Posted on Jan 28th, 10 at
11:55 pm under Breastfeeding, EC (Elimination communication), My Life
28
Jan
Wow… I am in love…
Not only do I love my new little girl, but seeing her brothers love just makes my heart melt. The boys are completely amazed and enamored by her… they want to kiss her, hold her, touch her…
Xavier spent at least an hour holding her hand and looking at her while she slept the day she was born..
Colin had to come kiss her at least once every 15 min..
Khéna is just in awe and wants to stay close and always wants to hold her…
Khéna is also adapting to being a big brother amazingly well… I have to admit that I was a bit nervous about how he was going to take not being the baby of the family anymore… having to share mama with someone who needs her more, losing his coveted place in the family bed in front of mama… having to share his “Maju”… but he showing me that I was wrong to be nervous… he is taking it better than I would have hoped for, he is so proud to be a big brother!
My mom came by today to bring me a chicken she cooked this morning so we can make some sandwiches with and she left with Colin and Xavier and brought them to where she is saying near the cabin for two nights… the boys wer excited to go and honestly having the house be a bit more quiet will be nice… Khéna would have wanted to go also but it isn’t the best time, so instead he is doing special things with Daddy alone which he thinks is a great alternative…
As for life with baby… she is amazing… her first night was a bit rough until she had a big poop at around 2am and then finally she relaxed and slept… nursing about every 3 hours or so until morning and then throughout the day… she reminds me so much of Colin as a baby.. she looks like him also, the resemblance is quite amazing..
It was because of Colin that I tried EC for the first time.. he hated being wet, even for a second and would get worked up inconsolably… so letting him potty somewhere else than a diaper was exactly what he wanted and needed…
With Khéna we started when he was 4 days old…when the meconium poos were finished… this time I was hesitating on doing the same, but after seeing her reaction to having a BM and being in it for a few minutes, it reminded me so much of Colin that I decided to try right away… and she has been dry all day… she gives a clear signal that she needs to go and the within a few seconds of putting her over the potty bowl she eliminates… she does cry for a few seconds before going but once she lets go, she stops crying immediately and is quiet and content again… though I have seen it before, it is amazing to see how natural it comes…
I have also fell in love with the prefold belt that I bought… and I am going to be sewing up some of my own very soon… it is such a simple concept but makes things so much easier and it looks so much more comfortable than any newborn diaper cover or diaper that I have tried on my babies…
Wilhelmina is also an amazing nurser… her latch was perfect from the start and she is efficient and just so easy to nurse… my milk is coming in also and it amazing to hear her gulp and drink and be content…
As for me, I lost a little more blood than I would have liked yesterday but I am feeling better today… still a little weak, but better… I am also in pain all over my body… my SPD is better but labour was rough and my body is definately feeling the consequences of that… All I can tell myself is that everything will be better soon…
And Simon… well he is still tired from the night I laboured and is doing so much for everyone and is being an amazing husband and father… I think he is feeling a bit overwhelmed and stretched out but he is taking it in stride… I think that having the older boys with my mom for the two nights will make things easier for him also.. he is also happy to be starting his paternity leave which gives him until August before returning to work…
So, yes, we are all in love and enjoying life with a newborn… It is amazing… she is amazing…
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Posted on Dec 30th, 08 at
9:16 am under Breastfeeding, Family Life
30
Dec
but after 6 1/2 years of non-stop nursing I am realizing that I am venturing into unchartered territory…
I have never nursed a 2 year old by himself… (or in this case with only his older brother and not a new babe)… both Xavier and Colin were 2 years and 2 months when their brother was born… both of them had experienced the change of my milk in pregnancy and were nursing a bit less at the end because of the belly and the milk…
but this time, there is no belly, no change in milk and no change in nursing habits… nursing often and for longer periods of time than his brothers at the same age…
and it is not only the nursing that is different, but the fact that he is still the baby of the family. That at 2, he is not becoming a big brother so he doesn’t have any of the “responsibilities” that big brothers have… he still has first dibs on nursing or having his needs met… especially now that his brothers are getting older and can do more things for themselves…
I do want another little one… but I am happy that we are waiting… I am enjoying having the kids get older and having things get “easier”… there are challenges of course but doing things as a family and getting out the door is getting easier and when the baby that we have now is doing things more for himself I will be ready to have a baby again…
So for now I am enjoying the uncharted territory of the 2 year old whose only role is being little brother and the baby of the family…
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Posted on Oct 8th, 08 at
10:01 pm under Alternative Parenting, Breastfeeding
8
Oct
The launch was on sunday and It was pretty amazing…
The turnout was more than anyone could have expected… about 150 at the least… and 75% of the authors that shared their stories in the book were there…The editors even had to go back to their office and get more books because they were selling so quickly…
It really feels great to be somewhere surrounded by people with the same views.. and so many of us not only have the same views on birth and breastfeeding but automatically for many parents homeschooling, baby wearing and other ideals follow easily…
Another great thing was to meet Michelle and her two little ones… I hope to meet again!
