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Adversity Overcome
- A Late Start to Breastfeeding
  When Satinka was born, I had the same mindset as what I had with my son, Kodiak: I was going to formula feed and things would be good. I just never pictured myself as the breastfeeding type of mom.
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- Perseverance Paid Off
  My husband and I were very committed to breastfeeding our new baby. He was a large baby (10 pounds) born by forceps.
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- Two Weeks
  With my second child I wanted to breastfeed to see what it was like. With my first I never even considered it.
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- Kind Neighbors Save Liquid Gold in Hurricane
  When my second child Katherine was born, I had an excellent milk supply. This seemed extremely fortuitous as I would return to work when she was two weeks old.
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- Motherhood Brings Image of Breasts Full Circle
  As my little boy lays beside me content and peacefully nursing, I gaze into his face and wonder how I ever could have thought that breastfeeding was gross or wrong. As ashamed as I am to admit it, at one time I did not believe in breastfeeding.
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Breastfeeding Bliss
- Christmas Eve Nursing
  As I nursed by 10-month-old son on Christmas Eve in the nursery of a Christian church, I couldn't help but observe the terrible paradox going on a few yards away. A 2 ?
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- Cherished Moments
  When I read the paragraph about your breastfeeding essay my eyes teared up thinking about how special it is to nurse a child. I have a 10- and 12-year-old that I nursed for several months each, and now I am nursing my "Miracle" Baby.
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- My Easiest Decision
  Nursing is a beautiful, awesome experience! My son, Dylan, is 3 months old and exclusively breastfed.
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- My Miracle Baby
  When I read the paragraph about your Breastfeeding Essay my eyes teared up thinking about how special it is to nurse a child. I have a 10- and 12-year-old that I nursed for several months each and now I am nursing my "miracle" baby.
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- Bliss
  Breastfeeding we are. You are my heart, and my soul.
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Deciding to Breastfeed
- Breastfeeding Is a Choice
  I think breastfeeding is a very personal choice, and every woman does what she feels is best for both her and her baby. I am the mother of two boys, ages 4 and 20 months, with baby No.
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- Doing What's Right
  I personally have never been around anyone who has breastfed so the idea seemed very foreign to me until I became pregnant. I'm due in June 2002, and I am planning on doing whatever it takes to breastfeed my baby for the first year.
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- Why to Breastfeed? Oh, Why Not Then?
  
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- A Beautiful Experience
  Nursing is a beautiful, awesome experience! My son Dylan is 3 months old and exclusively breastfed.
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- The Ultimate Connection Between Mother and Child
  For reasons I am not fully aware of, my mother was never a very maternal woman. She certainly did not breastfeed me, nor was she ever really a nurturing mother.
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Embarrassing Moments
- Drip, Drip, Drip
  I recently had my third child. I have breastfed all three, and while at home I regularly run around with no bra on to be able to breastfeed easily.
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- Embarrassing Dance
  My husband and I have always enjoyed country western dancing. After our first daughter was born, we went out for an evening of two-stepping.
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- The Evil Twin Goes Shopping
  Here is a funny story and it just happens to be my most embarrassing moment ever! I have three young children all less than two years apart.
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- Wedding Madness
  My best friend of 21 years, Jeniffer, was getting married in August. Of course she asked me to be her maid-of-honor.
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- Bobbing Baby Head
  I had been breastfeeding for a couple of months, and still I had the occasional slip, and the first was the most embarrassing. I had my baby with me at church when she got hungry, so I fed her.
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Humorous
- Turn On, Turn Off
  My daughter just turned 8 weeks old, and after going without making love for four months, my husband and I thought we'd share a wonderful and romantic evening together after she went to sleep. Candles, romance, a sexy nightie.
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- Subway Surprise
  When my oldest child was 3 weeks old, my best friend and I decided to hit Subway for some lunch. About four seconds after we sat down to eat, my son started wailing.
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Midnight Madness
- Husband Learns His Lesson
  My story is about nursing my firstborn son, Garrett. I was a week or two postpartum and my breasts were still very engorged with milk.
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- The Hungry Elbow
  My first child slept many hours of each night in the bed between my husband and me, and I nursed him off and on all night, rarely coming fully awake in the process.
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- We Don't Have A Dog!
  My daughter sleeps in my bed with me. It's more convenient to nurse that way.
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- Late Night Slapstick
  I was nursing my 6-week-old baby in bed when I heard a slapping noise. I opened my eyes to see my sleeping husband slapping his own face in irritation.
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The Things Kids Say
- Let's Wait Until Mommy Finishes Her Snack
  I love nursing my son.
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- 2-year-old Shares "Nunu" With Newborn Brother
  In preparing for the birth of our fifth child, we spent lots of time talking to our 2-year-old about what to expect. We talked at length about what the baby would do and need, calling the baby "our baby" and "your baby.
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- Humans are Mammals, Too
  I had twins on July 4, 1999. Several family members took turns spending a week or two visiting and helping out.
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- Two Little Angels Nurse Each Other
  Shortly after my daughter Sophia was born, I decided it was time to venture out of the house with her and my 3-year-old son, Charles, to visit my best friend and her two children.
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- Two Kids and Two Sides, Just Enough for Everyone
  I nursed my toddler throughout my second pregnancy and often, we would lie awake at night and talk about things that were in his head and for some reason, that was the time of deepest conversation between us.
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The Things Kids Say and Do
- Just Like Mommy
  I was on the bus with my toddler and infant sons.
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- Did You See That Girl?
  
