Although our little bundles of joy do make us happy, many new moms find themselves dealing with postpartum depression in addition to many demanding responsibilities motherhood entails. I was no exception.

While there is no single strategy that solves this problem overnight, a few healthy habits can make a huge difference in helping you cope with postnatal depression. 

Babywearing is in fact one of them!. 

Such a simple behavior has an endless list of benefits that can help you overcome this severe issue by nurturing your mind back to health and promoting your baby’s and your own well-being.

1. It builds an emotional connection

During the first several weeks as a mom dealing with postpartum depression, you might experience difficulties connecting with your newborn.

In cases of traumatic conceptions, difficult pregnancies or complicated births, a mom can be even more affected by the lack of emotional closeness with her baby. This is where babywearing is surprisingly helpful. It allows you to feel your baby’s heartbeat, sense their every wiggle and the physical closeness that it provides will slowly create a natural emotional bond, which you will be able to nurture and cherish even further.

2. It gives you time to rest and recuperate

As your baby gets used to the new environment, you will most likely not be able to get a full hour of uninterrupted sleep for weeks. Preparing a meal without jumping to every sound your baby makes can leave you completely drained.

Dealing with postpartum depression only adds to this feeling of overwhelming exhaustion.

It makes it almost impossible to enjoy your role as a mom. Babies that are worn in slings and carriers actually become less fussy and they have a lower tendency to cry when they wake up.

Your constant touch and warmth will soothe the baby giving you plenty of time to rest in a comfortable armchair or even make a tasty meal to replenish your strength and energy.

3. It allows comfortable breastfeeding

Sometimes even the most experienced moms have trouble getting their newborns to latch on. Depression can only amplify the feelings of anxiousness and frustration.

For instance, I had trouble finding the right position to breastfeed my restless baby girl and my lack of energy only made it worse. When I started wearing my baby in a comfortable safe pouch, every breastfeeding session turned into an intimate bonding experience.

If you are new to babywearing like I was, make sure to check out other moms’ experiences. Reading their reviews on forums and social media will help you make a decision. Also, making sure to research everything about baby carriers online can be extremely helpful. 

Relevant factors such as material, durability, adaptability and size, will help you find the most suitable carrier for you and your baby.

4. It allows you more “Me-Time”

Depression in any form numbs your motivation to care for yourself. Postnatal depression is no exception. 

Spending all of that time caring for your baby is a perfectly natural desire but if you completely disregard your needs, that will easily affect your mental well-being in the long-run.

Moms that opt for wearing their babies on a regular basis, on the other hand, have much more time and freedom to tend to their own needs.

With my hands free and my baby sound asleep cooing on my chest, I quickly become more confident and relaxed. This has given me more time to practice self-care. Whether it is putting on some makeup, doing my hair, having a long-awaited phone call with my best friend or just reading my favorite book, devoting time to myself has done wonders for my emotional health.

It has encouraged a positive state of mind.

5. It nurtures your baby

Babywearing has been like a partner in my role as a mom.

It supports your baby’s physical development. All the way from hip and back strengthening  to healthy sleeping patterns. It helps you get more attuned to your baby’s body language and cues so you can react more quickly and efficiently when your child is hungry or needs changing. Since it also soothes the baby and ensures a secure, healthy attachment, wearing your baby will provide you with a peace of mind that would otherwise seem impossible. 

Motherhood is challenging enough as it is. Having a mom overburdened with symptoms of postnatal depression can be very risky for both her and her baby.

In addition to seeking help from a medical professional, every mom can try to do her best by implementing simple, healthy habits that will help her cope with depression. I can safely say from a personal experience that babywearing is one of the best choices you can make to ease yourself into your new role and enjoy motherhood from day one.

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The moment you master this front wrap cross carry skill, a whole new chapter of feeding on the go opens. Baby or Toddler will be right there on your chest, hunger cues will be easy to spot and you can latch them on right away and keep on walking.

A front Wrap Cross Carry is a very nursing friendly carry for all ages. Easy to adjust, easy to adapt for different needs, and all around supportive. In addition to a few general safety tips, there are some difference between nursing a baby and a toddler.

Breastfeeding Carry: Front Wrap Cross Carry Cradle Carry Baby:

• Optimal position is a check mark.
  • Baby’s weight resting on bottom, knees bent, chest/back flat, and head upright.
• Bottom of the torso pass/pouch is closed and secured to fully support baby’s weight.
• Baby’s airway is clear, chin off chest, and nose unobstructed to breath.
• Baby’s head is supported. This is not a totally hands-free carry.
• Check occasionally on breathing and latch. Things may shift as you move around.
• Once baby is finished feeding, it’s best to move them back to an upright position.

Breastfeeding Carry: Front Wrap Cross Carry Upright Toddler:

• Optimal position is upright.
  • Knee-to-knee support, and knees higher than bottom.
• Toddler can rotate head down or you can loosen carry to lower toddler down to breast level to latch.
• Toddler’s airway is clear, face not covered, and nose unobstructed to breath.
• Check occasionally on breathing and latch. Toddler’s like to wiggle, especially with a slightly loose wrap.
• Moving around may be more difficult with toddler’s weight not centered on your torso
• Once finished feeding, it’s best to bring toddler back up high and tight to your body.

About our Guest Blogger, Sam Reddy

Editors note: Breastfeeding World is pleased to host Wrapsody Brand Ambassador Sam Reddy as this week’s blogger and babywearing expert. We asked her to join us and share her expertise on babywearing and breastfeeding this week as it coincides with the last day of our Wrapsody Hybrid giveaway. Thank you Sam, for sharing the breastfeeding (and babywearing!) love.

Sam is a busy mom trying keep up with her busy kids. She stumbled into babywearing as a parenting tool when her oldest, Jack, wanted held all the time. She continues the babywearing love with her second child, Bear.

As a Volunteer Babywearing Educator and Certified Consultant, Sam spreads the babywearing love to all that will listen. She specializes In babywearing during hiking and pregnancy as well as tandem wearing.

