Mommy News and Views Blog» weaning http://mommynewsblog.com Breastfeeding Support and Guidance from moms who have been there Sun, 13 May 2012 01:46:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Breastfeeding Support and Guidance from moms who have been there Mommy News and Views Blog no Breastfeeding Support and Guidance from moms who have been there Mommy News and Views Blog» weaning http://mommynewsblog.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://mommynewsblog.com Ask Judy: Should I Wean Myself From Pumping? http://mommynewsblog.com/ask-judy-should-i-wean-myself-from-pumping/ http://mommynewsblog.com/ask-judy-should-i-wean-myself-from-pumping/#comments Tue, 05 Oct 2010 11:42:36 +0000 Mommy News http://mommynewsblog.com/?p=5993 Hi Judy, my daughter just turned one and is still breastfeeding — yay! She’s eating solids three times a day, and taking water and a little breastmilk from a sippy cup.

I’m still pumping at work, but I wondered whether I should “pump wean” — I just started a new job, and unlike . . . → Read More: Ask Judy: Should I Wean Myself From Pumping?]]> http://mommynewsblog.com/ask-judy-should-i-wean-myself-from-pumping/feed/ 1 Ask Judy: What Type Of Solids Should I Be Giving My Baby? http://mommynewsblog.com/ask-judy-what-type-of-solids-should-i-be-giving-my-baby/ http://mommynewsblog.com/ask-judy-what-type-of-solids-should-i-be-giving-my-baby/#comments Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:40:53 +0000 Mommy News http://mommynewsblog.com/?p=5604 Hey Judy! Since I last emailed, my daughter and I have tried some solids and she’s cut two teeth. Solids were tentative at first, but she’s in love with them now — particularly peas and peaches. She’s SO enthusiastic that she’s started to realize what restaurants are. She plays quietly until food arrives, . . . → Read More: Ask Judy: What Type Of Solids Should I Be Giving My Baby?]]> http://mommynewsblog.com/ask-judy-what-type-of-solids-should-i-be-giving-my-baby/feed/ 1 Jewel’s Breastfeeding Journey http://mommynewsblog.com/jewel%e2%80%99s-breastfeeding-journey/ http://mommynewsblog.com/jewel%e2%80%99s-breastfeeding-journey/#comments Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:04:20 +0000 Mommy News http://mommynewsblog.com/?p=5557 By Tiffany Holley

Jewel and I got off to a rough start with our breastfeeding relationship.

Her birth was difficult, and we ended up with not quite the totally natural birth I had hoped for. Thankfully, she and I were both healthy, and able to leave the hospital immediately.

I had been given IV . . . → Read More: Jewel’s Breastfeeding Journey]]> http://mommynewsblog.com/jewel%e2%80%99s-breastfeeding-journey/feed/ 3 Do You Remember… http://mommynewsblog.com/do-you-remember/ http://mommynewsblog.com/do-you-remember/#comments Mon, 17 May 2010 13:54:44 +0000 Mommy News http://mommynewsblog.com/?p=5483 It has been nearly 10 months since my son weaned. You can read our full breastfeeding/weaning story which I wrote a few months before he weaned. His weaning process was a compilation of gentle techniques that I employed to encourage weaning combined with his own natural self-weaning process.

To be honest, there was a . . . → Read More: Do You Remember…]]> http://mommynewsblog.com/do-you-remember/feed/ 10 Ask Judy: Has My Baby Weaned? http://mommynewsblog.com/ask-judy-has-my-baby-weaned/ http://mommynewsblog.com/ask-judy-has-my-baby-weaned/#comments Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:50:55 +0000 Mommy News http://mommynewsblog.com/?p=2531 Dear Judy. So as you know we recently moved. The move allowed us to put our two older boys in the same room, giving the baby his own room. So the other night we set his crib up and let him sleep there. He ended up sleeping from 9:30 pm to 9 am! Needless . . . → Read More: Ask Judy: Has My Baby Weaned?]]> http://mommynewsblog.com/ask-judy-has-my-baby-weaned/feed/ 1 Learning To Wean Book – Five Winners Chosen http://mommynewsblog.com/learning-to-wean-book-five-winners-chosen/ http://mommynewsblog.com/learning-to-wean-book-five-winners-chosen/#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:26:45 +0000 Mommy News http://mommynewsblog.com/?p=2415 Thank you to everyone who entered the Learning To Wean Book Contest. It is wonderful to see so many toddlers nursing!! We have just chosen the five lucky winners and they are: Strawberry LaVonne Jennifer Hamitlon Danika Melodie

Congrats to all of the winners!! Many of our winners have blogs of their own, please . . . → Read More: Learning To Wean Book – Five Winners Chosen]]> http://mommynewsblog.com/learning-to-wean-book-five-winners-chosen/feed/ 0 Product Review: Learning To Wean http://mommynewsblog.com/product-review-learning-to-wean/ http://mommynewsblog.com/product-review-learning-to-wean/#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:51:09 +0000 Mommy News http://mommynewsblog.com/?p=2219 I don’t normally do product reviews on this blog, but when Bea Lorimer approached me with her book “Learning To Wean” I was thrilled to review it!! It fits right in with where my son and I are in our nursing relationship and I thought it would be the ideal item for me to . . . → Read More: Product Review: Learning To Wean]]> http://mommynewsblog.com/product-review-learning-to-wean/feed/ 51 Gentle Weaning – My Journey Through Breastfeeding http://mommynewsblog.com/gentle-weaning-one-moms-journey-through-breastfeeding/ http://mommynewsblog.com/gentle-weaning-one-moms-journey-through-breastfeeding/#comments Sun, 08 Mar 2009 17:00:33 +0000 Mommy News http://mommynewsblog.com/?p=1286 Weaning begins when your child starts to take something other than your breast milk as part of his diet. For most of us, that is around the six month mark. Weaning for some happens quickly, and for others lasts for a very long time. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that mothers breastfeed exclusively . . . → Read More: Gentle Weaning – My Journey Through Breastfeeding]]> http://mommynewsblog.com/gentle-weaning-one-moms-journey-through-breastfeeding/feed/ 44