As I think about what I want to write about, I am nervous actually. Our readers (thank you to those of you who have hung in there during our baby sabbatical) are used to travel blogs or about our interesting and strange encounters abroad. So, why on earth would you want to read about babies?
I’m just gonna tell you that our daily adventure now is this little most adorable munshka! Parenthood is like nothing I would have ever imagined (even after babysitting, being an Aunt and a teacher).
I figured I would go ahead and tell you about a very cool organization I found through a friend, Eats On Feets (EOF).
I always knew I wanted to give back and help other Mom’s in some way. Fortunately, Gavin nor I had any issues with breastfeeding. I’ve been able to feed him and pump a nice amount. Gavin really isn’t into eating from me holding a bottle, so what’s in the freezer is pretty much staying there, and everything in my boob, he is lovin. I mentioned on Facebook about wanting to donate my extra milk to The Milk Bank, which is an organization which provides milk to Premie’s. A friend wrote to me telling me about her experience with EOF. She was unable to produce enough milk for her little ones and used EOF as a supplement. The great thing about EOF is it is up to each mother and donor to match up on their own and organize the donation/ screening etc. She said that it was really wonderful to meet the Mom(s) that helped her provide her girl’s with this irreplaceable gift.
After hearing about it, I joined the Florida chapter of EOF and was determined to donate when I had enough of a stash in our freezer. Today, I am meeting with a Mom, I plan to give her close to 200 oz. of our “freezer stash” to help supplement breast milk for her little girl.
I am very excited to be able to help her out and give such a gift.
If you are a breast feeding Mom and have an extra “stash” in your freezer, please check out Eats On Feets and see if your area has a chapter where you too can help other Mom’s and their little ones.
Related articles
- Breast is Best (roomtogrow.co.uk)
- Variety is the Spice of Breast Milk (plumorganics.com)
- Got Milk (apencilskirt.wordpress.com)
- Breast(pump) feeding (anisnest.wordpress.com)
- Embarrassed Breastfeeding…. (radiantbeginnings.net)
- Got Breast Milk? Milk Banks Offer Help To Women Who Can’t Breastfeed (pittsburgh.cbslocal.com)
- Mother’s milk bank to rescue Rajasthan infants (thehindu.com)
- A bloke, the boob and the breastfeeding baby. (shaundooley.wordpress.com)
- National BReastfeeding Awareness Week continues (midwife4england.wordpress.com)
Hungry for more
Intentionally and incrementally. Most families who live this way did not leap from conventional to adventurous overnight. They built remote work capacity, paid down debt, tested longer trips, and had increasingly honest conversations about what they actually want from their lives. The leap feels bigger from outside than from inside.
Different for every family. For some it is long-term travel. For others it is weekend adventures close to home. What connects them is intentionality about how time is spent and a preference for experiences over accumulation. The version that fits your family is the right one.
By finding stability within the adventure rather than treating them as opposites. Routines, rituals, and family rhythms travel with you. Familiar foods, bedtime routines, and predictable family dynamics provide stability even when the location changes. Kids need consistency in relationships more than consistency in geography.
That people are fundamentally similar across cultures in what they want for their families. That comfort zone is a smaller circle than it feels from inside. That the things worth having in life require effort and discomfort to get. And that time together doing hard interesting things is the most reliable source of family closeness.
By getting clear on why you made the choices you made and returning to that clarity when the outside noise gets loud. Most families living unconventionally describe an initial period of explaining themselves that gradually gives way to just living the life. The explaining becomes less necessary as the results become visible.
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