Check out her blog and YouTube channel for more information.
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Website: https://veganbabymama.h

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Lauren Lewis is no stranger to childcare development, having spent over 10 years as a nanny or family childcare provider. She’s the wife of a travel geek, mother of two vivacious children, and has an amazing talent for trailing lost things behind her a la Hansel and Gretel. Her passion for lifting up women and advocating for children pours out in her work as a Central Indiana Event Coordinator, Writer, and Social Media Relations Director for Breastfeeding World. Her life is full of busy, crazy and LOUD. It is full of love and hope, ups and downs. And coffee, always lots of coffee- but she wouldn’t have it any other way.

www.raisinglaurenslittle.wordpress.com

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Hurray for a Wrapsody Giveaway! But what IS Wrapsody?

About Wrapsody

The thing we love most about Wrapsody (maybe even more than their wrap- is that possible?) Is their commitment to ethical business practices, the earth, and to families. A small, female owned business, who uses evidence-based practice, and committed to the world around us? What a fabulous company to support!

One of the innovative things about Wrapsody is that while they are known for their Hybrid Wraps (more below!), they have a great variety of fresh wraps and products:

This is a great chart from the Wrapsody website which lets you choose which product is best for your needs and desires.

The Hybrid, Breeze, and Ring slings are all made in Indonesia by a small business owned by a single mom! Manufactured in New England, USA, a single dad sews the wrap DuO’s. Yay for small businesses supporting small businesses!

Wrapsody Breeze: Wrapsody’s customers say that the Breeze is one of the lightest weight wrap carrier around. Marketed as a “gauze” wrap, the fabric gets softer with use. They come in a variety of hand dyed or hand batiked Colorways, and are safe for front, back, and hip carries.

Wrapsody Wrap DuO: One of the most innovative of Wrapsody’s Wraps, the Wrap DuO is great for both land and water. I have never seen another babywearing product on the market which does BOTH. It’s material makes it perfect for swimming, bathing, working out, and is slinky and elegant enough to wear to formal events such as weddings!

Artisan Ring Sling: Hand-dyed or batiked, the Artisan Ring Slings carry babies up to 35 lbs.

Besides babywearing, Wrapsody also produces Hollywood-Style Dresses, Headwraps, baby hats, and furoshiki scarves.

I could tell you more about the company and it’s ideals,

But I think they can share it best:

Wrapsody begins with your family and continues through a cycle of connection for you, your baby, and our local and global communities.

When you buy from Wrapsody, you are buying more than a baby carrier. You are buying a one-of-a-kind product made by hand under fair-trade and ecologically responsible conditions. You are buying from a business that supports women and children. You are buying a lightweight, high-quality product that will last long after your baby’s infancy. You are buying a hug that will keep you cool and comfortable everywhere you want to be.

Wrapsody focuses on community, sustainability and social justice. We strive to be ethical and responsible and to serve all families well. We are grateful to you, our Wrapsody community, for your love and support both of Wrapsody and of one another. 

Wrapsody Hybrid Review:

Editor’s note: This is a true and honest Wrapsody review from our Breastfeeding World team. We are a small non-profit and self hosted project, and receive no compensation for this review. Breastfeeding World promises that we never endorse ANYTHING that we don’t love, ourselves.

When we first decided to do a Wrapsody Giveaway, as a Wrapsody owner, the news excited me.

My Wrapsody hybrid has spawned my love for wrapping. I’m an avid babywearer, I love wearing all the babies, but until Wrapsody, wrapping babies intimidated me so much. Now I find myself using YouTube and constantly looking for new wraps to master. (Helpful hint: Everyday Babywearing and Love in Motion are fabulous Facebook Groups with helpful parents eager to give advice and tips.)

While it’s not the first wrap I have ever used, Wrapsody Hybrid is the first wrap I’ve bought. I love my Harbor Colorway because it’s got a personal story behind it- My husband and I lived and worked on a Cruise Ship together for a year, and became engaged during that time in Kona, Hawaii.  Firstly, I knew I loved the company’s ideals (see above). But I chose a Hybrid for my first wrap because I am a novice wrapper. To be honest- wrapping made me really nervous.From what I read, it’s one-way stretch capabilities made it possible to do back, front, and hip carries, with the strength of a woven, but the flexibility for “sloppy wrap jobs” like a Moby. 

Note my sloppy poppins carry- but she was secure, safe, and happy. I believe the 1-way stretch in the hybrid made what was a novice wrapping job much more comfortable.

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My daycare toddler was the first baby I ever wore. Now at three, he lets me use him for back carry practice, and he loves the extra snuggles.

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When I opened my hybrid, which came in its very own little carrying bag, it surprised me to find how THIN (read: breathability!) the wrap seemed!

Yet it allowed me to practice a back ruck with my four-year old Daycare Little. (My toddler ran away screaming “No Monkeys!”… Oh the joys of motherhood.) I love the one way stretch for the way it seemed to hug my Littles. And I loved the thinness of it because it allowed for easy passes with my impatient toddler and my inexperienced wrap jobs. I have fantasies of cool wraps, summer days, soccer games, state fairs… and with the comfort of a wrap, O and I can snuggle for hours!

How Can I Enter the Wrapsody Giveaway?

We don’t want to make this complicated for you. So there’s no need to follow a million pages, comment twenty times, do fifty push ups, and donate your left kidney. Submission for the Wrapsody Giveaway contest just takes four simple steps:

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As a Breastfeeding World Subscriber, you will be the first to receive the latest blog post from our amazing Breastfeeding World Blog Collaboration Team. You will, however, occasionally find great printables, like our Thank You For Breastfeeding Cards. You’ll be on top of our latest news, giveaways, and events. In essence, Subscribing to our website gets you admission into our amazingly informative, supportive, and breastfeeding passionate village of parents.

