Thoughts for new mothers: Let the housework go, and stay in your pajamas. Eat what makes you feel good, and what you have time for. Drink lots of water. Sleep when the baby sleeps, if you want to, or use that time to connect with something else that makes you happy. Only have visitors if you want. You are not …

Often times when people hear that a mother is nursing her four year old, they equate it with nursing a newborn,  but that’s not what breastfeeding a 4 year old really looks like.  Weaning is a process that naturally takes years.  What this looks like in real life is a gradual decrease in both frequency and duration of breastfeeding. I …

When new mothers share their exhaustion with breastfeeding around the clock, and their struggles with night feedings, they are often told to “just appreciate it now, because you’ll miss it when it’s gone.”  Say WHAAAAT?! I love mothering my children, and for the most part I love breastfeeding them.  I homeschool, attachment parent, and snuggle and kiss my kids as …

Just five and a half years ago I would not nurse my newborn in public.  What has changed to make me comfortable nursing my three year old for all the world to see?     On Monday night my husband Kris and I took our kids to the mall. Neither Kris nor I realized how tired our daughter Sydney was. …