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Our Get Well Soon Wishes Basket has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone.#MyLittleRemedies #CollectiveBias  When my little one isn’t feeling well we make her a Get Well Soon Wishes Basket! I hate when my little one isn’t feeling the best. When she’s feeling sick, it makes me so […]

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I’m excited to share our Breastfeeding Essentials Gift Basket for Nursing Moms !

Our breastfeeding journey wasn’t easy in the beginning and we had some breastfeeding struggles here and there.  One thing I was always told was to NEVER use a nipple shield, but in reality the Medela Contact Nipple Shield is the reason we were able to nurse in the beginning.  I used the Nipple Shield to breastfeed for the first 7-8 months (the first month we didn’t use it and it was hard to nurse!).  I paid so much to figure it all out between LLCs and even having her lip tie cut.  In the end when she was ready her latch was perfect.  She just suddenly stopped using the nipple shield one day and it was incredible.  I can’t believe we’re about to celebrate 2 1/2 years of nursing!  You can see her nursing with the nipple shield in the picture below.  I had 3 nipple shields at all times.  Just in case I needed one while we were out, if one broke or between cleanings to use another.  Having one is like having one bottle, crazy!

A photo posted by @courtneyssweets on Feb 2, 2013 at 9:14am PST

We had a lot of issues with food allergies and baby throwing up while breastfeeding too.  Thankfully once I removed soy from my diet she didn’t suffer any FPIES Food Allergy Reactions.  I’m glad that I stuck it out despite all the breastfeeding issues we did have and now we’re still breastfeeding 2 and a half years long!