Lauren Lewis

Lauren Lewis is no stranger to childcare development, having spent over 10 years as a nanny or family childcare provider. She’s the wife of a travel geek, mother of two vivacious children, and has an amazing talent for trailing lost things behind her a la Hansel and Gretel. Her passion for lifting up women and advocating for children pours out in her work as a Central Indiana Event Coordinator, Writer, and Social Media Relations Director for Breastfeeding World. Her life is full of busy, crazy and LOUD. It is full of love and hope, ups and downs. And coffee, always lots of coffee- but she wouldn’t have it any other way.

www.raisinglaurenslittle.wordpress.com

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Breastfeeding While Sick Is Not Easy

For the past 4 weeks, I’ve been battling one illness or another. There were times when I really, really need to not be touched by my kid. Or to hear her screeches because I asked her not to touch me. But the most recent bout of illness was a stomach flu. Have you ever had a stomach flu when you’re a breastfeeding mom?

Let me tell you—it’s pretty freaking terrible.

We all know that when battling a stomach flu, you don’t have an option to just lay and wait for your child to fall asleep or unlatch. When you are getting sick, you’ve got to go. Fast. Or at least have a trashcan close by.

I was not the only family member sick…no. My husband and my youngest (my nursling) also caught the bug. So in between my runs to safety, I was catching or cleaning up her messes. My husband helped as much as he could, but he was pretty sick, as well. It was a hassle, to say the least. But the biggest problems I faced were when she wouldn’t unlatch or she got a burst of energy and decided to crawl across my aching abdomen. One of the times she went across me, she got me with her elbow and knee. Simultaneously. I thought I was going to die.

The Selflessness Is Strong In Us

The amazing thing about it all is that, even though I was so ill and in so much pain, I somehow focused on getting her better. I nursed her. Then I cuddled with her. Somehow    axc;c rdp I forced down all my urges to run to the trashcan and mind-over-mattered it so that she could peacefully fall asleep and unlatch herself. How? Who knows. I imagine it’s just the powerful woman body, doing what we are meant to do. Put our babies first–always.

It’s difficult, obviously. I’m not saying everyone can manage to avoid their toilet or trashcan run to snuggle a baby. But I was pretty amazed at my ability to focus so much on her healing whilst also taking care of myself. The selflessness that we exude when breastfeeding is a pretty remarkable thing when you think about it. We put forth so much energy and time and resources into being able to do this one thing for our child. Just for our bodies to produce milk is more energy than some people use in their entire day.

I have done many things in my life that I am genuinely proud of. But the most marvelous accomplishment has been this selfless act of breastfeeding while sick. Even in my most selfish moments, I still manage to put this child first. That is what breastfeeding is all about.

Lee Moffitt

Lee is a stay at home mom who blogs in her spare time. She is a mother to two girls who breastfeed, practices attachment parenting, babywearing, bedsharing, uses cloth diapers, and homeschools. She works with her local community to help women learn how to breastfeed and how to wear their babies. Lee is currently working towards becoming a La Leche League leader and a Certified Babywearing Consultant, so that she can better serve mother’s needs.

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But if we’re honest, making it magical can also be stressful. Breastfeeding can add an extra layer of stress to the holiday buzz. We can concede that what we all dread most are the unsolicited comments of our relatives. It is my hope that every breastfeeding momma will smoothly sail though the holiday season without one snarky remark like “Are you STILL breastfeeding?”. Or maybe your family is more inclined to not so subtly suggest that you go into another room to feed your little one. Whatever their angle might be, it would be nice if everyone would concern themselves with something aside from your boobs!

This year my desire it that you won’t just survive the holidays, but that you would thrive! Here are a few tips that I think will help you do just that

Be confident.

For some of us breastfeeding in public can be anxiety inducing. Even if “the public” is related to you. Take a little time now to build yourself up. Look in the mirror and tell yourself that you are magical. Your body alone can sustain a human life for a full year!! You, my dear, are amazing. Wear that like a badge of honor. Put on your invisible super hero cape when you embark on your holiday advendtrues this year. No one will want to mess with a superhero.

Plan.

 Holidays are stressful enough without adding a cranky baby to the mix. Offer the breast to baby 30 minutes before each departure. If you have a few stops to make in one day, feed the baby before leaving each stop. This may not appear to be helpful on the surface, but think about how much better you’ll be able to let those comments roll off when you show up at ease. Offfering the breast before leaving each destination will hopefully calm baby for the ride so that you can enjoy the break in between relatives. Make your car your sanctuary. You can’t have a sanctuary if baby is crying from being hungry and or passed around.

Settle into your NO.

Most breastfed babies want their mothers/fathers. If they are old enough to recognize who is holding them they may not want to be whisked away by strange relative after strange relative. They will want to be close to you. Don’t be bullied into letting your baby be taken away because Aunt Bertha hasn’t seen them before. You can walk baby over to Aunt Bertha and let her admire at the distance that you and your baby are most comfortable with. Don’t feel bad about saying no. No is absolutely your right. If you anticipate having an issue with a particular person about the boundaries you’ve set then take a moment to have a talk with your partner so that you will have back up. 

Wear your baby.

Baby wearing is a great way to do many things. It keeps baby feeling calm and secure. If you have that right system you can easily nurse baby without much adjustment or distraction. Your family may not even know what’s going on. And it is a lot harder for people to whisk baby away.

Consider nursing in a quiet room or corner.

This is a good option if you want to remove yourself form any possible discussion about your choice to breastfeed. It also works well for babies 6 months and older who’ve started to become distracted by movement and loud noises. You can nurse in peace and hopefully efficiently without baby poppin on and off the breast to see the happenings.

I hope at least one of these tips helps you breastfeed with confidence this holiday season! Do you have any helpful tips for dealing with your opinionated and pushy relatives?

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Joi is a Believer, wife, mother, entrepreneur, and artisan, who has a passion for educating and empowering women holistically. Using family and women’s health as a focus, Joi has built an all natural soap business and doula practice to serve the needs of her community. She lives and loves in Indiana with her husband and 4 children.

