Well, I have applied for one job as of last night, and sent a letter of interest to an agency. Today, I have an appointment at an agency, so hopefully I can get some interim work or maybe even temp to hire? In this economy, it’s hard to have hope. I understand my boss had to save her own job by firing me but I wish she could have just asked me to look for other work.
I have a ton if skills, and excellent references from every previous employer, so hopefully that will all help.
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What the heck just happened? I got let go at work. Second time in my life. Unless I get a job in the next week, we’re homeless next month.
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Welcome to The Breastfeeding Cafe Carnival!
This post was written as part of The Breastfeeding Cafe’s Carnival. For more info on the Breastfeeding Cafe, go to www.breastfeedingcafe.wordpress.com. For more info on the Carnival or if you want to participate, contact Claire at clindstrom2 {at} gmail {dot} com. Today’s post is about the importance of breastfeeding. Please read the other blogs in today’s carnival listed below and check back for more posts July 18th through the 31st!
How You Influence Others: What do you think is the most important thing that you do to influence pregnant and new moms to breastfeed? Do you have a story of a mom who you feel you’ve really helped?
The most important thing I do for new mothers is to model breastfeeding in public. The second most important thing I do is to be willing to talk to any new mom who needs it. I had a coworker whose wife was having breastfeeding problems. I have him my home phone and told her to call me whenever she needed to. I also gave her La Leche League’s number. On Twitter, I try to answer questions and provide support to new moms, and at least one has said I helped her get through the tough times and make it. I try not to give bad advice, so if someone has a question I can’t answer, I don’t. I hate when people give advice just because they don’t want to NOT give advice! My sister-in-law nursed her toddler while pregnant and after the baby was born against the advice of her friends because I had done it with mine, and she knew it could be done! She also said she felt comfortable nursing her two year old because I nursed a two year old! That makes me feel really good.
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Welcome to The Breastfeeding Cafe Carnival!
This post was written as part of The Breastfeeding Cafe’s Carnival. For more info on the Breastfeeding Cafe, go to www.breastfeedingcafe.wordpress.com. For more info on the Carnival or if you want to participate, contact Claire at clindstrom2 {at} gmail {dot} com. Today’s post is about the importance of breastfeeding. Please read the other blogs in today’s carnival listed below and check back for more posts July 18th through the 31st!
Importance of Breastfeeding: Why is breastfeeding personally important to you? Who helped you to first see why breastfeeding would be such a benefit? You know what they say–there’s nothing like word of mouth.
Breastfeeding is important to me because it’s not easy to do at first, and I did it. I had problems with my first and last babies, and I still made it to nurse them the longest. It means that I’m giving physically of myself to my babies. My first and last are both comfort nursers, and to see how happy it makes them when they are done warms my heart. I also am a “lazy parent” and love that I can travel at a moment’s notice without preparing any bottles!
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Welcome to The Breastfeeding Cafe Carnival!
This post was written as part of The Breastfeeding Cafe’s Carnival. For more info on the Breastfeeding Cafe, go to www.breastfeedingcafe.wordpress.com. For more info on the Carnival or if you want to participate, contact Claire at clindstrom2 {at} gmail {dot} com. Today’s post is about the importance of breastfeeding. Please read the other blogs in today’s carnival listed below and check back for more posts July 18th through the 31st!
Breastfeeding and Multiples: No we’re not just talking about twins, triplets, etc. Any way that you breastfeed with multiple children. Maybe you’ve breastfed while trying to conceive, maybe you’ve breastfed while pregnant, maybe you’ve tandem nursed, maybe you’ve just breastfeed a younger child while chasing the older one. How does breastfeeding help you parent? What are the challenges?
I nursed my first child for 28 months, and she is only 26 months older than her younger sister. Because she was over a year old when I got pregnant, I noticed no change in her nursing desires or ability. By then, she was nursing one-two times per day. My second child latched on like a pro, and I always suspected it was because I was still nursing her older sister. Unfortunately, my second child was only 6 months old when I got pregnant with her sister. My milk production went way, way down. Because I had read that milk production goes back up in the second trimester, I tried to keep nursing her and nursing her during the first three months trying to get through to that fourth month, but it didn’t work. She was always hungry, so after two months, I gave her formula. I tried to keep nursing her at bed time so she would at least have that, but she didn’t want it. For her, breastfeeding was primarily about food and secondarily about comfort, and she was fine with just being cuddled to sleep without nursing (we bedshared).
I wish I could have tandem nursed my second and third child, and I’m still sad about that.
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Welcome to The Breastfeeding Cafe Carnival!
This post was written as part of The Breastfeeding Cafe’s Carnival. For more info on the Breastfeeding Cafe, go to www.breastfeedingcafe.wordpress.com. For more info on the Carnival or if you want to participate, contact Claire at clindstrom2 {at} gmail {dot} com. Today’s post is about the importance of breastfeeding. Please read the other blogs in today’s carnival listed below and check back for more posts July 18th through the 31st!
First Nursing in Public Experience: This could be anything from the first time you witnessed a mother breastfeeding in public to the first time you did it yourself. How did you feel about it then? How do you feel about it now?
I’ll never forget my first real nursing in public experience. We were in an airport in Houston waiting for a delayed flight on Christmas Eve 2002, my daughter’s first birthday. I had no choice but to nurse her in public, and I did! It was an empty section of a terminal and I tried to cover up with a blanket, but she was not having that. She kept pulling the blanket off of her head, so I gave up trying. It was liberating!
I still try to pick quiet corners (less distractions make for quicker nursing sessions), and in restaurants, I tell the server ahead that I might breastfeed and ask for a corner table. I’ve never once had a negative comment. Maybe I’m lucky being in California, but I’ve never been treated poorly for breastfeeding in public—and I’ve done it with four babies over nine years!
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Welcome to The Breastfeeding Cafe Carnival!
This post was written as part of The Breastfeeding Cafe’s Carnival. For more info on the Breastfeeding Cafe, go to www.breastfeedingcafe.wordpress.com. For more info on the Carnival or if you want to participate, contact Claire at clindstrom2 {at} gmail {dot} com. Today’s post is about how the mothers before you influenced your choice to breastfeed. Please read the other blogs in today’s carnival listed below and check back for more posts July 18th through the 31st!
My online community was an amazing source of help. In 2001, I practically lived on the “Due in December” message boards originally at Epregnancy then moved to Geoparents as the children were born, (which was then was sold to someone else and started sucking).
We were a very close community and it got me through my first full pregnancy with a lot less worry. Any concern I had was a concern from someone else and we all learned what was normal from each other. As an AP mom, I felt a lot of support from other moms out there who also were into Attachment Parenting. I co-slept, and found vindication and support from other bedsharing mamas.
I faded out of the message boards after a while, and didn’t get back into the online community until the birth of my fourth baby and my discover of Twitter. In some ways, better than the message boards for immediate conversation (though I love the fact that you can go back and read specific responses to specific questions on a message board). I’m pretty sure if I had Twitter way-back-when, I would have tried homebirth! The support from other mothers is amazing.
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