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Mama In The Now

Parenting With Heart And Humor


Going out, for the first time with a newborn is daunting, overwhelming and scary for new moms! These tips and hacks to pack a diaper bag will give you confidence that you have what you need. How to pack a perfect diaper bag - tips and hacks for new moms.

How to Pack a Perfect Diaper Bag, Tips for New Moms

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Thank you, MULTIWEAR®  for collaborating with me on this post. I received product in return for my honest review. All the opinions stated are 100% mine.Remember the first time you rode your bike without training wheels? That VERY moment you realized that your parent no longer was holding you View Post

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When Should You Introduce The Bottle to a Breastfed Baby? Don't Do What I Did!

When Should You Introduce The Bottle? Don’t Do What I Did!

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As a breastfeeding mom it is very easy to feel like you will forever be walking around with a baby hanging off your breast, especially in the first couple of months.Your life is full of cuddling, nursing sessions, diaper changes and smelling the baby’s head (what is it about their little View Post

Filed Under: Baby (0-1 years), Breastfeeding, Parenting Tagged With: Baby, Breastfeeding, health, Pumping, work life balance

How To Be Proud Of Your Parenting Choices, Even When Others Disagree

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I smile. Smiling is what I do when I am at a loss for words. I turn my eyes towards the ground, as if I have just been scolded. There I am, looking at my feet, still smiling.What is wrong with me? I have done nothing wrong. “Lift your head up, hold it high and own this” I tell myself. I don’t View Post

Filed Under: Baby (0-1 years), Breastfeeding, Little Kid (2-5 years), Motherhood

Top 10 baby registry items for baby # 2, 3 and even 4. Are you pregnant and wondering what to put on your registry? This list is your answer!

Top 10 Baby Registry Items for Baby # 2

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Your toddler is anxiously banging on the bathroom door. No, don’t think you get two minutes to yourself. Wait, what is that? Two pink lines?! Your head is reeling… all of a sudden your exhaustion is starting to make sense.After all these months… It FINALLY happened!Fast forward 5 MINUTES, View Post

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The BEST Breastfeeding Advice from 67 of Your Breast Friends

Breastfeeding Advice From 67 of Your Breast Friends

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I recently reached out to YOU (aka my readers/ friends/ fellow moms) to hear the best breastfeeding advice you ever received… and now i have bundled this fantastic package of 67 estrogen-filled, supportive hugs into one big article! Bookmark it, share it, save it for later or for a friend. I loved View Post

Filed Under: Baby (0-1 years), Breastfeeding, Motherhood Tagged With: Baby, Breastfeeding, friends, health, Kids, Marvelous Mammary Memories, Motherhood, Pregnancy

Everything You Need to Breastfeed! - Other than Breasts

Everything You Need to Breastfeed!… Other Than Breasts

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Breastfeeding tips from a mother of four who has nursed through clogged ducts, nursing strikes, hospitalizations and everything in between.As a mother of four who has breastfed for a total of 72 months over the past 8 years, I always found that being educated and prepared for the “what ifs” gave View Post

Filed Under: Baby (0-1 years), Breastfeeding, Motherhood Tagged With: Baby, Breastfeeding, health, Marvelous Mammary Memories, Motherhood, Parenting Shortcut, Pregnancy, Pumping

Bottle-feed your breast-fed baby, without tears. A nursing and working mother of four shares her best tips and tricks of how to get babies to take the bottle.

Bottle-feed Your Breast-fed Baby – Without Tears!

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I need to start planning for the end. The end of my maternity leave is only two weeks away, and I have not wanted to think about it until today. My breast-fed baby will have to take a bottle once I go back to work, and he has yet to try one. But today is the day, he will get his first bottle, or so View Post

Filed Under: Baby (0-1 years), Breastfeeding, Motherhood, Parenting Tagged With: Baby, Breastfeeding, Motherhood, Pumping, work life balance

Why I Don't Want my Baby Sleeping Through the Night

Why I Don’t Want My Baby Sleeping Through the Night

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It is 4:00am and I wake up for the 15th time since I shut the lights off at 9:00pm and put Jonah in his cosleeper. Who took my boobs and exchanged them for canon balls?! And where is my baby? He normally falls asleep in his cosleeper, and then after he wakes up to nurse the first time, I let him View Post

Filed Under: Baby (0-1 years), Breastfeeding, Our Life, Parenting Tagged With: Breastfeeding, cute, family, live in the now, Motherhood, work life balance

3 Things to do to Prepare for the End! – The End of Maternity Leave!

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As we all know, all good things must come to an end - and so it is, that I am facing just another three weeks of maternity leave. Don’t get me wrong, I am extremely blessed and fortunate to get a total of 16 weeks with my baby. Our time together is not something I take for granted, nor is it View Post

Filed Under: Baby (0-1 years), Breastfeeding, Motherhood, Our Life, Pregnancy Tagged With: Breastfeeding, family, live in the now, work life balance

Happiness is Juggling Boys

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I was recently reminded that some milestones are downright painful to reach, even for your third and fourth children. Jonah has for the past eight weeks, since birth been within arms reach of me. I have responded to his cries, read his cues of hunger and been the only person to feed him. But... I View Post

Filed Under: Breastfeeding, Motherhood, Our Life, Parenting Tagged With: Breastfeeding, brothers, cute, family, Happiness, live in the now

Monday’s Marvelous Mammary Memories, by Charlotte Joy – part 2

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Welcome to the next edition of breastfeeding stories from our readers. These memories are shared by breastfeeding moms, who like myself wish to spread the word to new moms that breastfeeding can have its challenges, but it is worth practicing, seeking help, asking for support and looking for View Post

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Monday’s Marvelous Mammary Memories, by Charlotte Joy, part 1

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Welcome to the next edition of breastfeeding stories from our readers. These memories are shared by breastfeeding moms, who like myself wish to spread the word to new moms that breastfeeding can have its challenges, but it is worth practicing, seeking help, asking for support and looking for View Post

Filed Under: Baby (0-1 years), Breastfeeding, Heart Tagged With: Breastfeeding, Heart, Marvelous Mammary Memories, special needs

Monday’s Marvelous Mammary Memories, by Maggie R.

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These memories are shared by breastfeeding moms, who like myself wish to spread the word to new moms that breastfeeding can have its challenges, but it is worth practicing, seeking help, asking for support and looking for answers.We all know the benefits of breastfeeding, but we do not View Post

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Breastfeeding Support is More Than a Good Bra, Part 2

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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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