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Nothing Better <3

Although bed–sharing is becoming more and more a topic of open conversation in parenting choices in the U.S. these days, before I became pregnant I thought it was kind of strange and not for me. I could not imagine having my baby in bed while still getting sleep and forget trying to have time with my husband. I just couldn’t wrap my head around the idea of ever choosing that for my family. I read in the most popular (at the time) parenting books when to have baby in his own crib and room; how to get a bedside bassinet at first then to move baby to his own room only after a few months. To be honest, that sounded fine. As a new mom-to-be, three months of having my baby in my room seemed long. Plus, I wanted my babies to all be independent and learn to soothe themselves and to sleep through the night.

Co–sleeping at it’s most precious moment. <3

Well, let me tell you, my pre-mama way of thinking disgusts me, now! I can’t believe I thought that was normal. I can’t believe society and our culture taught me to think this was normal in the beginning.
I’m beyond happy that after I gave birth I listened to my mommy instincts, did research for safe co-sleeping and I kept my baby right next to me. Co-sleeping is one of the best parenting choices I’ve ever made, especially for breastfeeding!
Not only has co-sleeping helped me get more sleep, it helps with my babies sleeping more, too, because breastfeeding is right there when it is needed. No extra yelling or crying for me to come and feed them, therefore no extra waking up and becoming upset. Co-sleeping helped increase and keep my supply up always having my babies right next to me all night; and for me, practicing safe co-sleeping always helped relieve my mommy (postpartum) anxiety because I knew my baby was okay.

One of the only co–sleeping pics my husband snapped of our first. Thank God he got a few with our baby boy. <3

Each baby is different so co-sleeping with each might look different. For my son, I started with him in a bedside bassinet, but he and I both hated it. We would both fully wake up at each feeding and we were so uncomfortable. About a month postpartum I finally breastfed him lying down, with him on the inside of our bed and we slept better that night than ever! We co–slept until 13-14 months, and we still snuggle in the mornings, now at 3.5 years old. With my daughter, she is a kicker and LOVES her own space, but does not like being alone. I always babywore her and nursed her to sleep but would put her in a bedside bassinet until about six months old. Then we co–slept in our bed until after her first birthday, and her crib was in our room for a few months after that. I always had monitors on both cribs and check on them a few times (at least) a night once in their own room.

“Each baby is different so co-sleeping with each might be different…”

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TRIGGER: As I sat down to finish this post this week, I coincidently saw a post on Facebook of yet another young infant died from SIDS. It frustrates me and upsets me to tears that specialist, doctors and scientists still majority of the time in our country say they cannot know for sure exactly what causes SIDS and disapprove co-sleeping stating they are connected. I’m a journalist and I know better than to contradict the supposedly non-biased facts out there done by these so-called professionals, especially the specialist; however, as a mom, a well-educated, thoughtful, and passionate mom, who uses commonsense (every action has a reaction) I say BS. Because if you do research there are studies and enough data out there that does prove when co–sleeping is done correctly it is the safest form of sleeping for baby. The type of language used in the studies, giving different scenarios of how a baby 0 months–1 year died from SIDS easily confuses the interpretation of the data to put the findings in to a clear answer: Should my baby co–sleep or should he be in a crib?

So peaceful <3

Another factor that confuses the data’s findings is that co-sleeping WITH exclusively breastfeeding saves thousands of babies per year, and “cuts SIDS risk and may cut overall infant death risk in half” – not just co–sleeping on it’s own.
You will find many organizations with conclusive evidence stating while following safe guidelines for proper co–sleeping (and preferably exclusively breastfed), it is what is best and commonly practiced around the world. Organizations such as La Leche League, Breastfeeding USA, and birth professionals and authors such as Ina May Gaskin, McKenna, J. and McDade, T., all support and encourage safe co–sleeping, especially while exclusively breastfeeding.

My baby boy right next to me <3

According to Le Leche League, “The four biggest issues associated with SIDS are 1) smoking, 2) laying a baby facedown for sleep, 3) leaving a baby unattended, and 4) formula feeding.” For majority of babies, these are not always top factors for the chance of SIDS; however, for babies who majority die from SIDS, “it happens in a small group of vulnerable babies who have very specific but undiagnosed health issues.” Therefore, it is unknown if your baby is more vulnerable before, so there is a greater need for a vulnerable baby to be in arms reach of his/her mother to prevent dying from SIDS. Safe co-sleeping provides the biological and instinctual reaction to assist a vulnerable baby and can prevent SIDS. Maybe if our culture accepted and encouraged safe co–sleeping, like in other countries, new and experienced parents would know the benefits of co–sleeping and less babies would die from SIDS.

Breastfeeding and co–sleeping <3

Let us know your experience with breastfeeding and co–sleeping and please practice safe bed–sharing. Much love to you!

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I am a 27-year-old WAHM to two intelligent and amazing toddlers (3 and 1.5 years), and two stepdaughters (12.5 and 8.5 years). I am a very active and passionate birth advocate working to change regulations, laws and cultural norms in the U.S. to provide parents to be educated and empowered to know all birth rights and options. I am a proud emergency, unplanned c-section, turned all natural, non-medicated VBAC experienced mama! I am a modern-hippie mama practicing attachment parenting, who loves babywearing and toddlerwearing, and of course breastfeeding! I love to laugh with my amazing husband/best friend and to travel to new places with our beautiful family.
For more of my lifestyle and mommy blogging updates, check out my Instagram page @PRbabywearingMama.

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My Birthday Selfie.

Wednesday, February 17^th, 2016

Tomorrow is my 28^th birthday and I don’t know why but this is a big one for me. It got me thinking a lot about time, life, and what’s led me to who I am today. Specifically, there’s a lot that’s happened in the last 11 months, leading up to this birthday. I’ve learned more about myself in the last year than I ever have; I’ve worked on and changed all my relationships I have in the last year; and, I’ve really reflected and tried to slow myself down to cherish and focus on my relationship with my husband and children.
Being a mom has always been a top priority for me, but I’ve always been anxious and so hard on myself if things didn’t go how I ‘thought’ they were supposed to go. And because of that there are things I might have missed if I didn’t slow myself down.

Close up and beautiful.

