>Since I’m obsessed with on the subject of breastfeeding, I might as well break the silence and speak a truth that’s been closely guarded for years by legions of La Leche League Leaders. Breastfeeding. Hurts. Bad. Let me explain: Breastfeeding feels like you’re getting a five-color tattoo on your nipple. Breasfeeding will make you literally […]
March 26, 2007
>I’m a modest person by nature. I’ve never flashed anyone for Mardi Gras beads, participated in a Spring Break wet t-shirt contest or starred in an amateur sex video. But since I’ve become a mom, more people have seen my nipples than David Hoffendorffer’s back in his Baywatch days. Breastfeeding isn’t easy for a girl […]
March 24, 2007
I wasn’t prepared for a fussy baby. Punky was unbelievably easy- She slept six hours a night from the very beginning and hardly ever cried. I’d heard the warnings that lightning never struck twice and my next baby was destined to be a screamer, but I wasn’t buying it. After all, I had made him […]
March 23, 2007
>Once again, I missed the boat. Punky’s about to turn three and while all her friends are smugly signed up for preschool this fall, I naively thought I had all the time in the world to decide when, where and if she’d be attending… and now, unless I’m willing to send her to Mrs. Fanny […]
March 22, 2007
> Punky! …Who, by the way, absolutely adores her new brother and gives him a bajillion hugs a day. And who also is obsessed with breastfeeding. “Oh no, Mommy, he’s eating your tummy!” she said the first day. “Yes, this is how babies eat,” I told her. “Gross!” she said. “That is gross!” Yesterday, she […]
March 21, 2007
