LLL Meeting: Making It Work
Hello Friends!
No matter what our lives looked like before kids, we all know our perspectives are vastly different after. And whether we go back to work after 6 weeks, 12 weeks, full-time, part-time, not at all, SAHM, WAHM, free-lancer, mompreneur, etc., we all struggle with balance and how to Make It Work.
At the next LLL morning meeting we'll share ideas of how we have done this and issues we haven't yet solved. How do you fill those long hours with baby? How do you divvy up household chores? How do you fit breastfeeding and/or pumping into your new lifestyle? (Or how do you adapt your lifestyle to breastfeeding?!) Child care? How do you make sure you get the help you need? When do you take on new duties? How do you structure your days in a way that works for you and your child(ren)? We'll delve into all of this and more.
And of course, we will have room for your breastfeeding questions, concerns, and successes.
Tuesday, January 28 at 10:00am
Bittersweet Branch Library
602 N Bittersweet Rd,
Mishawaka, IN 46544
Here are some really affirming "we're all in this together" essays:
http://findingjoy.net/before-motherhood/
http://www.scarymommy.com/articles/things-experienced-moms-really-want-to-say-to-new-moms?section=the-mom-club&u=gweHuMMNS6
http://findingjoy.net/why-being-mom-is-enough/
And a couple of helpful websites about working and breastfeeding:
http://workandpump.com/
http://www.breastfeedingpartners.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=164&Itemid=411
Everyone's favorite Honest Toddler proves that our little ones truly are learning a lot from our housekeeping abilities ;)
http://www.thehonesttoddler.com/2012/05/how-to-do-laundry_31.html
For those needing to provide milk while away from baby, some information on how much milk baby may take:
https://breastfeedingusa.org/content/article/breast-versus-bottle-how-much-milk-should-baby-take
and on the safe storage of breastmilk:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByXmaBmpwGAvM3dkSmFlWV95M1U/view
Historical photos, showing that mothers have been making it work forever!
https://www.mothering.com/articles/breastfeeding-images-from-our-past/
No matter what our lives looked like before kids, we all know our perspectives are vastly different after. And whether we go back to work after 6 weeks, 12 weeks, full-time, part-time, not at all, SAHM, WAHM, free-lancer, mompreneur, etc., we all struggle with balance and how to Make It Work.
At the next LLL morning meeting we'll share ideas of how we have done this and issues we haven't yet solved. How do you fill those long hours with baby? How do you divvy up household chores? How do you fit breastfeeding and/or pumping into your new lifestyle? (Or how do you adapt your lifestyle to breastfeeding?!) Child care? How do you make sure you get the help you need? When do you take on new duties? How do you structure your days in a way that works for you and your child(ren)? We'll delve into all of this and more.
And of course, we will have room for your breastfeeding questions, concerns, and successes.
Tuesday, January 28 at 10:00am
Bittersweet Branch Library
602 N Bittersweet Rd,
Mishawaka, IN 46544
Here are some really affirming "we're all in this together" essays:
http://findingjoy.net/before-motherhood/
http://www.scarymommy.com/articles/things-experienced-moms-really-want-to-say-to-new-moms?section=the-mom-club&u=gweHuMMNS6
http://findingjoy.net/why-being-mom-is-enough/
And a couple of helpful websites about working and breastfeeding:
http://workandpump.com/
http://www.breastfeedingpartners.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=164&Itemid=411
Everyone's favorite Honest Toddler proves that our little ones truly are learning a lot from our housekeeping abilities ;)
http://www.thehonesttoddler.com/2012/05/how-to-do-laundry_31.html
For those needing to provide milk while away from baby, some information on how much milk baby may take:
https://breastfeedingusa.org/content/article/breast-versus-bottle-how-much-milk-should-baby-take
and on the safe storage of breastmilk:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByXmaBmpwGAvM3dkSmFlWV95M1U/view
Historical photos, showing that mothers have been making it work forever!
https://www.mothering.com/articles/breastfeeding-images-from-our-past/