I also started my Instagram account in the last year and I started blogging. When I started documenting my babies, my journey of motherhood, and my breastfeeding journey with my daughter I received more positive feedback than I expected; especially, my posts about breastfeeding.

My first post, my first #brelfie, I made it because I realized I basically had no breastfeeding photos with my first, my son, who breastfed for an amazing 15 months. I was already a year in to breastfeeding my daughter and I only had a few of pictures but no brelfies. This is also when I realized this was something I am so proud of, a relationship I’m so honored to have with my daughter, and one I had with my son but have no photos to remember it by.
Breastfeeding is something to be proud of not ashamed of, so why shouldn’t I take more picture and brelfies of myself with my daughter? It’s beautiful and I know I’ll regret it later if I don’t capture this moment in time. So, 30 weeks ago I made a post about breastfeeding, with a brelfie, and it was my top post. I had mamas congratulating me for breastfeeding that long and a few shared their breastfeeding stories, as well. I knew then this was something I had to keep sharing because I think every mama should take more brelfies and not feel ashamed, embarrassed or even just shy about their breastfeeding journey with their baby. Before you know it, that baby of yours is going to stop nursing and not be a baby anymore. And when that time comes you’re going to want to remember those beautiful nursing moments. You’ll want to remember all those sleepless nights when all your baby wanted was you, and those lovely milk-loving days that your baby or toddler just calmed the moment you put her on your lap to nurse. You can’t turn back time and get those moments back, but taking pictures helps keep them.

“…my first #brelfie, I made it because I realized I basically had no breastfeeding photos with my first, my son…”

Nursing and loving our The Vintage Honey Shop breastfeeding necklace.

At 28 years old, I have had three pregnancies, one angle baby and two amazing, beautiful and independent babies born, and for the past three years I have been able to nurture and nourish my two little’s through so much. It’s hard to put in to perfect words why breastfeeding moms are so attached to this part of motherhood with growing and raising their babies because it’s never flaunted with intentions to judge or shame formula-feeding moms. I think the sooner we stop this war between each other by just being compassionate, loving and kind to one another, we can listen (key word*) to each other instead of jumping to conclusions. We post pictures or selfies to share our lives and world with others because we are proud and happy.

Just another morning routine nursing.

For me, sharing a brelfie is me being vulnerable, honest, sensitive, emotional, and proud because I love this part of my journey in to motherhood. I love and appreciate the bond breastfeeding has brought me with both my babies. It’s about my family and me, not what I negatively think about others, which I don’t.
Breastfeeding is natural, beautiful and unexplainable in just one post. And at 28 years old, I’m more confident, calm, patient, and wise to know it’s important to post and take brelfies because I’m so freaking proud of breastfeeding my babies! For me, breastfeeding is an important part of my motherhood and I’m not going to forget it.

One of the first photos my husband took of my daughter and me breastfeeding just a few days postpartum. He used a “fun” filter with his new camera.

Posting on Social Media isn’t for everyone, so I’m not suggesting you must do that in order to properly document or be proud of your breastfeeding journey. I do encourage you to take more pictures if it’s a time in your life and motherhood that you don’t want to forget. What are your favorite nursing or motherhood moments you’ve captured?

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I am a 27-year-old WAHM to two intelligent and amazing toddlers (3 and 1.5 years), and two stepdaughters (12.5 and 8.5 years). I am a very active and passionate birth advocate working to change regulations, laws and cultural norms in the U.S. to provide parents to be educated and empowered to know all birth rights and options. I am a proud emergency, unplanned c-section, turned all natural, non-medicated VBAC experienced mama! I am a modern-hippie mama practicing attachment parenting, who loves babywearing and toddlerwearing, and of course breastfeeding! I love to laugh with my amazing husband/best friend and to travel to new places with our beautiful family.
For more of my lifestyle and mommy blogging updates, check out my Instagram page @PRbabywearingMama.

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In the beginning. <3

A friend of mine posted a question on Facebook the other week asking if (us) breastfeeding mamas had to change our diet while nursing, what we had to cut, for how long, and what changes we saw in our babies after. This is her second baby and it was déjà vu for me because I had such a different time nursing my second time around, as well.

Right when my Little Miss was born. My perfect little girl. <3

Right away, my daughter nursed so differently than my son did, which is okay because every baby is different, but it wasn’t until a few weeks old that we started to notice it was more than that. She would nurse so quickly, unlatching sometimes right after my letdown (spilling milk and I would try to catch it), but would want to nurse again very quickly because she would spit up almost after every feeding. She would only nurse from one breast and it would take forever for her to burp. Then if we could get her to finally burp, she would have hiccups and spit up. With my son, he was calm and would stay latched forever, falling asleep at almost every feeding the first few months (milk drunk), never spit up, never had trouble burping after a feeding and always nursed from both breasts each feeding.

So tiny and loving her milk.

When she started to spit up after every feeding, she also became very upset and fussy most of the day, especially from noon until midnight. It was so awful and frustrating, I felt like we could never leave the house. At first I thought it was just something I kept eating, so I started to pay attention to my diet and I figure it had to be all the spicy food I loved eating. I already ate a dairy–free and egg–free diet, and I babywore her almost always. But after all that, cutting out the spicy foods included, it still seemed to not make a big enough difference for her. I became desperate and went to our pediatrician, who gave us a prescription for baby reflux. But, after 5 days of her being on the medication I just started having a bad feeling about this harsh medicine in her tiny body. After researching and reading all the potential side effects, my husband and I decided that our daughter would immediately stop using it that day.

Boob pillow! Milk drunk and out. <3

We researched everything on natural, homeopathic and naturopathic ways to help manage or even cure baby reflux that night. My husband came across this blog or parent conversation board where this husband and his wife had figured out the right treatment plan that cured their baby from reflux. The next day we went and got what we needed and made the right appointments to get our baby girl the relief we were praying for. After a little over a week of following this plan our Little Miss was cured. No joke, you didn’t read that wrong – cured! Below are the homeopathic remedies she took, the specialists she saw, and the treatment plan we stuck to.
– I cut out onions, garlic, broccoli, peppers (all but a few bell here and there), caffeine, dairy, eggs, and all spicy foods. It was hard at first but I stuck to this diet until she was 7-8 months, then only slowly brought back these foods until after her first birthday.

