Feeding

Feeding the family is no small task or responsibility. From the moment a child is born one of the first major parenting decisions is whether or not to breastfeed or formula feed. I have had first-hand experiences with both and hope these tips I’ve learned along the way are helpful to other young mothers. I am a big believer in introducing solid foods via Baby Led Weaning and have several helpful posts on that topic as well.

Change of Goals

Everyone knows that breastfeeding started off super tough for me. I had pain. I had bleeding. I had engorgement, mastitis, and yeast. Basically everything that could go wrong did! It took me about 8 weeks…

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Milk Issue Solved

Everyone knows by now that breastfeeding has been a rocky road for me. Before going to Paris I took more antibiotic for yeast and Kye also took medicine that ended while we were gone. Since…

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Breastfeeding Battle

Anyone that has ever read my blog will know that I am a planner who does what I set out to do. There have been very few goals in my life that I haven’t achieved.…

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First Bottle

I’ve been pumping everyday (sometimes twice a day) since Kye was 2 weeks old! The lactation lady said I could start giving him a bottle after he was 4 weeks old. Wednesday was the 4…

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My Breastfeeding Story

Zach and I took the available classes and I read several books on the subject so we felt pretty prepared. Well, even preparation doesn’t prepare you for the reality! My problem with breastfeeding really is…

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