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Drinking milk while Breastfeeding

Drinking milk while Breastfeeding

baby, EAT By Jill Amery November 30, 2020 Tags: Breastfeeding, breastfeeding diet, calcium, drinking milk, milk ingredients, milk production, nursing 4 Comments

Q. Do I need to drink milk to produce milk?

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How do I know if I have enough milk?

baby, EAT By Jill Amery March 1, 2008 Tags: Breastfeeding, feeding baby, full breasts, making milk, milk production No Comments

Q – How do I know if I have enough milk?

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We are starting with 4,5,6. This pic is me as Rey We are starting with 4,5,6. This pic is me as Rey on May 4, 2016 en route to #disneysmmoms at @waltdisneyworld. The kids were stormtroopers and I told them the airline wouldn’t let us board if we didn’t dress up in costume for May 4. Boy, were they mad when everyone else was dressed as boring normal people. How do you watch your Star Wars marathon? #starwars #maythe4thbewithyou #starwarsday #disneysmmc
It’s up to us. Our every action and choice. What It’s up to us. Our every action and choice. What we buy. How we use energy. What we plant. How we eat. What we waste. And what we model for our kids. Also what we let our kids teach us. As we spend more time at home it’s a great opportunity to question how we might live more sustainably for the planet. Our family sure has, but we have farther to go. And when we next see this Carribean sunset hopefully I can say we helped create change for the planet. #earthday #savetheplanet #earthday2021 #sunset #sailing #sailinginstagram #fontainepajot #tradewinds #tradewindslife
So thankful for science. And 5G. #GetVaccinated #a So thankful for science. And 5G. #GetVaccinated #astrazeneca #40something #covidvacccine #ontario #genx
It’s an oldie but a goodie! One of the epic birt It’s an oldie but a goodie! One of the epic birthday parties my mom used to throw. 🎂🥰 But looking at it all I see are friends. Closeness. Camaraderie. As we enter another 30 day lockdown in Ontario coupled with spring break (gaaah!!) it’s important to remember there are people out there who may feel lonely. I sure do, and I have a family and pets to hang with. I’m passing the time getting ready to move again and cleaning out tons of photo albums. Here’s to hugs and better times ahead, being able to hang out. ❤️
Hoping everyone who celebrates had a safe and deli Hoping everyone who celebrates had a safe and delicious Easter. It was a bit déjà vu for us, but with one kid missing so only three for dinner. Exposed at school, he’s been alone in his room for a week, us both masked as we take him food. No back rubs. No hugs. Gutting as a parent. Praying that the vaccine rollout moves faster in Canada, and that we can hug him soon. 🌷🙏🏼❤️
I’ve hit the wall. As a parent you do everything I’ve hit the wall. As a parent you do everything to keep kids safe. This means mental health too, and this pandemic is unabashedly unkind to our youth. I spent five hours in the middle of the night on @kidshelpphone and couldn’t keep up with the volume of people in crisis voraciously texting in. So much suffering. Today we learned someone in one of the boys’ school cohorts tested positive for covid. Both kids have to isolate for 14 days and one only got back to school in person last week. They needed to go back for their mental health. Yes, our grandparents had it bad. Wars, the depression, more war. But after over a year of full and partial lockdowns, our kids are unravelling. During the first half of this century we asked 17 year old boys and men to fight in wars and women to work in factories. Besides the isolation and lack of physical contact with covid, one difference as I see it is that now it’s all hands on deck. Everybody has been profoundly affected. Health care workers. Teachers. Olympians. Grandparents. Supply chain workers. But also never forget the kids. We are asking small kids, teens, tweens, and even babies to sacrifice so much. The constant changing pandemic landscape, getting blamed by inept governments, job loss, housing insecurity, lack of physical contact. It’s too much. We need to pay close attention to this next generation and give them our everything in the coming years. We need to save any ounce of energy we may have left for them. #musings #covidrant #mamabear #pandemiclife #lockdown #inthistogether #canada #wellness #torontostrong #onpoli
Bye (again) Nova Scotia. For now. Now that March b Bye (again) Nova Scotia. For now. Now that March break is postponed until April, we must get the boys back to in-person school in Ontario for their well-being. We will forever cherish the opportunity during the pandemic to take dance classes in real life, trivia nights at the pub, ski and bond with family. It has been so safe and magical and we are very lucky to have had the opportunity. #novascotia #lunenburg #mahonebay
So incredibly honoured to be the mom of this new 1 So incredibly honoured to be the mom of this new 15 year old!!! He rocked the snowboard park for the past few days. To think a year ago we were in Miami training to sail and he was headed to Argentina for the Opti South American Championships when the world changed. The resilience and patience Ford has shown this year makes my heart full. Happy birthday @ford.amery. I wish you happiness, loads of friends and the opportunity to shine your light everywhere. 🎉🎂