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– Hylands #10 Nat Phos 6, one after each feeding. We called these her ‘little baby tums.’ They easily dissolve, which can be crushed up and given to baby directly, or use a baby medicine or breastmilk syringe with a drop of water or breastmilk.
– Boiron Nux Vomica 30c, twice a day, morning and night. These are harder and take a little bit to dissolve, so I used a syringe with either some breastmilk or a few drops of water and swirled it around until completely dissolved to give to baby.
– One trip to a specialized pediatric chiropractor for a post birth therapy session. We’re spoiled and have a few great practices here in Portland with great homeopathic, pediatric chiropractors, but you should be able to find one in your area.

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– One dose of pediatric probiotics applied to a pacifier or your nipple right before breastfeeding once a day. I was given a great one by my daughter’s pediatric chiropractor.
– Warm bath before bedtime every night. This is a great way to calm and relax colicky or reflux babies. Even if they don’t seem to like it at first, be consistent and continue giving them a warm bath as part of their night routine.
– Castor Oil tummy massage after bath, then cover with a washcloth, and clothe in a onesie. Maybe use onesies you don’t care about because the castor oil can stain.
– Dress baby in loose clothes, no tight waist bands, and be mindful of how tight the baby’s diaper is.
– When changing baby’s diaper, instead of pulling up her/his legs, like we’re taught, gently roll baby slightly to her/his side and carefully lift her/his leg up to wipe and replace a diaper.
All of this treatment was approved and encouraged by our pediatric chiropractor and my daughter’s pediatrician.

My baby girl, now. Not such a baby at 22 months old, but always one to me.

This may seem like a lot but it’s far better than the alternative, and we did this for only four days and saw a huge improvement! Every baby is different and my daughter was not diagnosed with sever GERDs, so it might take longer than a week or more pediatric chiropractic appointments than it did for my daughter, but it’s worth it.
I will say the first two days are a little tough because there isn’t an overnight change when you first start the treatment. But being consistent and just sticking with it will payoff, trust me.
I kept the homeopathic remedies on hand in her diaper bag in case she became irritated here and there, but we really didn’t have to use them much after a couple of weeks of treatment.

I’m not a medical professional nor do I have a medical license, but I do believe this treatment plan has to be better for babies bodies in the long run. This is what worked for my baby and our family, and it’s important that I share our experience with more parents because it could also cure your baby’s reflux.

We would love to hear from you! What has been your experience with Exclusively Breastfeeding and using a Binky? Share it with us in the comments below!

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I am a 27-year-old WAHM to two intelligent and amazing toddlers (3 and 1.5 years), and two stepdaughters (12.5 and 8.5 years). I am a very active and passionate birth advocate working to change regulations, laws and cultural norms in the U.S. to provide parents to be educated and empowered to know all birth rights and options. I am a proud emergency, unplanned c-section, turned all natural, non-medicated VBAC experienced mama! I am a modern-hippie mama practicing attachment parenting, who loves babywearing and toddlerwearing, and of course breastfeeding! I love to laugh with my amazing husband/best friend and to travel to new places with our beautiful family.
For more of my lifestyle and mommy blogging updates, check out my Instagram page @PRbabywearingMama.

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Us doing our normal thing.

Don’t be the Scrooge of Breastfeeding this Christmas!

Do not be the Scrooge of Breastfeeding, Breastfeeding your baby is important. I say this as a matter of fact- medically recommended, not as a judgment. The American Academy of Pediatrics certainly states so and so does WHO (World Health Organization), recommending that babies be breastfed until 2 years of age.
In 2012, the U.S. ranked last (LAST!) on the Breastfeeding Policy Scorecard for the World’s Mother’s Report for 2012. For many reasons, American women face many challenges and many avoidable obstacles with breastfeeding. So, if you are anti-breastfeeding, please keep your opinions to yourself and don’t be the Scrooge of Breastfeeding this Christmas and holiday season.

Know Your Rights, Don’t allow anyone to be a Scrooge of Breastfeeding this Season!

Nearly all 50 states protect mothers’ rights to breastfeed out in public, wherever they want and whenever they want. When babies are hungry, babies need to be fed right away. Babies are too small and immature to understand how to manipulate and lack the years of practice to gain patience to know how to wait to be fed, which a baby should not have to wait – it’s a baby! So, if you see one of us nursing out in public and you disagree, please keep it to yourself. Don’t be the Scrooge of breastfeeding this Christmas and holiday season.

Beautiful Breastfeeding!

Many of us breastfeeding mothers go through challenges and must relax while nursing, so don’t make it harder for us to feed our babies. Look the other way or leave if you are uncomfortable with a mother taking care of her baby to survive the best way possible, with love and nutrients. Don’t be the Scrooge of Breastfeeding this Christmas or holiday season.
Let’s not be at war with each other on what parenting group is “better” (breastfeeding or bottle feeding) this holiday season. We should know by now that America is driven by money-hungry corporations and formula companies are very aggressive towards new mothers and all parents. This puts so much pressure on moms when feeling defeated and exhausted from breastfeeding in the beginning. Don’t be the Scrooge of breastfeeding this Christmas and holiday season. We need to stick together, educate one another, support one another to be the best parent each of us are, in our own ways. Just remember, breastfeeding can be hard, so just try to love and support all mamas and parents feeding their babies. Don’t be the Scrooge of Breastfeeding this Christmas and holiday season.

Christmas time in the Rose house, filled with love and respect for breastfeeding.

And last, don’t be too hard on yourself and never give up on what you think is the best for you, your baby and family. Please know breastfeeding support and help is out there and you’re never alone. So, don’t be the Scrooge of Breastfeeding this Christmas by shamming something so natural, nurturing and beautiful.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!!

Do you have a difficult family member or distant friend who is unsupportive of your breastfeeding? Are you having to be around them this holiday season and feel stressed from it? Or are you surrounded by love and support?

