Ga Ga for Gender Reveals?
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the last 9 years, you know that “Gender Reveals” have become a thing. The first video of a gender-reveal party was posted on YouTube in 2008 but today, typing in Gender Reveal on that site yields 670,000 results. There are entire Instagram accounts dedicated to Gender Reveal videos and […]
3 A’s for Acing Your Maternity Photoshoot
The maternity photoshoot is a rite of passage for most pregnant women but with everything else going on with you and baby it can be easy to get overwhelmed. Have no fear, Mommy Star is here and listed below are three A’s that helped me to organise my photoshoot and create memories of a lifetime. […]
5 Holiday Happenings You’ve Got to Attend This Christmas
I’m one of those extra people that absolutely loves Christmas. I play Christmas carols year round, I start putting up decorations the day after Halloween, I look forward to the Starbucks holiday cups and I paint my nails a different shade of red every week after Thanksgiving. Whether you love Christmas like me or you’d […]
Cairo’s First Family Christmas Card
I’ve already admitted that I’m a Christmas junkie (read 5 Holiday Happenings You’ve Got to Attend This Christmas). What I am not however, is a creative, crafting, Pinterest mom. There are so many cool things you can do for a baby’s first Christmas but my inability to glue paper together puts a limit on some of that. […]
Cairo’s Christmas Christening Inspo
It was about 11:00 pm the night before, the night before Christmas and we had settled in for the night. Weeks of planning Cairo’s perfect Christmas Christening were about to be seamlessly executed when my phone buzzed. It was one of Cairo’s godparents, messaging me to let me know the church where Cairo’s christening was […]
How do I get a baby to breastfeed that won’t latch?
After 15 hours of labor, and an epidural that soothed me, Cairo Aria came into the world after six minutes of pushing. Labor had been virtually uncomplicated with the exception of a few seconds before she came when her heartbeat dropped slightly. Nevertheless, after the pediatrician checked her over and placed her on my chest, […]
How to Support a Breastfeeding Mother
In my previous post, I shared how much Cairo and I struggled to get breastfeeding right. We worked on it for over three months before she finally latched. My son Cruz Axl latched right away but there were times in our breastfeeding routine when I was concerned that he might also be suffering from nipple confusion. […]
How to Increase Milk Supply
Here are five ways to increase your milk supply:
How to Get Rid of Engorged Breasts/ How to Get Rid of Mastitis while Breastfeeding
Cruz and I were two weeks into a breastfeeding rhythm and things were going well. In spite of the nipple soreness, having struggled with Cairo I felt incredibly grateful for how easy the journey had been. In addition to breastfeeding, I’d been pumping steadily in between feeds. I’d just finished a feeding followed by a […]