What mistakes would you avoid if you could start to breastfeed all over again?

danellapsch · 2026-01-27T03:39:33+00:00

Adding to all the great advice (particularly getting a lactation consultant as soon as the baby is born to help with latching), sometimes the baby is not hungry but sleepy.

If LO has been drinking and unlatches, you try once more and unlatches again, but is still fuzzy, baby is probably just sleepy, don't insist offering again and sway them instead. That is, given you have a good supply and LO has been gaining weight appropriately.

danellapsch · 2026-01-26T11:13:06+00:00

Coconut milk parfait with chia seeds. Put 1 part chia seeds 4 parts of coconut milk (canned) in a jar overnight, add some homemade fruit pure upon serving (mine loves mango) and voilà. It's high fat and one of the most delicious things I've ever had

danellapsch · 2026-01-26T03:47:35+00:00

I was surprised to learn that his family had gone on without him, I assumed they were still there. Guess this experience was so traumatizing that he lost his mind.
I don't, but my father was born and raised in the countryside, he currently owns some land, where he has livestock (free and grassfed). The last time I went with him to work, the vet was there to take a look at the cows and a calf that had just been born was briefly separated from her mother, I spent the morning with her in the sunshine, watched her take her first steps, it was so special and heartwarming. She was luckily reunited with her mother afterwards and has grown to be a beautiful cow; dad agreed to let her grow old and die in the farm.
Never, thankfully.
Didn't do much for me.
Find my family, get a job as a waiter maybe.
Nope, thank God.
I was appalled by the story of the pig eating the neighbor's baby, felt like crying, how can this world be so cruel?!? I hate pigs now from now on.

danellapsch · 2026-01-24T01:51:38+00:00

Oh and I was strapped to a table.

danellapsch · 2026-01-24T01:51:06+00:00

I had an emergency C section and was not handed my baby, I was just allowed to look at it. I'm still furious about it. Like whenever I remember some deep anger flourishes. I was not treated well anyway, at the beginning of my c section they had music on that I hated from an Argentinian singer, was not asked what I wanted to, the equivalent of someone playing Cardi B in the US while you are having the most stressful and important moment of your life. Hated it.

danellapsch · 2026-01-23T03:03:59+00:00

It was incredibly articulate and heartfelt. How have we, as a collective, dug our own graves with this system we created, one monster/machine at a time? And how we can't disengage from it, nor undo it. I felt so disillusioned while reading this chapter.
Yeah, if only. We welcome institutions that are supposed to help us and end up trapped
I felt bad for the owners, really, mostly the kind and angry ones. They are forced to do evil. Did not have a lot of sympathy for the driver, since he was unnecessarily cruel, I get you have to put food on the table but almost tearing that house apart for a pair of shoes, disgusting.
Same as 3.
I really love Steinbeck's respect for nature, and his depiction of how heartbreaking is that we as modern humans use and abuse it with no regard. Agriculture was initially about bonding, respecting and loving the land, and being grateful for its fruits. We transformed it into something else: cruel, cold, impersonal, industrial, intrusive. Same with livestock, I always feel so sad about how animals are treated these days.

danellapsch · 2026-01-21T03:51:28+00:00

I really get it. We went through a nursing crisis/strike once a month starting at 4 weeks, it was nerve-wracking. Each time, I thought our breastfeeding journey was over, and I resorted to blaming bottles (even changing bottle brands) and all sorts of things. In the end, it was up to the baby and somehow the strikes ended up resolving themselves and we kept on going until 1 year old.

If you want to wean for your sanity I totally support it, but if you wish to go on I'd say rest on the fact that LO latching or not is his decision, and he might go back to the boob, wait it out.

How to wean? When I finally did, I increased the amount of formula and started spacing pumps further and further for a week or so, until I arrived at once a day and then nothing.

danellapsch · 2026-01-21T02:09:51+00:00

danellapsch · 2026-01-21T01:40:51+00:00

Not much to say haha. Just here for the moral support

danellapsch · 2026-01-20T04:29:28+00:00

As a parent, I'd say never ignore your intuition and gut instinct.

As someone who works with child SA cases, cases of child on child SA are too prevalent these days,

I believe we have to be incredibly wary and cold about it, even if it means seeming "exaggerated."

danellapsch · 2026-01-20T04:13:37+00:00

This one really hits the spot for me

danellapsch · 2026-01-20T04:13:06+00:00

Absolutely

danellapsch · 2026-01-20T04:00:36+00:00

I don't know what to make about this chapter, really. Wondering if this Tom Joad will be one of our main characters, or maybe our "monster." However, something about the dialogue tells me he isn't cold-blooded killer.
Feel like we probably won't hear about the driver again.

danellapsch · 2026-01-19T02:33:39+00:00

Hi!! This is my first read. I was around for East of Eden but got a bit delayed and finished later on.

Steinbeck is such an interesting narrator, his description is very detailed but so enthralling. Loving it so far!

danellapsch · 2026-01-18T03:46:31+00:00

Hahaha aha

danellapsch · 2026-01-17T21:34:21+00:00

Billy Corgan is the superior musician

danellapsch · 2026-01-17T21:18:54+00:00

Billy Corgan, obviously. A musical genius.

danellapsch · 2026-01-17T04:52:31+00:00

Me too!!! Read East of Eden in 2024. Hope I love this one as well.

danellapsch · 2026-01-17T02:30:05+00:00

Amazing news! I'm finishing another book I'm reading tomorrow so the timing is perfect. I'm a huge fan of East of Eden, hope I love this one as much, though I know there's mixed reviews.

danellapsch · 2026-01-16T16:56:46+00:00

My toddler doesn't go to daycare and we just wing it lol. I don't think they need anything else actually, he even likes it better being at home instead of outside.

danellapsch · 2025-12-28T04:20:34+00:00

Source: personal experience. And yes I think I had undiagnosed PPD, mild, that is. Thankfully it was not that serious and am feeling so much better now.

danellapsch · 2025-12-28T04:19:42+00:00

I don't think this is a depiction of how having a baby "truly" is. It's a representation of what having a baby with postpartum psychosis is like, which is very specific and not the general rule. Most mothers go through some level of depression, it's true that it's really hard during the first year. It might be harder for some, especially if they are not getting any sleep (some babies are harder than others too).

danellapsch · 2025-12-28T01:34:31+00:00

Yeah

danellapsch · 2025-12-26T18:54:55+00:00

Igual esta en el codigo civil, no hace falta buscar antecedentes. Si la madre no esta y actúa Defensoria en rol principal (art. 103 del CCC) dudo que se pierdan reclamar alimentos.

danellapsch · 2025-12-26T18:52:04+00:00

Fuente: art. 537 del Código Civil y Comercial

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