I feel quite priviliged to be part of the book and part of the community that realized it.
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Posted on Sep 18th, 08 at
8:39 pm under Breastfeeding, My Life
18
Sep
well… it is official…
Simon and I both gave in some texts about our experiences with breastfeeding…
me from the experience of nursing one.. then two.. and then three…
and Simon wrote about his perspective also…
We found out a while ago that they had been accepted but now everything is official and we have been invited to the book launch on Oct 5th…
it will be in book stores after that!
Pretty cool… it’s even on Amazon!
Près du Coeur
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Posted on Apr 26th, 08 at
9:39 am under Breastfeeding, My Life, weight
26
Apr
no I am not pregnant 
but today… just a few days shy of Khéna being 17 months I got my first PPAF… (Post-partum “Aunt-Flo” for those that are not familiar with the lingo)
With the firt two boys I got my PPAF at about 9 months… when they started to walk and nurse less in the day and started eating solids… With Khéna though, he did not slow in nursing at all when he started milestones… he didn’t have those normal periods where he was more wakeful at night either…
But slowly, he has been nursing less and when I got really crampy and irritable at the begining of the week, I knew that it would not be long…
the bloating could also be a reason that the scale showed so much of a difference as today I am now 5 lbs less then I was when I weighed myself on Wednesday…
Though I do and did enjoy the time that I don’t have to go through the monthly rituals… I do have to say that being able to start charting again and knowing what my body is doing makes things a bit easier for me…
Maybe one day I would like to have another child but I don’t think it is the right time at the moment… I want the boys to grow a bit before…
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Posted on Jan 4th, 08 at
1:15 pm under Breastfeeding
4
Jan
you can’t see the baby anymore…
you call out and he doesn’t come and then you start asking the older kids where he is and are about to get up to look for him only to realize that to get up and look for him you would have to unlatch him and put him down….
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Posted on Dec 22nd, 07 at
10:57 am under Breastfeeding
22
Dec
I have talked about this a few times already here on my blog…
Why is it that the breastfeeding is always compared to Formula in a way that makes is sound like Formula is the norm and that breastfeeding just better… It makes is sound like yeah sure breastfeeding is great but Formula is good enough… and of course no one is perfect so really why breastfeed?
The problem is… Breastfeeding is the norm… Formula can be dangerous and the choice between breastfeeding and Formula is not a simple choice to make, children die because they are not breastfed, really it should not be a choice at all… we need to make the language reflect that.
Here is a Hathor comic that is a great example…
(oh… and just a disclaimer… I got a few comments and e-mails from some moms who seem to love to hate this blog…Though I do believe that it should not be a choice, I do know that Formula is sometimes that lesser of two evils and that the choice is made for moms. However, that being said, in many or most cases, that is where education of doctors and nurses need to come in because they often have no clue about breastfeeding and often the children that can be hurt by formula the most are being hurt… also milk banks should become more widely spread and availible, so that more children will not suffer the effects of a lack of breastmilk.)
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Posted on Nov 8th, 07 at
9:39 am under Breastfeeding
8
Nov
One of the myths I hate because it is so believed….
“I don’t want to breastfeed because I don’t want my breasts to sag”
“My breasts were down to my knees because of breastfeeding”
It has always been a myth, breastfeeding does NOT cause sagging, but so many insist that it is true…
maybe now they will listen…
ScienceDaily (Nov. 5, 2007) — Nursing mothers needn’t worry. A new study shows that breastfeeding does not increase breast sagging. University of Kentucky plastic surgeon Dr. Brian Rinker and his colleagues conducted the study with patients at UK HealthCare Cosmetic Surgery Associates. The study found that breastfeeding does not adversely affect breast shape.
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The results showed no difference in the degree of breast ptosis (TOE-sis)– the medical term for sagging of the breast–for those women who breastfed and those who didn’t. However, researchers found that several other factors did affect breast sagging, including age, the number of pregnancies, and whether the patient smoked.
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