How to Prevent and Treat Mastitis Naturally

Note from Mommypotamus: Hey guys, I’m buried in boxes right now – packing up the house for a big move! We don’t know for sure where we’ll be in two weeks, but I’ll let you know as soon as I do. In the meantime, I’ve got some GREAT stuff lined up for you! Today’s guest …

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Baby Toting Circa 1963 (Vintage Video)

Oh Mrs. Peterson . . . Never in my wildest dreams have I imagined June Cleaver wearing a papoose, but you can bet your mei tai I did today! Thank you for a fascinating interview, especially the part about those poor neurotic monkeys at the end. As Amanda said on Facebook, “Mothers are kind of …

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Are Traditional Food and Tandem Nursing Compatible?

Hey Mommypotamus! I’d like you to write about your view on breastfeeding (including tandem) and how a lot of WAPF members have differing opinions on the subject. I know, for me, this is a hot topic. I do not agree that the homemade formula is better than human milk and I believe in full term …

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How To Spot Tongue/Lip Ties & Get FREE Expert Advice

  “Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow.” ~ Mary Anne Radmacher Yesterday I smiled at a a green-eyed blonde in gorgeous leather riding boots while wiping a Charlie Chaplin-style snot mustache from Micah’s lip. Wait! I forgot to tell …

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Why Our Mothers Shouldn’t Have Listened To Theirs

Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do. ~ Dr. Benjamin Spock I don’t know about you, but I think this quote is a tad more compelling than a 1950′s era Similac Ash tray touting the disease preventing capabilities of formula. But maybe you had to be there. Indeed, if you were you’d …

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3 Reasons I Love Breastfeeding My Toddler

So, I Have This Friend . . . Who had to take her 15 month-old hunk of chubby goodness – also known as Myles – in for blood tests. Explaining needles was not all that effective so there was, um, struggling. And crying. And a frantic search for the breast – which of course my …

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Hug A Breastfeeding Mom!

Petri Dish Tested, Mother Nature Approved The first week of October is World Breastfeeding Week in Canada. All across the country people will be celebrating all that breastfeeeding offers to babies, mothers, families, communities, and our planet. What Mother Nature has always known – that breast is best – we now know from the enormous …

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Breastfed Baby, Stick Around For the Show ~ An Interview With Lactivist Mae Burke

Do you know why these lions look so satisfied? ↓ I do. Let’s just say there was a lot of blushing going on as parents ushered their children toward other exhibits. But oh,  the reaction was nothing compared to the outrage over by the monkey exhibit. “Oh my goodness, that monkey is nursing! Somebody put …

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