From the Archives – The First Year With Twins.

This past Sunday my twins turned one. I can hardly believe it. The year absolutely flew by.
I had been planning to write a little post on surviving your first year with twins, but as I started thinking about what I would say, I started to realize something. This year wasn’t just about survival. Sure, in [...]

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Foodie Friday: Breastfeeding takes forever?

I’ve been thinking about breastfeeding this week. First, LauraC reposted her thoughts about her decision to stop breastfeeding. And then, a mom posted a question in the comments about how to get regular naps when her babies fall asleep when nursing and take an hour to eat. This got me thinking some more about the [...]

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From the archives: When breastfeeding multiples “fails”

I originally wrote this post for HDYDI last April as my boys approached their second birthday. As new readers have come to our blog in that time, I thought I would repost my experience trying to exclusively breastfeed.

I had plans to exclusively breastfeed my boys until they were at least a year old. I read [...]

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Guest Post: Breastfeeding two year old twins

Eva has two year old boy/girl twins, Jordan and Sarah. She works full time as a professor of human development.
What do you think when you hear that someone is nursing TWO YEAR OLDS? Surprise? Discomfort? Disgust? If they’re old enough to ask for it, they’re too old? I might have thought some of these. I [...]

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How DO People Do It?

I have a confession to make: I have no idea how to be alone with all four of my children (awake) at the same time.
Sure, my 3-year old is a dream; she is really almost entirely self-sufficient. Baby Brett is also pretty easy. But as he is a 100% breast-fed baby, when it’s time for [...]

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