Breastfeeding = Liquid Gold

With breastfeeding being so natural and healthy it sure is difficult. And not just for you but also for some babies. In my experience it wasn't quite so natural and I learned the hard way through pinched sore nipples for a few days before Cailyn learned how to latch properly. Once we got it down I then decided to try and pump. This is the only time it's ok to cry over spilled milk. Especially if that spilled milk was only 2 ounces you spent 20 minutes getting.

Things are looking better though! We've got the nursing thing down and although there isn't anything comfortable about nursing this is a product I use almost daily and it makes it somewhat more convenient.
It's a hooter hider and is magnificent!

You can find them here or here.

Good luck to all the nursing moms and to you I say "Keep up the good work! It'll all be worth it in the end."

Also head on over to http://www.babysteals.com/ for some GREAT steals! Hurry though, they only last for one day and have limited supplies.

Rule #1

The first rule I've made official for my new life is that it is OK to cry. And not just a few tears, but an all out crocodile tears, ugly cry face, emotionally charged bawl. I tried to contain my emotions and I simplyccouldn't do it. On a side note it's ok if your baby cries too. They will thank you later for the strong lung development when they are either running from the bully or racing to do the bullying.

Go ahead (as Hillary Duff put it) and "let the rain fall down". I cried every time I heard Good Day Sunshine on my Beatles album. It's a song I used to sing to my baby in utero while driving to work in the mornings. I got a sudden reality check when I was actually singing it to my baby while holding her in my arms. If your husband is worth his salt he'll just hug you while you have these tearful bouts or he'll hold the baby so they won't drown in your sorrowful joy.

So you're a mom...

...now what do you do? I recently had my first child in July of 2010. My husband and I were as excited as we could be to know that baby Workman #1 was on the way. I read everything I could get my hands on and sat through what probably adds up to hours of unsolicited advice from everyone and their mother. The deliver day came and went and as I like to put it was quite uneventful with the exception of my baby arriving. Nothing out of the ordinary happened and it was remarkably easy compared to all of the horror stories I had heard from everyone while I was pregnant. So I got the new baby home and the visitors left and now it's just my baby and me. I'm at a loss. I'm almost through my maternity leave and will be returning to work October 4th. I've found myself thinking quite frequently "Ok...here's this precious baby, now what?" Although I had years of experience with children and even a few babies I didn't quite know how to talk to this little girl, how to interact or even what to do at certain times. Yes, I'm your typical new parent! There were however a few things no one told me and that's what this blog is about. Those things I've experienced that no one bothered to warn me about. I hope this will help out some of the new moms that I know which turns out to be quite a few.