The daily struggles of a sometimes SAHM
So I’m not gonna try to hide the fact that I am a basic bitch. I love fall. I love flannels. I love buffalo plaid. I love Starbucks. And I love pumpkin spice. No shame!
I also have a baby that has decided to cluster feed overnight and my milk supply is struggling to catch up. So when I was about to stir up a batch of my favorite no-bake lactation cookies, I decided to put a pumpkin spice spin on the recipe.
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I have two kids and breastfed both of them. My son until he was one, my daughter for four months so far. Breastfeeding was never a question and was a very important goal in my process of becoming a mother. But — and I’m already steeling myself for the comments — I’ve started to wonder if that one choice has done more or less good for my relationship with my husband and my own personal identity as a woman.
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As a nursing mom, I have to limit my alcohol intake. That means, if I am going to drink something, I have to make damn sure it’s going to taste good and satisfy any craving I’m having. That being said, I’ve had to take a few thing into my own hands in order to make them as mom-tastic as possible.
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