Save for the months when my bosom was filled to bursting with milk for my babies, I have always been a small-chested girl. (This photo blows me away every time. My first baby was a couple weeks old and my boobs hung like anvils from my chest. Those postpartum days were CRAZY.) All through … [Read more...]
Random on Wednesday
I love the bullet point. Note that I'm becoming increasingly obsessed with it in my blog postings. It just works, you know? I went through a similar phase with the semicolon in university. A teaching assistant ("Rob" from Literary Theory taught by the divine Gary Wihl, McGill circa 1995) … [Read more...]
And like that it’s over
2 days ago, I didn't know it would be the last time. Yesterday, my Baby weaned herself from me. Almost 18 months, she is no longer an infant; she's asserting herself in so many ways. I'm emotional today. Something feels off. I feel uneasy. The morning was … [Read more...]
Momzelle
Or How I Became a Mom Entrepreneurby Christine Poirier, TorontoBefore becoming pregnant, I was far from thinking about breastfeeding or about becoming a mom entrepreneur. I was busy doing research for my PhD in French literature at McGill University, thinking academia would be my career, and I had … [Read more...]
Judge This!
A long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, I was a young mother with a four-month old daughter. I religiously attended La Leche League meetings and co-founded a natural parents group at the local complementary health centre.I breastfed. On demand and in public. Proudly. Ostentatiously, even. I … [Read more...]
Featured Mom Business: Baby Boomba
This week, urbanmoms.ca brings you Marina's story: Baby Boomba, a Canadian owned company, retails fashionable Baby Slings, Pouches, Wraps and Mei Tai's for today's Modern Parent. As with every Mom running her business, I was inspired by my son. It all started with a quick little trip to the local … [Read more...]