Super Mammy Diaries

          I'm rarely a "my way or the highway" kind of person. Okay, let me rephrase that, since my husband (and father, mother, brother, someday my kids) may read this and and shake their heads no. I rarely give "my way or the high way" kind of advice,  it's always to each their own as no two babies are alike, no two parents are alike and we should each make decisions that are right for us and for our child. Particularly since I believe that a big part of parenthood is about following your instincts and what is right for your and your baby.         Weaning in itself is quite a hot-button issue even more so when we discuss when to wean  or what to wean to, so lets put that aside for now and focus instead on how to wean because really there are only two options - you can rip off the bandaid or pull it off gradually (unless you wait for it to fall off, but I am assuming here since you are reading this that you want to take some kind o...

Nursing, for those who are willing to try, has been worth the pain, stress, sleeplessness and sacrifices. No judgement to those who decide otherwise, because it has definitely not been easy trying to ensure that my children are exclusively breast fed for as long as possible before I go insane. I made it to 5 months with each child before introducing semi-solids, and to a year with my son before I introduced another cow's milk (yes, I am the first cow in this scenario). It is a thing of mathematical insanity though at this point to ensure that I pump more than I feed her when she gets bottles and there are days she gets many as I am up and about with my son at school, in classes and at birthdays, either dragging her along just so I can nurse her both ways in the car, or leaving her at home with bottles. Whichever way you cut it, nursing is a commitment of time, of your body, and most of all - of patience. There are numerous things you can do to ensure that you are keeping your ...