The first night we put W in his own room, I found the perfect distraction: baking cookies. The funny thing is, he went to sleep much faster than I expected and I was in the kitchen baking these and wondering why I was not in bed. Anyway, they turned out great!

I used this recipe for lactation cookies, which are supposed to boost one's milk supply. Supply isn't really an issue for me, but it seemed like a legit reason to make and eat cookies.

I had to make some substitutions where the sugar was concerned — I used a mix of regular white sugar, brown sugar and powdered sugar because I ran out of the first two. They were very tasty and I was surprised by the number of non-lactating people who are more than willing to eat them. (Of course I guaranteed them they would not spontaneously begin lactating. My husband claims he began lactating just thinking about how delicious they were, but don't believe him.)

I'm no food photographer, but so you know what they look like...

The ingredients that make these cookies "lactation" cookies are oats, brewer's yeast and flaxseed meal. In the remote case that you are in Mexico and wondering how to get your hands on these last two ingredients, they're called "levadura de cerveza" and "linaza molida" and they are available at the ubiquitous froyo/health food chain, Nutrisa.

I can't really tell you for sure whether these work in terms of boosting milk supply. I have a feeling they work, but since I try to keep my distance from my pump on the weekends as much as possible, I don't really have a way to measure. We are also adding in solid food right now, which is a whole other variable and also a whole other blog!