: About Me

I wear many hats these day. Wife of ten years. Mother of four children under six years old. Bowler in a weekly bowling league (just bowled my first 200!). Volunteer, with my church, local community, and the Air Force base. Scrapbooker with 9 albums completed. Certified Passenger Safety Technician (aka carseat checker).

I am a jack of all trades, master of none. Moving every few years doesn't give me much of an opportunity to grow deep roots or work, but I love learning about the local area and communities I've been in. I rarely get to use my college degree- B.S. in Marketing. Then again, I'm not quite sure what I want to be when I grow up.

My passion is ...

Carseats and scrapbooking

I know too much about ...

carseats, trivial information no one cares about

My parents always told me ...

try harder

My childhood ambition ...

be an astronaut

My favorite memory ...

going to Paris

Why I write ...

I have a lot to say and no one listens to me in my crazy house

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Read: Tom Clancy Watch: Lost Listen: Talk Radio

My first job ...

answering phones for a real estate agency

My best moment ...

being me

My inspiration ...

my friends and family

Parenting & Pregnancy > Feeding & Breastfeeding Dealing with social pressures about breast- and bottle-feeding babies

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Breast is best, but not always the easiest choice. I've been been on both sides of the issue. My first child was breastfed for five days, after which an undiagnosed gall bladder attack had me doubled over in pain for several days, unable to feed my child. I became a formula expert. Of course, I got all the glares one could get every time I fed my child. How could I give this precious little boy a bottle of chemicals when my well endowed chest could have fed him? What kind of mother was I? I heard comments from everyone on the planet about my ineptitude at parenting. My husband was extremel...

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