I think one of the hardest things about the pandem I think one of the hardest things about the pandemic is not being able to plan. Not knowing. Having to be nimble all the time, like when March break is moved to April or you don’t get your hair cut prior to a surprise lockdown. It can mean disappointed kids. Loss of money. Unpredictability. Job loss, sickness, depression, isolation, death - these all make the powerlessness even worse. I haven’t shared but our landlords in Toronto tried to evict us with 60 days notice during the Ontario stay at home order. Highly stressful. We have a few months grace now, but when we can find another pet-friendly home in downtown Toronto is a further unknown. I’ve packed up the Vancouver house, my mom’s in Halifax and the farm in under two years so at lease I’m getting skilled at it.. The Good Part!!!! Thankfully, today we got amazing news and both kids will now be at the same school. One less piece of the future up in the air. Hudson worked incredibly hard to earn a place and we are so thrilled he was successful. In a time that feels like every day is ‘opposite day’ it’s nice when effort works out! To have a beacon, a lighthouse that is stable can make all the difference. Even just one thing you can envision for the future. If you are feeling ungrounded as I have been, it’s made a difference to write down the things that I know are stable - even just for tomorrow. ❤️
This is Auntie Hazel. She always seemed a bit crot This is Auntie Hazel. She always seemed a bit crotchety when I grew up but I loved her dearly. Never seen without a garish hat and mohair coat. Insisted on wearing gloves while pouring tea. Almost died in the Halifax Explosion. She taught me to make her porridge bread, to garden and rubbed my back and sang whenever I slept over. Finding all of her old photos is a reminder that our elderly have vibrant pasts. They are fun, have lived and are incredibly multi-faceted. It’s a good time to give one a ‘ring’ and check in. Maybe ask them for some old stories. They may have lived through wars and other hard times and we could learn a lot from them while we also honour their existence. Here’s to Auntie. #elderly #ancestry #elderlycare #longtermcare #learnfromthepast #pandemiclife #pandemic #halifaxexplosion #1930s
If you are struggling right right now and can get If you are struggling right right now and can get your hands on an oven, 2t. Yeast, 1 cup warm water, 3 c. Flour and 1.5t. Salt, the smell from this baguette could help most people smile. Bake 17 mins at 400F with a pan of water in the oven to create moisture. ❤️🥖 #pandemicbaking #baguette #frenchbaguette #comfortfood
Glad Piper isn’t as white as snow or we’d lose Glad Piper isn’t as white as snow or we’d lose her. Channeling Thoreau, Hemingway and Frost as we walk in the woods today. Maybe Amanda Gorman can write something about snow and mindfulness next. @amandascgorman #peacefulmoments #peaceful #poetry #englishlab #walkinthewoods #labsofinstagram
So many people have to make tough decisions right So many people have to make tough decisions right now. My chest aches for those who are grieving or struggling with finances or mental health. (And every time it does I worry it’s covid). Compared to most, our family’s decision was easy. With the sudden announcement of further school closures and lockdowns in Ontario, we stayed 7 days, grabbed the pets and decided to move temporarily back to Nova Scotia and isolate once again. Driving through a major winter storm with cars dipped into ditches and spin-outs happening all around us, I realized something. 🔆 I have hope. Where last spring I was in a pretty dark place, things seem different now. Maybe it’s the ability to reframe expectations, be nimble with plans, slow down and be happy with accomplishing one small thing. Not sure. But I do know I didn’t want to get erased by a skidding transport truck crashing into me. These past 10 months with little outside human contact meant undulating emotions. I feel like I’ve been chucking spaghetti at walls, seeing what will stick. A few things have. This is what I’ve been doing for a life well lived. 1️⃣ Service: intense volunteering with kids in crisis. 2️⃣ Education: doing little nuggets of learning on MasterClass. 3️⃣ Family: creating memories with my own, and researching our ancestry. 4️⃣ Creativity: designing the addition to the home where we’re headed. 5️⃣ Growth: a focus on not caring what others think (hence posting this as there will surely be people who will criticize for not staying put in the Ontario lockdown). 6️⃣ Self-care: makeup sometimes, jazz dancing regularly and vitamins. 7️⃣ Taking risks: getting groceries, swimming in the Atlantic. 8️⃣ Connection: picking a couple of people a week to reach out to. That’s really all I’ve got. Not many gems about work or passion. As a creative and an empath, it’s pretty hard to find motivation to write about lifestyle when so many suffer. It would feel like self-promotion. When things improve I will be back at that but for now, it’s about the essence of what makes a life. When I do die one day I want to do so with a smile, knowing I’ve been happy and impactful. Stay safe, friends. Xo
2021 seemed like a good time to start a new family 2021 seemed like a good time to start a new family tradition and cleanse in 7-degree water to say bye to 2020! Happy New Year everyone!!!! 🎉🦞❤️ #newyearsday #polarbearswim #seizetheday
Happy 13th birthday to our Hudson! He lights up a Happy 13th birthday to our Hudson! He lights up a room, slays with dry wit, and is among the best athletes I’ve ever known. Sailor, soccer player, snowboarder, saxophonist-turned-violinist, writer of stories, gamer, friend and incredible son. Here’s to the teen years!!! #covidbirthday #13yearsold #happybirthday
So thrilled to have cooked copious amounts of holi So thrilled to have cooked copious amounts of holiday food (for 4!) in this new kitchen!! It took a while to see the finished product but every second was worth it. #farmhousechristmas #farmhousestyle #mahonebay #novascotia #eastcoastdesign #farmhousekitchen #kitchendesign
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