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| At Latch & Link |
Happy Breastfeeding Week! As most of you know, I am a big supporter of breastfeeding and because it's breastfeeding week there are so many fun and inspiring events happening. Henley is now almost 9 months and we are still going strong. It was a bumpy road at first, but nursing has become second nature by this point. I love to be able to nourish Henley from my own body and it's also super convenient when I forget to pack him a snack! I am not sure how long I plan to nurse, but i'm not stopping anytime soon. I am already getting sad thinking about weaning. It really is a special time for us and i'll be sad when it's gone.
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| Yep he is standing... |
Last Saturday we went to an event called Latch and Link. It was held at a Unitarian Universalist church in Long Beach. The main purpose of the event was to see how many children they could count that are latched on to their mothers at the same time. It was very inspiring to see so many children nursing together. Last year they had around 75 children, and this year it was somewhere around 160! I was also so excited to see so many dads at the event. A lot of the dads were actually wearing the babies, it doesn't get hotter than that! haha They also had many local vendors, so we had a chance to learn about local businesses that support breastfeeding, natural birth, babywearing etc. Today there is another event called Latch, Link, Love that I will be attending here in Sherman Oaks with another latch count, mommy massages, baby and mom yoga and other fun things.
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| Latch and Link |
Sunday we enjoyed our regular morning at church, but this time we actually left Henley in the toddler room while we sat in on the service. We just went in there to play, but the nice ladies said that I should just try leaving. Well we did, and it was awesome. They said he did so well and he was following the older kids and even imitating them. We might try it every weekend just to give him a little independence once a week.
Monday night I baked up big batch of chocolate chip cookies to hand out to some of our neighbors. We got majorly busted sneaking Tegan into our pool and some people complained. I am hoping a nice note and a plate of fresh cookies will soften the blow. haha We also gave a plate to our awesome neighbors downstairs, and I could hear the screams from the girls when Alex delivered them. I might make it a regular thing.
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| Here are the girls! They LOVE Henley and Tegan. |
One last thing, if you want to see videos of Henley here is our YouTube link:
Hurst videos
Have a great week and if you see any breastfeeding mamas out there give em a smile!
xoxoxo
-D
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| Reaching down for his little corgi. |
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| Loving his kale! |
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| Tegan knows just where to sit. |
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