breastfeeding Archive

My mom and I didn’t really get along until I moved away. Even then, our relationship was tricky. As the oldest and a first generation Vietnamese-American, we butted heads about many things. Usually it had something to do with how my mom …

Photo by By Galia & Yoav I’m going to spill the beans. We’re cosleeping with baby Jaxson. No, that’s not my confession. Sometimes he sleeps in his crib for a few hours and then the rest of the night in our bed. …

My last three days have been overtaken by sick children. I know it’s normal for kids to get sick this time of the year. Sometimes I question myself because the whining drives me crazy! How am I supposed to be caring and …

During coffee with friends this morning, I had to do a little bragging. Jaxson now speaks 5 words: mum (Vietnamese for nurse or breastfeed in our family, but it literally means to gnaw), ăn (to eat in Vietnamese), Mama, Da (for daddy), …

  I’ve been MIA this week because I got sick over the weekend and got worse during the week. Thankfully I’m doing much better now that I am on the right meds. I’ve always felt very lucky that hubby has great health …

  My well loved cellphone died Saturday night. Luckily it lasted long enough for the navigation to direct me out of Baltimore Inner Harbor where I did an oh so fun bachelorette party! At first I thought it was just a battery …