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3 Tips for the Exclusively Breast Pumping Mom

3 Tips for the Exclusively Breast Pumping Mom

(While I’m snuggling my new baby, I’m delighted to share this guest post by JessieLeigh from Parenting Miracles.) I jokingly refer to myself as an unofficial expert on ways to feed babies– I have exclusively formula fed, exclusively pumped, and exclusively breastfed. Of the three, it is my opinion that pumping exclusively is the most challenging….

Top 10 Least Helpful Things to Say to a Woman in Labor

Top 10 Least Helpful Things to Say to a Woman in Labor

(While I’m snuggling my newborn, I’m delighted to share this guest post by Audra from Rediscovering Domesticity.) {photo credit} It’s baby time around Simply Rebekah! I recently gave birth to my third – an unintentionally natural birth. Since this birth experience was much more intense than my last two epidural births, I got to thinking…

Don’t do this.

Don’t do this.

If you are home alone with your cranky toddler and you’re trying to get supper ready… Don’t do this. Spilling rice all over the cabinet and floor will only make your blood pressure rise. I swept up the mess on the floor and picked off as many pieces from the rug as I could.  Finally,…