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Breastfeeding

Of course there are countless studies describing the importance of breastfeeding, but not to many describe what it is actually like to nurse a newborn baby.   During my pregnancy, I read several books and went to a few seminars about the importance of nursing infants, so I figured that because I was armed with the

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Parenting a child with sickle cell anemia

Sickle Cell Disease

One of our daughters was diagnosed with Sickle Cell Disease when she was a couple of weeks old. Specifically, the doctor told us she had (SS) Sickle Cell Anemia.  So, what is Sickle Cell Anemia?  It is a genetic disorder, in which there are a smaller number of red blood cells than the body should

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Mommy Got Back?

Recently, while watching Oprah I heard Christina Aguilera say that having a baby has made her feel sexier.  “Wow!” I thought.  How many women would agree?  After the birth of my twins, unfortunately I do not concur. Oh, I wish I could, but my body is just not the same.  There are many things beautiful about the

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My Twins

I love having twins.  My children are great at entertaining each other and at 18 months I notice that they are already looking out for one another.   This is also the month that they are learning each others names.  Elle calls her sister’s name all of the time and Em rarely says Elle, she usually

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