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The other day I was breastfeeding Exley. Jack came next to the chair and started talking to me. Exley unlatched, turned his head up and looked at Jack. They are starting to interact; these 2 boys that I made. And my heart gets bigger.

There are so many arguments for and against breastfeeding in public. It gets compared to all sorts of adult behavior such as eating, peeing, taking a dump, having sex, etc. Often we say “I’m just feeding my baby!” Well, actually you’re not. You’re being a mother. Breastfeeding is much more than eating. Which is why the argument “if you can …

Lyrics by Badass Nic *This post is set to the tune of These Boots Are Made for Walkin’ You keep saying, you got something for me Something you call breasts but confess You’ve been leakin’ where you shouldn’t have been leakin’ And now someone else is getting all my best These boobs are made for nursin’ And that’s just what …

Breastfeeding is beautiful and beneficial and best for baby and a whole host of other “B”s, I’m sure. But it can also be very embarrassing. I don’t mean that it’s shameful, or that you should have to feel awkward if you’re doing it in public. I mean that, when you’re dealing with a hungry, determined baby or toddler with no …

I breastfeed my son when he is hungry or needs comfort. I don’t breastfeed him because I want attention. I don’t breastfeed him because I want to make a political stand. I don’t do it to see my mother’s embarrassed blushes, or my father looking down in shame while shaking his head. I don’t breastfeed my son in order to …

I am offended when I am driving down the street and I see the person in front of me has hung a pair of testicles from the back of their car. I am offended by littering. I am offended by cigarette smoke. I am offended by people playing loud music in their car disrupting my peaceful day. I am offended by …

You tell me that I’m precious, but yet you disagree, when mommy dares in public, to give her breast to me. You tell my mom to cover as I attempt to feed, a selfish proposition, discomfort guaranteed! You point her to the toilets, say do your feeding there, a germ infested bathroom, so nice of you to care! To you …

I have never had a negative NIP experience. I have never even gotten a funny look. I figure it’s because I live in a big city where we are confronted with so many people doing various strange things on a daily basis. But today I went to the Post Office, the Post Office in the big city of Chicago, and …