breastfeeding

  • 11 Psychology Terms You’re Misusing, According to Psychologists

    11 Psychology Terms You’re Misusing, According to Psychologists

    Psychology-related words and phrases tend to creep into our everyday vocabularies. Unfortunately, many of them have been twisted in our minds, and we now use them to refer to the wrong thing — or, in some cases, science has moved on and we’re talking about something woefully outdated. Here are some of the worst offenders…


  • What Every Good Lactation Room Should Include

    The other day, while chatting in Slack about this pumping hack, a couple of my co-workers got to talking about what does—and does not—make for an adequate workplace lactation room. I decided to ask the experts (the Offspring Facebook Group) what they thought should be included in a private pumping space and those folks have…


  • Prepare For Breastfeeding To Be A Lot Harder Than You Expect

    Prepare For Breastfeeding To Be A Lot Harder Than You Expect

    The author and her son. Photo by Mickey Sanderson. As soon as found out I was pregnant, I started researching the best tactics for parenting, including breastfeeding. I started attending La Leche League meetings before my bump was even visible. I learned about latching and holds. I checked out books on breastfeeding from the library,…