The Weekly Dispatch Topics from this week Hey Reader, I hope this email finds you sipping on your fall beverage of choice, listening to your favorite autumn playlist, and enjoying this time before cold season really sets in. The past couple weeks, I noticed a trend in my IG feed - a lot of gentle parenting bashing. First, was this article from Motherly. Then @thedailytay crept into my feed with back to back reels humorously critiquing our generation's most popular parenting trend. And one got...
10 months ago • 3 min read
The Weekly Dispatch Topics from this week Hi Reader, This weekend we took the train up the CA coast to Santa Barbara to visit family. They live in a very small town called Los Olivos, which basically has a two block main street that is mostly wine tasting restaurants. Scott's aunt and uncle are now in their 60s and successfully raised 3 boys while both working. So of course I was curious; how did they do it? And the answer was clear: they had a village. You see, in spite of the town being so...
11 months ago • 3 min read
The Weekly Dispatch Topics from this week Hi Reader, Happy 4th of July to all my U.S. subscribers! I decided to send this out a day late, since (let's be real) we were all busy yesterday and hopefully not checking too many emails! We are also in Hawaii right now and soaking up the family time, so I can't wait to share more with you about that in my IG stories. But here's the thing. Holidays and vacations are great... but they are also stressful! And add toddler nursing into the mix, and it...
about 1 year ago • 2 min read
The Weekly Dispatch Topics from this week Hey Reader, Tomorrow I turn 40! (Were you called a geriatric mom too?) My 30s were almost completely dedicated to pregnancy, birth, and breastfeeding. But an even bigger part that will continue on into my next decade is my internalization of what motherhood means to me. I'll be honest, I wasn't prepared for how much I would sacrifice for my kids. Be it my body, my sleep, or my career, a lot of the last 8 years has tested me in what really matters most...
about 1 year ago • 1 min read
The Weekly Dispatch Topics from this week Hi Reader, This weekend I had a realization: I tend to focus on the hardest parts of toddler nursing and weaning in my content. This is because I often lean into the educational stuff or the things you really need to triage as a nursing mom. But there's something so much more fun to talk about... How amazing life is post-weaning! So that's what I talked about yesterday in my stories (if you jump on now, it may still be up!) If you tune in you'll see...
about 1 year ago • 1 min read
The Weekly Dispatch Topics from this week Hi Reader, I know I've been in your inbox a lot the past week, so I'll keep this one brief! A couple years ago, I came across Danielle Bettmann on Instagram and asked her to do an IG live with me about how to handle a toddler while nursing a newborn using gentle parenting tips. That encounter ultimately led to me working one on one with Danielle with my husband to learn new strategies on how to handle our two very strong-willed children. I now bring...
about 1 year ago • 1 min read
The Weekly Dispatch Topics from this week Hi Reader, When I created my quiz last year, I had a fun time brainstorming metaphors for the different parts of the nursing journey. Ultimately for that, I decided upon a plane ride analogy, with the Ready to Wean category being Landing the Plane. Recently though, a new comparison hit me so deeply, I seriously got a little teary eyed: The last months of nursing are your Golden Hour of breastfeeding. Sunsets mark the transition from day to night,...
over 1 year ago • 3 min read
The Weekly Dispatch Topics from this week Hi Reader, Parenting trends come and go, and for us parent's today, the term that seems to be everywhere is "gentle." And I'll admit, it got me too. I loved the idea of gentle parenting, but in practice, it's easier said than done. Over the past 6ish years, I've read books, listened to podcasts, bought courses, and hired coaches to help me learn to parent in a way that felt authentic to me and different than I was raised. And that has brought me to a...
over 1 year ago • 1 min read
The Weekly Dispatch Topics from this week Hi Reader, Yesterday in my stories, I discussed how you know you are really ready to wean (if you head over there pretty quickly after this email gets to you, they will still be up!). And I had this DM conversation based on my story question asking if you'd be ready to wean in the next 5 months: Can you relate? I know I can. So many emotions and memories rushed back to me from when we were slowly inching our way to the end of our nursing journey. Here...
over 1 year ago • 1 min read