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And… Don’t forget to share your brelfies using our HT #BreastfeedingWorld 

Page Rose

I am a 27-year-old WAHM to two intelligent and amazing toddlers (3 and 1.5 years), and two stepdaughters (12.5 and 8.5 years). I am a very active and passionate birth advocate working to change regulations, laws and cultural norms in the U.S. to provide parents to be educated and empowered to know all birth rights and options. I am a proud emergency, unplanned c-section, turned all natural, non-medicated VBAC experienced mama! I am a modern-hippie mama practicing attachment parenting, who loves babywearing and toddlerwearing, and of course breastfeeding! I love to laugh with my amazing husband/best friend and to travel to new places with our beautiful family.
For more of my lifestyle and mommy blogging updates, check out my Instagram page @PRbabywearingMama.

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What my Monday morning looked like.

Early Monday morning, on Dec. 1^st, around 2 a.m., my 3-year-old son came into our room, woke me up and climbed into bed with my husband and I. He had been sick with what we thought was a cold since the Tuesday before, but by the fourth night he was wheezy and breathing deep while sleeping. He would wake about half way through the night for two nights but would fall back asleep with us the rest of the night. But by the third night of wheezy breathing (sixth night total of being sick), this early Monday morning, there was just something different and worse this time.
The morning of Dec. 1^st, from 2 a.m. until 6 a.m. felt like many more hours had past because all three of us were falling in and out of sleep, but not actually getting any sleep at all. He was starting to have a really hard time breathing, struggling in fact, and was feeling a little feverish.

Breastfeeding in emergency situations can be very handy and specially nourishing for your children

My babies in arms in a hospital bed. My poor boy.

After getting our son in a steaming shower and calling the on-call nurse by 6:30 a.m., we were told to go to the ER. We were shocked and I felt it was all happening so fast. He seemed fine in the day, almost seemed like he was improving, he just had some minor cold symptoms. By 8 a.m. we were at the ER and back in a room with a doctor and nurses. My husband had to go to work but was going to try and get off early and meet us there, so I told him not to worry and I would keep him updated. Never did I think we would be there all day and he would be admitted to stay the night. With in 15 minutes of being in the ER, he was diagnosed with Croup (severe) and was given breathing treatment and steroids. He was in a lot of pain, exhausted, confused, and just wanted to go home.
I had babyworn my 19-month-old daughter in, so she was with the two of us, in the hospital bed during all of it. Now, I was trying to be prepared and packed a snack bag, but I forgot it in the car in all the chaos. Little Miss and I were starting to really need food even though she had morning nursed already before getting there. The nurses did what they could and brought us a few snacks but we were still hungry.

Breastfeeding in an emergency.

So conveniently, even under stress and with little to no food, I breastfed her all morning! This made caring for my son so much easier because I did not have to worry if my daughter was starving to death and she got what she needed. My daughter stayed calm and helpful (90% of the time), just sitting in the bed with her poor sick brother and myself because she could nurse. She didn’t get grumpy and act out, she didn’t feel left out or ignored, and she didn’t need special attention. All because of breastfeeding! I didn’t need to get out of bed, stop holding my son, stop helping the nurses with him to get or make food or milk for her because of breastfeeding. I am so grateful for being able to breastfeed and sticking with it. I love that because of breastfeeding, I was able to nurture my very sick son in a scary situation, while also nurturing my 19-month-old all by myself!

Our sweet nurse pulling my babies in the hospital’s pediatric wagon after 10 hours of being there. They were getting restless.

Because of breastfeeding, both my babies were taken care of and I felt like a supermom never missing a thing for my babies.

We want to hear from you: What’s your breastfeeding in emergency situations story? Drop us a comment below!

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I am a 27-year-old WAHM to two intelligent and amazing toddlers (3 and 1.5 years), and two stepdaughters (12.5 and 8.5 years). I am a very active and passionate birth advocate working to change regulations, laws and cultural norms in the U.S. to provide parents to be educated and empowered to know all birth rights and options. I am a proud emergency, unplanned c-section, turned all natural, non-medicated VBAC experienced mama! I am a modern-hippie mama practicing attachment parenting, who loves babywearing and toddlerwearing, and of course breastfeeding! I love to laugh with my amazing husband/best friend and to travel to new places with our beautiful family.
For more of my lifestyle and mommy blogging updates, check out my Instagram page @PRbabywearingMama.

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Baby girl trying to feed me our nursing/teething necklace from The Vintage Honey Shop.

When I was pregnant with my son in 2012, I don’t recall seeing any breastfeeding/teething jewelry. After my son’s birth and focused on breastfeeding 24/7, I wanted many breastfeeding accessories. It wasn’t until 2014, after the birth of my daughter that I noticed all these wonderful, fashionable, silicone, wooden, fabric and silk teething and breastfeeding necklaces mommies were wearing for their babes to enjoy.

Little Miss loving her Chompy Chic, babywearing teething and nursing jewelry.

At first, I didn’t see any I thought would fit my wardrobe and style, and I didn’t think my daughter would like them. It was interesting to think how they could be useful to my daughter if I was wearing it all the time. If she was not nursing, and if her teeth were bothering her, she had her binkie. But after some time, realizing she was always on me anyways, I wanted one and I was convinced my daughter would like them.
I asked for one for my birthday last year, when my daughter’s teeth were always bothering her at 9-10 months old. She was breastfeeding all the time and preferred to be on me all day, so using a teething necklace that was on me seemed practical, now. We went to a local baby boutique and got an all black, silicone ball teething and nursing necklace. She loved it! Except one thing was wrong after about a week of using it: I did not like wearing it.

Enjoying our new Chompy Chic silicone necklaces that she so generously sent to us to review. These are some of our favorite! The beads stop at the neck so they don’t pinch or pull your hair.

