Breast Or Bottle, Moms Sleep The Same

I just read an article in Time Magazine  (Nov. 22, 2010) titled “Breast-Feeding Moms Get Just as Much Sleep” and had to laugh! Basically the small article explains that until now it was thought that breastfed babies were more likely to wake at night and sleep less overall than bottle fed babies. All that was [...]

Breastfeeding While Traveling

A friend asked me recently about how I went with the long car trips with babies still breastfeeding. The short answer is…not very often! Although, I have traveled approximately 600 miles several times and I do have some suggestions. How many times have a listened to my baby cry wishing I could get him or [...]

My First Birth Experience, AKA Why I Like Homebirth Part 2

  Here is part 2 of my first delivery…in a hospital….(stay tuned for the video version as well as the other 8 birth stories!!) Of course everyone knows about how much rest someone gets in a hospital and this experience was no exception. I had a nurse as well as the baby (at least they [...]