mom2jonovan




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  1. 1. Teach my kids Spanish
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  2. 2. visit taos
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  3. 3. Ride the skunk train
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  4. 4. take better pictures
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  5. 5. become a midwife
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  6. 6. visit yosemite
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  7. 7. become an ICBLC certified lactation consultant
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  8. 8. eat healthier food
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  9. 9. get a master's degree
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  10. 10. homeschool my kids
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  11. 11. stop eating chocolate
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  12. 12. Teach my children everything I know
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  13. 13. live in a yurt
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breastfeed my son past his second birthday
It was perfect

I breastfed my first son until just after his third birthday. The weaning was gradual, lasting about six months and was not traumatic for either of us. I could tell that breastfeeding this long is part of human biology because it worked perfectly when I didn’t fight it with cultural ideas. I am working on 20 months of breastfeeding with my second son and we’ll probably follow a similar pattern of weaning around 2.5 gradually.



have a water birth
I did it

I had a waterbirth in November of 2005 at my nearest birth center, which is 1 hour away. It was one of the best experiences of my whole life. I proved to myself how strong I really am. I loved being in the water and the whole birth center experience. There’s nothing as good as going home 12 hours after the baby is born!




 

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