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• Beyonce Breastfed...... For 10 Weeks

  Number of comments: 81
  
  
  People magazine has selected Beyonce as their Most Beautiful Woman for 2012. It's not unexpected, as Bey is gorgeous and talented and has had an awesome year. Her album 4 was lauded by critics and of course, she became a mother in January. Celebrity moms are' [...]
  From Blacktating at April 26, 2012, 3:05pm in Parenting, Life

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• Should I Renew My CLC?

  Number of comments: 39
  Back in 2010 I completed the Certified Lactation Counselor training through Healthy Children. I wrote about it on the blog, and a few weeks later I found out via mail that I had passed the test and could indeed call myself a CLC.
  
  In the two years since, [...]
  From Blacktating at February 27, 2013, 3:00pm in Parenting, Life

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• Weekend WTF?: On Jessica Simpson, Breastfeeding Duration & Weight los

  Number of comments: 37
  According to a small blurb in this week's US Weekly magazine, Jessica Simpson is finding out that postpartum weight loss isn't quite as easy as she thought it would be. You've probably heard that Jessica signed a $4 million dollar contract with Weight Watchers to be one of their spokesmodels.' [...]
  From Blacktating at July 07, 2012, 8:00am in Parenting, Life

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• Monica & Brandy "Debate" Breastfeeding

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  I typically listen to the Rickey Smiley Morning Show on my way to work, but I missed an episode recently when R&B singers Monica and Brandy were in the studio and discussed nursing in public (shout out to my friend Kate for the heads up).
  
  After listening [...]
  From Blacktating at May 29, 2012, 7:29pm in Parenting, Life

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• My Ad Rates Just Went Up

  Number of comments: 31
  Blacktating was mentioned on TMZ on TV the other night as a resource for information on breastfeeding. They were obviously on my Breast Milk: Breakfast of Champions post, where I discussed various famous athletes who were breastfed and who breastfed their own kids. They had a good natured laugh [...]
  From Blacktating at February 11, 2012, 12:35pm in Parenting, Life

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• It Was Fun While It Lasted

  Number of comments: 29
  I got my period back this week (grumble, grumble, expletive). Aminah is 9 months old, so we had a good run. I was period-free for about 9 months with Miles as well. Combine my lack of pumping skills and dwindling supply with a baby who decides that, yes, sleeping through [...]
  From Blacktating at July 18, 2012, 1:24pm in Parenting, Life

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• Milk Samples Needed for Breast Cancer Research Study

  Number of comments: 19
  African American moms are needed for a breastmilk study. Can you help?
  
  
  
  
  As I've written before, I have the privelege of working with Professor Kathleen Arcaro at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, on her groundbreaking breast cancer/breastmilk research.
  Kathleen analyses breastmilk to study' [...]
  From Blacktating at July 03, 2012, 4:38pm in Parenting, Life

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• That'll be $120. Merry Christmas!

  Number of comments: 15
  Remember last year when I told you we had a minor health scare with Aminah? It basically amounted to a visit to a pediatric nephrologist and two ultrasounds to make sure her kidneys were functioning properly. She was born with a small skin tag on her ear, and since [...]
  From Blacktating at December 21, 2012, 9:29am in Parenting, Life

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• Now would be a perfect time for a breakdown

  Number of comments: 14
  First, this happened:
  
  
  
  
  Then my BABY turned THREE. (As in three whole years old.)
  
  
  
  We took a little break at SeaWorld....
  
  
  
  And had fun all summer long.
  
  To my complete shock, suddenly it was time for KINDERGARTEN.
  [...]
  From Tropic of Mom: Life at Latitude 26 at September 03, 2012, 4:02pm in Parenting, Life

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• Nine Months!

  Number of comments: 14
  Aminah is officially 9 months old today! She's been outside almost as long as she was in inside (what can I say, my babies like to cook for a full 42 weeks).
  
  Aminah is 19 pounds of delicious. She started sitting up unsupported just before her 1/2 birthday and' [...]
  From Blacktating at July 05, 2012, 11:22am in Parenting, Life

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