We got a real smile this morning! How exciting!
: milk maps
i love the way my areolas are darkest raspberry when i am engorged and then change to almost the same exact color as the rest of my skin after a good feed.
why does my body tell the pigments to go away? i like to think it’s a gentle guide for my baby, who is drawn by nature to areas of high…
I totally agree with this. I have a big red poppy tattoo above my left breast and I’ve noticed that when I try to let Bryn find her own way to latch, she often tries to stop at my tattoo.
I’m feeling a little lost today. Like, I want a tub of ice cream for dinner lost.
: don't tell anyone
but once in a blue moon, when there’s no one around to judge me, i listen to like a million sublime songs on youtube and sing along real loud. they tend to be associated with the puka shell and frosted tips set, so this is like a cardinal sin for anyone who claims to be a discerning music lover to…
The Offspring. I literally can sing the entire Americana album from the introduction.
All this baby does is sleep and eat. She used to stay awake for a couple hours here and there.
I wonder if she’s going through a growth spurt.
Rant
Not trying to be a dick, but I’ve been a part of a pregnancy turned new mommy forum and when I ask a question starting with “to those who are breastfeeding exclusively” and I get moms telling me to bf and give Bryn formula as a solution to my problem, it’s not a valid response and I didn’t ask you in the first place.
Sure, giving my baby formula instead of breast milk at night is going to help me sleep? No, baby is still getting up to eat but just not boob food and I don’t like the idea of Bryn guzzling a bottle down just to get her to go back to bed.
I am happy that people want to give me advice but I feel like they’re trying to recruit me to use formula to make themselves feel justified.
I’m just tired from waking up so much. I just wanted to know if it was okay to feed her every 3-4 hours at night instead of every 2-3. Not a life story on your sore nipples.
Sorry, if you feed your baby formula, that is totally fine. This is not about formula vs breast milk. I just expect those who feed their babies formula to stay out of a thread like that.
Looking at old photos of myself from pregnancy
It blows my mind that for nine months, Bryn grew inside of me and in a matter of minutes, she is now in my life forever.
I think the thing that is most interesting is the things she does here, out in the world, she did inside of me. Every stretch, weird twitch, hiccups… She did that in my belly!
I'm Samantha, 21 years old, recently married. This is a blog for my little girl due to be born May 17 of this year.
