I think I’m pretty fortunate to live in Homer; a town where people neither discourage nor harass me for feeding my child in the biologically normal way. In my experience breastfeeding around this town and even in Soldotna, individuals have gone out of their way to approach me and comment on my breastfeeding Judah to [...]
Archive for the ‘Breast feeding’ Category
Milk
Posted in Alaska, Breast feeding, Homer, Life on July 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Ode to My Sling
Posted in Breast feeding, Cooking, Gardening, Homer, Life, My sweet baby on July 21, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I cannot imagine a life in which I have a small child but no sling. People think I am crazy in my exuberance over this amazing little scrap of lovely green linen. They have no idea however, how easy the past 15 months have been for me due to said scrap of linen, and how [...]
Snuggly
Posted in Alaska, Breast feeding, Cute Things Kids Do, My sweet baby on July 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ever since Judah was born she has slept in our bed. I mean, what was I supposed to do with the small baby who had just emerged from my vagina me? Ditch her in a bed with bars and curl up with Zach, leaving the born-just-hours-before child to spend her first night earthside alone? I’m [...]
Moo
Posted in Breast feeding on June 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Someone asked me why Judah is still breastfeeding instead of drinking cow’s milk. I told them, “because she is a human; not a cow”.
Barely Breathing
Posted in Breast feeding, My sweet baby on March 10, 2009 | 8 Comments »
I tend to get pretty uptight when people tell me what I should or should not do or will or will not do with Judah. For instance, “you won’t be able to carry her in that sling for much longer” or “you won’t want to keep breastfeeding once she has teeth!” It’s annoying. My sling [...]
