I recently made the assumption that my daughter had decided to wean. Here is why: Two nights ago I did not nurse my daughter to sleep like I usually do. For the first time in at least three months she did not climb into bed with me in the middle of the night. Then the [...]
Before I became a mother, I didn’t know how long I would breastfeed. Before the birth of my first daughter I thought that I would return to work immediately following a year long maternity leave, so I guess I pictured breastfeeding until she turned one. But when she turned one I knew that we would [...]
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I’ve nursed both of my kids to sleep. At naptime and at night, which means I’ve spent a lot of time in bed when I could have been doing other things. Sometimes I wish I hadn’t started this habit. My first daughter took up to an hour or more to fall asleep when she was [...]
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I am pleased to share a guest post with my readers today that was written by a reader and friend, Melissa. The following is her story of her extended breastfeeding relationship with her son, Cole. When I was pregnant with my son, I imagined myself having a wonderful breastfeeding experience, nourishing and nurturing my baby [...]
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My daughter nursed all through my second pregnancy. Some of my friends thought she would wean when my milk dried up, like some of theirs had, but I wasn’t surprised at all when she just kept going, and going, and going. There was a time I thought my oldest daughter would never wean. I [...]
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