50 Things I wish I Knew About Breastfeeding
March 3, 2008 by Eliza Ferree
Filed under Breastfeeding
This post was inspired by Thrifty Mommy’s 50 list Carnival. This is just a post of my experiences, not all the cases happen for everyone. (added due to a request)
1. That you get engorged in a matter of seconds.
2. You’d wake to a soaked bed, or night shirt.
3. Your baby would not want to eat when you wanted him/her to do it.
4. He/she will want to eat when it is inconvenient. (road trip)
#31. Parenting Quote of the Week
August 26, 2007 by kate baggott
Filed under Baby Care, Mental Health
Did I always believe that everything Jason said and did was for the purpose of eliciting some effect in me? Was I that egocentric? Was this the result of my thinking his being born had ruined my life, so I forgot the kid had a life of his own and only thought about how his life affected mine? Had my personality been so unformed when I had him that he simply became a part of it, like a birch grafted onto an elm?
– Bev in Riding in Cars with Boys by Beverly DonOfrio
June’s Most Popular
July 1, 2007 by kate baggott
Filed under Health
Thanks to the Mistakes Made & Lessons Learned GWP and the book contest, Babylune was a slightly more popular blog in June than it was in May. I expected the most-read posts this month to be slightly different than May’s most popular posts, but there were some surprises.
Top Five Ways to Embrace New Motherhood Again
June 23, 2007 by kate baggott
Filed under Health
Congratulations! You’ve become a mother again. It’s both exactly the same and completely different than last time. If you’re anything like I was, you’re realized very quickly that you have to move twice as fast and have a lot less time to invest in recovering from pregnancy and childbirth than you did the first time.
Here are five tips to help you through the transition from one child to two:
Doctors Just Don’t Ask About PPD
June 6, 2007 by kate baggott
Filed under Mental Health
In recent months there have been huge efforts to inform women and their partners about the existence of Postpartum Depression (PPD) and Post Natal Depression (PND). There’s just one problem. Many doctors aren’t including important questions to diagnose PPD when they examine new mothers says a new study.






