All week, we’ve been nursing. No more pump. Joey has seemed to nurse better, but he still seems confused about what to do with his tongue some of the time. I stretch his frenotomy incision so that it will heal “opened” instead of closing back up and limiting his tongue again, several times a day.… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Tandem Nursing
Operation Grow Joey: Part 3 – Post-Frenotomy
Joey’s frenulum, right before his frenotomy, Friday. I nursed him, and swaddled him in one of his blankets from home… I wanted to go with him but the doctor really didn’t want me to. I know I could’ve pushed it and gone, but I didn’t want the doctor to be nervous or anything, and I… Continue Reading
Operation Grow Joey: Part 1
I used to say that I love breastfeeding because I’m lazy. Think about it… not having to get out of bed to prepare a bottle when your child wakes up hungry? Excellent. Running errands without packing milk or formula, because you have your breasts with you all the time? So convenient! Never washing bottles? Awesome.… Continue Reading
The Big Latch On–Lemoore, CA
Yesterday, Anneliese, Joey, and I joined several other mamas from our area at our La Leche League leader’s backyard to nurse our children simultaneously along with moms and babies around the world. From www.biglatchon.org: Aims of the Big Latch On Support for communities to identify and grow opportunities to provide ongoing breastfeeding support and promotion.… Continue Reading
Tandem Breastfeeding Twins–Resources
During World Breastfeeding Week this year, I’m answering a few questions, sharing my resources, and telling my story. PLEASE note: I’m not a lactation consultant. I’m not a doctor. I’m just a mom. I’ve probably spent 5,000 hours breastfeeding in the last 2 years (well, maybe close), and I’m breastfeeding after breast reduction surgery, have… Continue Reading
Breastfeeding Through Pregnancy–What is it like?
During World Breastfeeding Week this year, I’m answering a few questions, sharing my resources, and telling my story. PLEASE note: I’m not a lactation consultant. I’m not a doctor. I’m just a mom. I’ve probably spent 5,000 hours breastfeeding in the last 2 years (well, maybe close), and I’m breastfeeding after breast reduction surgery, have… Continue Reading
Little Loveable Joey–Almost 3 Months!
My little Joey is so loveable. It’s so fun to experience such a DIFFERENT baby. He is so wonderfully “chill” and I feel so lucky to know him. Here he is with his Grandpa Frank, and his daddy. All tuckered out from “swimming” (watching his sister swim, and being dipped and swished around in the… Continue Reading
Almost Two
In a few days, Anneliese will be 23 months. Almost two. She is really in an exciting – and difficult – phase. She’s SO nurturing and sweet, so exuberant and creative, and so frustrated (with wanting to be able to do more, communicate more, know more – FASTER) and attached right now. I think part… Continue Reading
Rebooting the Day
Sometimes you wake up and the day just seems to be all wrong… When you walk out and see this in your living room, because … well… excuses… (I didn’t hire SpiderMan to take this picture! I used my handy clip-on fisheye lens on my iPhone! I LOVE it.) And then your toddler looks like… Continue Reading
Breastfeeding Bumps
I won’t write about my breast reduction here, or how I prepared myself to breastfeed Anneliese, or how “breast is best” (but really it’s NORMAL and should be the baseline for any comparisons in infant nutrition)…but I will say I am so overjoyed that I get to have this type of relationship with both of… Continue Reading
Barefoot and Pregnant in the Kitchen–Weeks 30, 31, 32, 33
Oops… I’m pretty behind on this. The pregnancy post before this one covered 3 weeks, and the one before that one was 2… so I guess it figures this one would be 4. Maybe the next post will be a BABY post (but I doubt it… I’ll try to update before then). Just the Facts:… Continue Reading
Barefoot and Pregnant in the Kitchen–Weeks 27, 28, 29 – NESTING edition
This post is brought to you by NESTING – label maker, baskets, decluttering, organizing, and so forth. With a sprinkling of tandem nursing.… Continue Reading
Hi! I'm Emily. I'm a Navy wife and stay at home mom of two beautiful children. I cook simple, delicious, grain-free recipes, do crafts, decorate my home on a budget, and keep a happy household. I tandem breastfeed, babywear, cloth diaper, practice elimination communication, homebirth, and co-sleep, but I'm not a hippie.
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