Mary Beth had her second son and we wanted to send our warm welcome to Benjamin Stanley Filon! Born on October 10, 2009 at3:20am, measuring 8lbs 4oz and 21″. We are so happy for you and your family, and wish you a smooth transition.

This month’s West Akron Meeting will include discussion with a local naturopathic physicain!

here is a brief bio about Dr. Julie Flynn

 

Dr. Flynn is a licensed and board-certified naturopathic physician.  She has done additional training in functional medicine to better understand underlying causes of disease.  

She received her Doctorate of Naturopathic Medicine from Bastyr Universityand her Bachelor of Arts in Zoology from Miami University .

Dr.Flynn’s philosophy of practice follows the guiding principles of naturopathic medicine with an emphasis on approaching each patient as an individual. She has a special interest in pediatrics and disorders of the endocrine system.

Dr.Flynn is a mother of four and an avid outdoor enthusiast.

Some topics that will be discussed are

Topics: 

What is Naturopathic medicine?

Immune boosting ideas for cold and flu season

Question and Answer-What questions do you have about natural approaches to health? 

Feel free to bring a friend! We will also be discussing the adventures and challenges of bringing home the breastfed baby as well as upcoming events for our Group!

hope to see you there

Jamie

Congratulations to Devona and her family! Cressida Lynn was born Sept. 28th weighing 7lbs. 8oz.! Sounds like everything went well. Mom and baby seem to be doing great!

Jamie is looking for anyone who can help at the LLL table this Thursday, September 17th. We have a table at Akron Children’s Hospital conference discussing breastmilk in pre-term/special needs children. set up for the table is 6:30am-7:30am. Health Care professionals will be looking at the vendor tables 7:30-8am and again after lunch.

Jamie has all of the info & copies ready to go she just need 1-2 helpers to stand at the table and offer the handouts. This will really help boost the moms that we can reach in the community.

LLL West Akron or Medina County moms who are able to help out please contact Jamie, whose info is available in our sidebar. Thank you so much!

According to our usual schedule for meetings, this Monday should be our Medina County LLL meeting. But this Monday is Labor Day, and I bet most of you would rather be hanging out with your family than meeting with us. Instead, we will move our meeting to the following Monday, September 14th, in the same location.

The West Akron Group meeting will be on its usual date, September 10th, and at its usual time, 6:45pm. Hopefully we will be seeing you at one or both meeting.

At our July West Akron Meeting a question came up that I would like to get some more mom’s thoughts on.

here is the mom’s situation- She needs to be able to leave her son while she is at work. He took a bottle of expressed breastmilk fine the first time, but now he refuses. His grandparents are trying with no success. The mother has tried some different bottles but he still won’t drink.

Please post your helpful comment for her below! She is open to any suggestions that can help ease the transition back to work  and keep her beautiful baby happy and fed at the same time.

on a quick side note- I apologize to anyone who tried to come to the West Akron Meeting last week. I did not know that the driveway was being black topped and I think it was the cause for a small meeting of just four of us. They assured me that the drive would not be closed again and they too sent their apologies. Looking forward to seeing you all next month when we will be announcing some upcoming changes to our Meetings!

Jamie

Monday morning is the second meeting in our series and we’re so excited to see you. We’ll be meeting at the Centering Room in the Wadsworth Rittman Hospital Foudner’s Hall. Come along and bring your questions.

Jamie also forwarded this bit of information about New Beginnings Magazine, the LLL members’ magazine. This is the only magazine 100% devoted to breastfeeding and you automatically get it when you become a member of LLL.

Where did the name “New Beginning” come from? Why that name? “New” and “Beginning” seem sort of redundant. Also, why not a name that indicates that this is a breastfeeding magazine?

Here is what I have found out so far: The name was switched from “LLL News” to “New Beginnings” in 1984. This was the time of the so-called second founding, if I am not mistaken. The subtitle, at least in old issues, says “Every Baby is a New Beginning”.

For the first meeting in the series. We look forward to meeting new moms and seeing our old friends. Bring your questions and be ready to discuss the benefits of breastfeeding. We will meet at the Villiage of St. Edwards at 6:45pm. See you then!

Happy Monday, everyone! This morning is the first in our series meetings, the Benefits of Breastfeeding. For those of us who attend meetings regularly this is Old Hat! But it is a great meeting to bring your pregnant friends to if they are looking for more information.

We will meet today at Wadsworth Rittman Hospital in the Learning Center on the third floor, also known as the Centering Room. Our leaders look forward to seeing you, bring your questions!

In Group News, Anne announces the safe birth of Nathaniel, on May 3rd, at 6:36 am. He is 7lb 5oz and 20 inches. Congratulations Anne and family! Don’t rush but we can’t wait to meet him!

This month is one of those exciting months where both meetings fall in the same week. Plenty of LLL for all! This is the fourth meeting in our series, Weaning and Nutririon, and it is always a helpful meeting. Weaning is such a drawn out process that we don’t necessarily know it has begun, and sometimes we don’t know it’s over until all of a sudden it is gone.

There are so many feelings attached to weaning, saddness, relief, frustration, lament, remorse. All of them are legitimate and all of them very real. I just weaned my two and a half year old 3 weeks ago, and it is going well. But the weaning process had its ups and downs. But now that we’ve reached that milestone together, and respectfully I am so glad to see our new, non-nursing relationship develop.

So join us Monday morning at Wadsworth Rittman Hospital, or Thursday evening at the Village of St. Edwards (or both!) to discuss weaning and nutrition. Even if you have a brand new baby at home and this doesn’t seem like information you need, remember every nursling will wean eventually! Even if we wish they could be small forever…