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Jonah – one week

Hello to a new chapter of our lives! We are now officially a family of four boys, party of six, “almost a basket ball team”, a big family - aka OUR FAMILY! Happy one week to baby, Jonah! You fit seamlessly and perfectly into our family. Without incident, you have brightened our lives, filled our View Post

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Breastfeeding Support is More Than a Good Bra, Part 2

Have you been on Facebook lately? Are you part of some of the parenting or breastfeeding groups? If you answer was "yes", then chances are that you have heard of Hector and his Project BreastFeeding. Hector is a new dad to baby Sophia - pretty much an ordinary dad, living an ordinary life - but View Post

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The Night Before…

Here I am, enjoying my last night of pregnancy insomnia. It is officially “Jonah’s Eve” - the night before Jonah’s big debut into “the real world”. I know that babies have been born since the beginning of time. I realize that most of you reading this have already experienced “the night before” View Post

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Breastfeeding Support is More Than a Good Bra, Part 1

Breastfeeding is how babies have been fed for centuries, or rather since the beginning of time. Our ancestors did not have the choice between breast or bottle, formula or breast milk. They were simply left with one solution - breastfeed, or your baby will go hungry... Knowing how generations View Post

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Letter to Jonah – Homestretch

Dear Jonah, I am sitting here at 11:00pm on a “school night”, unable to sleep because of my pregnancy insomnia, various aches and pains - and simply because I have too much on my mind. But it’s OK - everything is as it should be at this point. We, you and I, are 33 weeks into our mother-son View Post

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Letter to my Unborn Son

Dearest baby residing in my womb, Thank you for affording me the honor of being your mom. From the morning when the first home pregnancy test flashed two lines I felt a tremendous responsibility towards you. Starting that very moment I went from being mother of three to mother of four. Regardless View Post

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