Imagine Elvie’s less chic cousin, and you get the Perifit breast pump. Those of you who have been reading the blog for a few years know my love-hate relationship with the OG Elvie. It was the first wearable breast pump I ever owned and truly an innovator in the breast pump space. While not a…
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A Portable Breast Pump Comparison for All my Elastigirls: Elvie Stride vs Baby Buddha vs Pumpables Genie Advanced
I know what you’re thinking, Grace why is this comparison also being directed to the women with elastic breast tissue when they can literally use a traditional flange that suits them. And you’re right, ordinarily it wouldn’t matter what your breast tissue is like but since we’re including the Elvie Stride in this comparison that…
Breast Clogs: The Old Remedies vs the New Guidelines
It happens to even the most cautious of us. Whether its at the beginning of your breastfeeding journey or when you start to wean at some point you are going to experience a breast clog, also referred to as a plugged duct. Most women experience their first one between 8 to 12 weeks postpartum (if…
UPDATED!! Wearable Breast Pump Comparison for all my Elastigirls: Elvie vs Momcozy vs Willow Go
“The future is now.” At least that’s what I thought when I bought my Elvie pumps a couple weeks after Rigel was born. I was pretty convinced that these pumps would have milk overflowing my house. The reality was a bit more complicated. I have learned a lot since my first breastfeeding journey. While wearable…
Sleep Training in Real Life – How Rigel Learned to Sleep
So you had your baby and now you’re hearing that you need to sleep train. That it’s paramount that you get that fresh baby on a sleep schedule, if you and baby ever want to be happy and healthy. You went out and bought all the courses, TakingCaraBabies, Moms on Call, you hired a baby…
Things to Do with Your Toddler on Valentine’s Day
My Mom used to make a big deal about holidays for me and it’s something that I’ve tried to continue with Rigel. I remember her always getting me little Valentine’s gifts and doing crafts with me. I’m pretty sure most of my stuffed animal collection were given to be by her for Valentine’s Day so…
Toddler Christmas Gift Guide 2021
This is my third Christmas Gift Guide and unlike a lot of other bloggers my motivation for creating these lists comes from my own desire to brainstorm gift ideas for Rigel, along the way I stumble on other cool items that I would love to buy but Rigel probably wouldn’t go for them. Instead of…
Rigel’s Favorite Books for Black History Month
Some of you may not know this but before I was getting stress-induced upper respiratory infections from litigating in front of the crabbiest judges in South Florida, I spent most of my time in libraries digging up dusty old books and looking at microfiche (not a single Gen Z-er knows what microfiche is). I love…
Toys for Every Kind of One-Year-Old
It’s amazing how quickly babies grow! Before you know it they’re curious and active toddlers completely unsatisfied with the soft, safe, cutesy toys they’ve been playing with up to this point. I got to thinking about good toddler toys as I was looking for toys for Rigel’s first birthday. I can’t believe it’s already here!…
Transitioning Baby to Solid Foods
So you’ve gone to the pediatrician and they’ve given you the go-ahead, you can start introducing solid foods. You’re excited because maybe if they start eating real food they’ll sleep through the night or you can cut back on a couple of bottle feedings. But is it really going to be as simple as just…