Reader Christine asked, i’m 4 weeks until my delivery and wanted to see what type of bottles you are using now. i have the medela bottles for feeding with orthodontic nipples, born free, and breastflow. can you review what bottles you tried and what you liked/disliked? i just received my target completion certificate and want […]
In my last post I asked if anyone could guess why my breastmilk has turned purple. Well, kalen, mlwindc, and LatteLove got it right: it is due to gentian violet, which I am using to treat our latest bout of thrush. While gentian violet is proven to be one of the most effective remedies against thrush, I […]
And now for this week’s fun/gross (over)sharing post… Anyone care to venture a guess as to why my breastmilk has taken on a purple hue? I have not digitally altered this picture, except to up thesaturation a bit so that you can see the purple better. Just in case you’re wondering, I know why my […]
Webempires is a neat tool that aims to visualize the traffic of every website on the web. Basing its figures on the popular traffic aggregator Alexa, the site can be used to answer questions such as: What if your website was a country? What if all your visitors gathered in one place? And more! As […]
…or just some impeccable timing caught on camera. Still, it made me LOL this sleepy Saturday morning. Via haha.nu. You may also like: More Painful Than Stepping on LEGOs 13 Reasons Why Humans Are the Cutest Animals Website of the Day: Sad Animal Facts What Would Your Name Be If You Were Born Today?
No, not that talk. The other one. The other, very important one. Not sure what I mean? Take a look at this Public Service Announcement from Asylum: Here are some sobering facts about the world today: Every day, millions of kids go to sleep having never been introduced to Chewbacca, and, worse, countless more think Greedo shot first. We […]
Since 1900, there have been six generations in the United States: G.I., Silent, Boomer, X, Millennial, and Z. While most people identify with one generation, I have the luck of having been born during a generational overlap — between X and Millennial. Could you have guessed this based on what social trends influenced me while […]
Star Wars + typography = a very happy geek. Via The Daily What. You may also like: If Star Wars Was Set in an 80’s High School Watch Star Wars in Text Animation CSS Sans: A Typeface Made Purely of CSS The Inspiration Behind Lando Calrissian’s Helmet Design
Unfortunately, J and I have decided to postpone Breast Fest (that’s my name for my 24-hour, breast-only, no-bottles-allowed marathon) a week or two. We have always known that Claire has a “witching hour” — a period at night where a baby is extra fussy and cranky — but it has progressed to full-blown colic over […]
I am pretty sure that I do not need a lactation consultant. Claire has a perfectly good latch. I do not have any supply issues. I am comfortable in different breastfeeding positions. I have read La Leche League’s The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding front to back, and am always visiting breastfeeding support forums, so I am […]
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