Breastfeeding Basics: Misconceptions and Facts
For Carol and all pregnant women in the world who are about to give birth.
Breastfeeding is one of the things that used to spook me about pregnancy. It just seemed so surreal that milk, nourishing milk, will be coming out of you to nurture a baby.
Here are some of things I learned about breastfeeding
1. It [...]
Self Soothing and Baby Sleep
I’ve been reading some mom’s magazines and stumbled on an article on self soothing. I had to smile and remember how AJ does it, only I never knew that there was such a term as self soothing.
When we go to parties and he feels so sleepy, I noticed that he pats his legs more often [...]
MBC Kitchen: Homemade Baby Food Recipes
You don’t have to be a gourmet cook to prepare your child’s first food. As a working mom, I have relied on the formulae of cerelac or the other powdered baby foodstuffs, but with a twist. I add his milk formula instead of water and grate some cooked (blanched) veggies on top of the prepared [...]
Read more »New Mom Tips: Pregnancy
This is the first of my series on Pregnancy and New Mom tips, which I dedicate to my bestfriend, who I mentioned in previous posts. She is around 6 mos pregnant now and has started getting extremely excited (and apprehensive) about her childbirth. This is my way of sharing my experiences during my pregnancy with [...]
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