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What Do I Register For on my Baby Registry?

What Do I Register For on my Baby Registry?
Ask any parent and you will get a confusing list of "must haves" and "must avoids" This is because we all have personal preferences, and guess what? So does your baby! So how do you buy a gift for a baby you've never met? And equipment for a game you've never played? Here's a place to start:

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How Long You Gonna Breastfeed that Baby?

How Long You Gonna Breastfeed that Baby?

Ending breastfeeding is full of emotions for you and your baby. It can be hard to be OK with all of your own feelings around weaning, let alone articulate and share them with random strangers and rude relatives.

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How come you're nursing? You're not a tiny baby!

How come you're nursing? You're not a tiny baby!
Recently, my 2 ½ year old daughter and I were at the library socializing with other children her age. A nursing toddler, a little girl, Rita’s size, caught her eye. She hurried over and asked “Are you nursing?” The mother replied “Yes.” politely, while the nursing toddler continued breastfeeding.

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Becoming a Mother Means Stepping into the Uncharted Territories of Your Heart.

Becoming a Mother Means Stepping into the Uncharted Territories of Your Heart.
You are leaving childish ways behind and integrating them into daily life at the same time. You will give up all you hold dear. You will have more fun and laugh harder at silly things. You will feel your heart expand with love and then break a million times over again.

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Wean Art: The Gentle Journey of Weaning a Toddler

Wean Art: The Gentle Journey of Weaning a Toddler
At 25 months, our family weaned little Rita (Yes, dad played a big role too) from the breast. I knew it was our time, but yet as we moved closer to her last nursing sessions I felt uneasy. Reflecting on this, I feel it was fear of the unknown. As nursing was the one factor in our routines that had remained constant from birth to two years.

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