I was so disappointed because I looked forward to getting it and this necklace was not cheap. In fact, it was one of the most expensive ones I have ever seen. I obviously did not do enough shopping around before purchasing it. The silicone balls go completely around the necklace, so it pinched my neck and pulled on my hair. Ouch. 
After my disappointing purchase, I started shopping around to find one that would fit me better. I found endless options and so many different styles out there! I decided to try and find one that would work because now I knew too many benefits to using these necklaces.
Here’s what’s great about teething and breastfeeding necklaces:

• It can keep your baby focused on breastfeeding or feeding if bottle-fed. As we mothers know, sometimes it’s hard to get our babies to focus on feeding and to not be so distracted by their surroundings.
• It keeps your baby busy and something to do while nursing rather than pulling on your hair, clothing, and non-nursing/not kid-friendly jewelry.
• It can even distract your baby enough to stop them from pinching and even biting while nursing.
• And, for babies’ growing and developing minds, it can provide a very stimulating visual and tactile.

Our beautiful cotton and silk Nursing Necklace from The Vintage Honey Shop.

There are so many great, little and passionate companies you can get them from, which can be endlessly found on Etsy (my favorite). There are beautiful selections of silicone and wood, using striking and fashionable cotton and silk, nylon cord, and even leather or crochet.
Just remember to read the warning labels and to use as directed. These are still necklaces, with string and made for adults to wear, so never leave your baby or your toddler unsupervised with one.

She loves these!

Do you use breastfeeding/teething necklaces? If so, what is your favorite brand, and what is it made out of?

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I am a 27-year-old WAHM to two intelligent and amazing toddlers (3 and 1.5 years), and two stepdaughters (12.5 and 8.5 years). I am a very active and passionate birth advocate working to change regulations, laws and cultural norms in the U.S. to provide parents to be educated and empowered to know all birth rights and options. I am a proud emergency, unplanned c-section, turned all natural, non-medicated VBAC experienced mama! I am a modern-hippie mama practicing attachment parenting, who loves babywearing and toddlerwearing, and of course breastfeeding! I love to laugh with my amazing husband/best friend and to travel to new places with our beautiful family.
For more of my lifestyle and mommy blogging updates, check out my Instagram page @PRbabywearingMama.

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Dressed up while nursing for Halloween.

Did you know midwives, doulas and breastfeeding mothers are witches?
On Halloween we all band together to dance pregnant under the full moon and cast a spell to force every woman to nurse her baby everywhere, just to make everyone feel unbearably uncomfortable. We believe in evil and enjoy torturing pain so much that we encourage a natural, drug-free and sometimes water birth to feel human again. And you don’t even want to know what we sometimes do with the placenta.

Us witches that breastfeed are the strongest and most powerful, so beware!

We thrive and our powers grow each time you attack us by degrading us or shaming us for our “unnatural” and twisted ways of nursing our poor-soul babies.

Me and my magical lactating ways to nourish my baby girl.

In February 2013, UK’s Today’s Telegraph’s Anna White, a new mother to twins at the time, shared her frustration on social pressures that “breast is best” and her annoyance of passionate (professional) advocates for breastfeeding, calling them “the Witches of Breastfeeding.” I do sympathize for her and that she felt so much pressure to breastfeed her twins while she was having a hard time postpartum. I know formula/bottle feeding is sometimes the best choice for a family; however, to call breastfeeding advocates, professionals, doctors and lactation specialists “Witches” only proves we are numb to the name-calling we do to each other and to women in the birth community, which we can take very personally. Also, it’s against the rules of The Breastfeeding Witches Coven to call us breastfeeding witches out for practicing our powers and our way of life; we’re happy to teach other witches our ways and support each other to be able to master the art of breastfeeding powers. After all, we are not the enemy.

Breastfeeding is for Witches!

With many (spell) books and documentaries on our history of the business of birth, we know physicians and hospitals campaigned against us over 100 years ago to take over the too-good-to-pass-up business opportunity to profit from birth. They started a campaign to destroy midwives by discrediting them, calling them uneducated, dirty and witches. In the midst of the campaign, breastfeeding also culturally became seen as “less-than,” for dirty and uneducated women. Yet again, body shaming women in history (and now) for our bodies doing something natural.

Being funny for this post!

But, thanks to our powers growing again and more witches coming out of hiding, it seems these breastfeeding shammers, body-harming physicians and OBs, and money-hungry, corner-cutting hospitals are soon to witness an overtake with safe, healing, beautiful, qualified midwife attended births over intervening hospital births.

Tina Cassidy shares, “Medieval midwives sometimes kept one fingernail long and sharp in order to puncture a pregnant woman’s amniotic sac. This talon-like nail came to be a sign of a witch, still evident in cartoonish Halloween depictions today,” in her book Birth.

Although I recommend short nails while delivering babies, I do say nice, long and pointed nails fashioned from our witch’s history stylebook have made a nice comeback. I mean look at beautiful Rihanna and Adele wearing them! Or are they witches in hiding as well?

So, be very careful next time you approach a breastfeeding mother to ask her to cover up, or question midwives like Ina May Gaskin on the safety of birth because now I’ve warned you. We are witches with great power who will not be bullied any longer.

Happy Halloween, my Breastfeeding Witch Sisters!

This is breastfeeding satire, so don’t get your panties in a bunch or I’ll really have to cast a spell on you by hypnotizing you with my “sexual” lactating breast.

Be sure to join us in our social media accounts to be up to date with the progress of our project!

And… Don’t forget to share your brelfies using our HT #BreastfeedingWorld 

Page Rose

I am a 27-year-old WAHM to two intelligent and amazing toddlers (3 and 1.5 years), and two stepdaughters (12.5 and 8.5 years). I am a very active and passionate birth advocate working to change regulations, laws and cultural norms in the U.S. to provide parents to be educated and empowered to know all birth rights and options. I am a proud emergency, unplanned c-section, turned all natural, non-medicated VBAC experienced mama! I am a modern-hippie mama practicing attachment parenting, who loves babywearing and toddlerwearing, and of course breastfeeding! I love to laugh with my amazing husband/best friend and to travel to new places with our beautiful family.
For more of my lifestyle and mommy blogging updates, check out my Instagram page @PRbabywearingMama.

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