Category " Baby Business"

So at the expense of giving Ms. Grumet another minute in the limelight, I had to comment of the Time Magazine cover and story. I'm not shocked, not even surprised, that a woman would breastfeed a child at 4. I'm also not surprised that Time Magazine would run the story or put her on the front page in a way clearly aimed to sell magazines and shock readers. I am however disappointed ... both in the magazine...


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It was with very mixed emotions that I approached my son's first birthday. In the weeks leading up to it I was very excited for the day to come. At the same time I was ...  I don't know ... a little sad I guess. Maybe not quite prepared emotionally. My baby was becoming a toddler and I cannot believe how quickly this year has passed. I planned carefully for the big day. I wanted to make sure that...


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So your baby is finally sleeping through the night and you can't fall asleep.  What gives??? Whether your baby is sleeping through the night for the first time ever or this is (FINALLY) now a consistent occurrence in your home I talk to many moms who themselves can't get any sleep. You try everything possible and yet you just can't fall asleep OR you fall asleep but can't stay asleep.  You lie, wide...


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I'd had a very busy week or so at work. Not just a little busy but like working until 3 a.m. mid week and all weekend busy. It was the following Monday night. I had worked from home all day, from 7:30 - 6:30 p.m. only taking breaks when my nurturing husband demanded I stop to eat and I would stop to give Alex lots of little kisses. Finally, I was done for the day and we had put Alex to bed. I was enjoying...


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I wrote this passage on Mother's Day, although I am only sharing it now.... I became a mother for the second time in February. In the days leading up to my son’s birth, I often questioned whether or not I would be capable of opening my heart up to this new child in the way my heart was open to my first child. In the moments after the midwife lay my new baby on my chest, any doubt about the heart’s...


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My beautiful, curious, happy toddler turned two a few months ago and almost instantly I came to fully understand the phrase “terrible twos.” We’re talking full-on, leg-kicking, body-throwing, screeching tantrums that leave me at a total loss for what to do and, when in public, utterly humiliated (and, if I am going to be really honest, feeling kind of like a total failure as a mother). It doesn't...


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Yesterday it was raining, pouring really, so I decided to head to the mall with the boys. I tend to stay away from malls because it is hard to maneuverer with two babies, but I had some help with my mom and grandmother in tow. My mom took the boys to the food court to grab a milk for my toddler as I finished paying for a birthday gift with my grandmother. Exiting the store I was met by my mother, a look...


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