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Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you have seen, heard about and have an opinion on the breastfeeding cover of Time magazine. My initial reaction when I saw the cover was that they were certainly looking to stir the pot. And stir they did. The headline, “Are you Mom enough? Why attachment parenting drives [...]

My friend Erika is currently expecting her first child, due in August. (You can read about her pregnancy brain, or lack thereof, here.) And as I found myself going through labor, delivery and childbirth the second time, I kept making mental notes of little things I should tell her about the experience. Little things that [...]

This week on Fit Bottomed Mamas, we’re raising awareness of postpartum depression. Today, Joanna Goddard over at Cup of Jo shares her story of depression that struck as she was weaning her son. I’d been following the blog Cup of Jo for awhile. When I came across a post that struck such a chord with [...]

I wrote this post in the spring of last year. I thought I would re-post since travel season is fast approaching! I recently returned from a ten-day vacation with my 18-month-old son. The trip inspired me to write about traveling with a baby or toddler. Traveling with children, or with a baby worn in a [...]

Don't let breastfeeding problems discourage you. Use these tips to help you succeed.

The sun is finally out in Oregon and my allergies are attacking with full force this year. As a breastfeeding mama I often have to do a little digging to find suitable remedies for my different ailments. Although many medications are fine while breastfeeding(it’s still a good idea to try to find a natural remedy [...]

With over a year of breastfeeding experience under my belt, I feel like a seasoned pro. So when my son was born, out popped the boobs for round two with kiddo two. As I’ve mentioned, my two pregnancies were polar opposites. So you’d think I would be used to my two kids being so different. [...]

I’ve always railed on those celeb magazines that make losing the baby weight look like a cinch. I actually gave a big shout-out to Pink when she wasn’t afraid to be seen in public before she had six-pack abs. Certainly there are some celebs who—because of freak-of-nature genes and probably a little Photoshop—look great just [...]

Yesterday I talked about my extreme postpartum hunger. Words like “ravenous” and “beast-like” were used, and I don’t use those words lightly. Now, I’ve never been one to miss a meal. Ever. I’m not one of those people who “forgets” to eat. Like, how does one even do that? But the other day, I was [...]

So I was hungry all the time during pregnancy. In fact, with the nausea and general fatigue, sometimes eating was the only thing that made me feel like a human again. But no matter how hungry I was during pregnancy, absolutely nothing compares to the ravenous postpartum beast-like hunger. I don’t know whether it’s because [...]