How to Dine Out with a Baby
In the past few weeks, Vicki has transitioned from mostly breastfeeding to mostly solids. She will nurse a few times during the day, but for the most part she eats real food and only nurses before...
View ArticleWhat My 11 Month Old Eats
Short version: She. Eats. Everything. The End. Long version: Vicki, fortunately, likes all the foods we have given to her (except kiwi. Random, I know). I try to give her a variety of foods to eat,...
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On December 31, I nursed Vicki for the last time. Then I cried. When I started nursing, I set a goal for one year. It seemed like the perfect amount of time: it was the duration recommended by the...
View ArticleOn Nursing the Second Child
I’ve been pregnant or nursing since January 2010. That’s a long freaking time. It wasn’t planned that way, it just kind of happened. Vicki wasn’t weaned when I got pregnant and there was a 3 month...
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