One of the things I love most about working at Bosom Buddies is the passion everyone here shares for helping new moms. I see this when my co-workers hurry to hold a door open for a mom pushing a double stroller, or when my manager holds the store open late just so a family can pick […]
How To Pick the Perfect Baby Shower Gift
If you read Sue’s post last week, you’re already well-informed as to what a new breast-feeding mom might really need. That doesn’t always mean that essential items like nursing bras or nipple cream make it onto a gift registry. Some women feel uncomfortable putting more “intimate” items on a public registry and others just don’t […]
Bosom Buddies™ Weekly Sale: Nursing Pads, Nursing Covers and FAQs
Hello all you amazing moms and supportive dads! This week you can save big – 20% big – off of nursing pads and nursing covers in-store and online. Whether you’ve reached the bottom of your box of disposable pads or just want some extra washables so you don’t have to do laundry as often – now […]
Gifts for a Baby Shower: What does a breastfeeding mom really need?
Every must-have list for new moms reflects the biases of the writer. (Well I guess all writing does.) I usually cringe a bit as I read the lists because I rarely agree with all the choices. So I am going to reveal my biases up front and then give you my list. First I am […]
My first bra fitting…at the age of 52!
Kate wrote about her first bra fitting as a teen and the challenge is out at Bosom Buddies for each of us to reflect on our first bra fitting. The fact is, until we started working on selling bras at Bosom Buddies, I had never had a bra fitting. Who needed a bra fitting when I didn’t have much […]
Find A Sports Bra That’s Just Right: 4 Bosom Buddies Favorites
Finding a sports bra that fits “just right” can be an ongoing dilemma. Here are four of our favorite options which vary in terms of support and comfort to fit any activity you encounter.
Looking Back: My First Bra Fitting and How It’s Stayed With Me
Historically the women of my family have been flat-chested, never venturing beyond a B cup. When I hit puberty, my mother quickly realized that I wasn’t going to follow in the flat-chested footsteps of my fore-mothers. Cue panic. She didn’t know what to do with a 16-year-old girl quickly approaching a D cup, so she […]
5 Tips to Manage Work and Breastfeeding
Going back to work brings special challenges to breastfeeding moms. Amazing progress is being made, but the reality of the day-in-day-out leaving baby, remembering all your pump parts, storing milk and getting home with enough energy left to prepare for tomorrow can be tough. Here are a few tips from moms who have been through […]
Why should I care about breastfeeding?
That was a long time ago…I’m done with that part of my life. The short answer: if you are a taxpayer or you pay for health care, you should care. A 2010 study concluded that if 90% of moms breastfed 6 months, the savings in health care costs would be $13 billion and 911 deaths […]