color scheme!) that we can easily forget that we actually have to care for our sweet littles once they’re out.

One of the biggest [...]

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one last time

By Adriel on June 18, 2011 | 32 comments

When breastfeeding comes to an end.

I knew it was time. Already I have been pregnant and/or breastfeeding for over two years and learning to share myself physically like never before. I wanted a break between baby number one and baby number two. More and more Levi was indicating that he was [...]

peekabooby! {giveaway closed}

By Adriel on May 14, 2011 | 52 comments

Why is it that a word like “booby” can stop a grown person in their tracks? And why is it that men and boys seem to like that word so much?

Several weeks back my husband and I were laying in bed on a Saturday morning and Levi (our 15-month-old) was bouncing around, climbing on [...]

follow-up to the "waning about weaning" post

By Adriel on February 28, 2011 | 10 comments

For those of you that may have commented earlier on my post waning about weaning (when did you stop breastfeeding?) I wanted to encourage you to visit again and read all of the comments that have since come in. There is a gold mine of experience and wisdom there among the feedback.

And for those who [...]

 
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