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- A Fountain of Breast Milk
  My story comes to you inspired by a very recent event ... Three days ago my oldest son and a few of his friends wanted to play with the "slip-n-slide" water apparatus and fountain.
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- Booby Sauce!
  One night my 3-year-old, my parents and I were all gathered at the dinner table eating fast food. My other son, 2 months old at the time, was in his carrier on the floor at our feet.
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- Baby's Happy Meal
  One day we were going through the drive-through at McDonald's with our kids when my 5-year-old says to us, "Where's Zachary's Happy Meal?" Well Zachary was only 6 weeks old so he wasn't gonna be eating there.
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Embarrassing Moments
- You Said What?
  
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- Too Many Cookies
  This happened when my daughter Leah was 2 years old. My sister-in-law, Julie, was pregnant at the time with a nice big tummy.
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- Two-Year-Old Attends College Class
  I attend a community college and ended up having to take my 2-year-old to a Biology 105 class. She was great!
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- Birthday Girl Terror
  On my 3-year-old's birthday, which is June 18, she was very mean. She had 17 presents and still wanted more.
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- Doctor Horror
  I was at our pediatrician with my toddler daughter and my 1-month-old for her one-month checkup and first shots. My curious toddler was on a bench beside the nurse taking in all the action with questions galore.
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Heartwarming
- Babies Grow up Like a Whisper
  It was February in Minnesota and I was tugging my 2 1/2-year-old daughter into her winter coat. I was single at the time and money was tight.
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- The Big Bad Wolf
  I was 7 months pregnant and having a trying day with my 2-year-old, Maya. She wouldn't eat her lunch and only napped for half an hour.
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- The Walk with My Toddlers
  I have two toddlers, a 2-year-old boy and a 1-year-old girl. They are very curious and very self-confident.
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- My Little Angel
  Five years ago I lost my sister suddenly. March 23 would be her birthday.
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- Mommy's Baby
  One weekend I had a very bad cold, and my husband did all of the chores for me. Every time he would come into the room where I was laying wrapped in blankets, he would give me a kiss on the forehead and say, "Poor baby.
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Humorous
- Potty Training Smells
  Our 2-year-old, Eli, is very talkative and has this awesome personality. Right now, we've been potty training.
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- For a Skunk
  Several years ago when my daughters were much younger they enjoyed Tom Hanks and all of his movies. One day we decided to pick a video and relax in the early afternoon.
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- Not Telling
  I am the mother of a 3 1/2-year-old son and a 10-month-old daughter. The other day I was not in the same room as my kids when I heard my daughter crying.
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- Time-out for Nana
  I am Nana and I wanted to share "my story." As always, our granddaughter, Makenzie, who just turned 2 years old, came to visit Papa and me with her mommy, our daughter.
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- Little George W. Bush Fan
  My son, Joey, is now 3 years old. His grandpa is a very loyal Republican and is always trying to set a good example for Joey.
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Lessons Learned
- Potty Training 101
  I don't care how many scientists, moms, neurologist, therapists, doctors, dads, siblings, in-laws, etc., try to give the wherewithal advice on potty training – it ain't it!
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- Escape Route: The Window
  Imagine this happening to you! It was a nice spring day so I opened the windows in the front of the house to let the air in.
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- Emergency!
  A few weeks ago my husband and I were downstairs while the kids were upstairs and I just happened to mention how quiet they were being. A few minutes later the phone rang and I heard my husband say, "Well, we haven't heard him crying ...
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- Toddler Preaching the Dangers of Smoking
  My 2-year-old daughter came home from a visit with her grandparents, who smoke, pretending to smoke everything she touched.
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- Single Dad: Baby Moving to the Beat!
  I was a single father at the time and I had to go to work at 6:30 a.m.
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Scary Moments
- Tonsillectomy Nightmare
  My 2-year-old son, Christian, had his tonsils out in March 2004. He had sleep apnea and some problems with choking when he ate.
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- The Cheap Way to a Tongue Piercing
  My 20-month-old daughter has an inflatable chair that we call her "princess chair." She enjoys sitting in it, bouncing in it, and watching TV in it.
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- Let's Have a Baby
  I married my wonderful husband at the young age of 18. I wanted a baby right away but I knew he didn't.
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- Swimming with the Fishies
  My grandfather recently purchased a farm, complete with a 3-acre lake. That lake provides hours of fun and frolic for our family.
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- Mom's Worst Nightmare
  It was a normal day, busy as usual with two kids. Michael was 4 at the time, and Cody was 11 months old, and a very happy child, always, no matter what.
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