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• Being Mormon, breastfeeding, motherhood

  thy nursing fathers

  07.19.11 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  There is a prickling at the back of my mind, like a phantom limb that isn’t a phantom or a limb, but is a part of me, if I am away from my nursing baby too long. The unbreakable tie that tethers us is invisible in the hours we are separated. Yesterday I painted downstairs [...]

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  Breastfeeding in public: what’s the big deal?

  01.28.11 | Permalink | 41 Comments

  Breastfeeding is one of those things that I feel differently about, depending on who I’m talking to. My dad reported on a continuing medical education thingie they had at work (“Most of them are yawners”) with a lactation chief and a neonatology chief (“one of the best lectures I’ve been to”). He said he was [...]

• breastfeeding, motherhood, scout, writing

  Before Letdown

  01.05.11 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  It’s still dark. It’s winter, of course it’s still dark, but even in the summer it’s dark at 5:44 am. A cry comes from the baby’s room and I’m up and stumbling bodily to the door before my brain has even recognized the sound, my torso moving with purpose, working my legs and even less [...]

• baby Molly, breastfeeding

  “Now I see that what she wants is breastfeeding”

  09.30.10 | Permalink | 12 Comments

  That’s what Lucy says when baby Molly isn’t consoled with the pacifier or by the singing that Lucy increases in volume as the baby’s cries escalate. If I am not quick enough, the noise reaches eardrum-piercing level, and I could not honestly tell you which is worse, Jesus Cleansed the Lepers at full munchkin volume [...]

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  Pictures of Baby Molly

  09.03.10 | Permalink | 25 Comments

  Shannon had baby Molly on September 1, just a couple of hours before midnight. Molly is 8 lbs 15 oz and about 20 inches tall. She is healthy and has brownish hair. Shannon asked me to post some pictures of Molly. Here are a few: Shannon will be returning to her blog shortly, but for [...]

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  Breasts and Burqas

  02.17.10 | Permalink | 63 Comments

  *This post is not about whether you breast or bottle feed; as long as you make a thoughtful and informed decision, who cares? — unless your thoughts or information are wrong, of course, but really — This is about cultural norms of modesty(?), and why in the heck is Utah so weird? My mom is [...]

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  You don’t need an inner city to have a ghetto

  12.02.09 | Permalink | 24 Comments

  We spent a few hours tonight getting ready for our first Sunday in the new church building. It’s a fine building. Predictable, presentable facade, wide hallways, new carpet smell, pristine chalkboards. It’s only a street away from our house, surrounded by a lake of asphalt just waiting to be rollerskated on by happy children. We [...]

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