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, February 25th 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/

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