I snapped this photo with my BlackBerry just after nursing my toddler back to sleep. Check out that belly full of milk (hers, not mine)! I am glad I captured this moment because about two seconds later my 4-year-old woke the baby up when she came to tell me that the banana muffins we had made were ready to come out of the oven.
I hadn’t heard the oven timer beep so it was a good thing my little sous chef alerted me before the muffins burned. There was no more sleeping after that, but my baby had …read more

Many children nurse well into toddlerhood. If a toddler suddenly stops nursing altogether, there are two possible causes: (1) a toddler nursing strike triggered by an illness, teething, or emotional event, or (2) self-weaning. How can you tell the difference, and what can be done to end a toddler nursing strike?

This toddler nursing photo shows a mother and her son breastfeeding in the tram car at the San Diego Zoo. I wish more people understood that breastfeeding helps make such excursions with little ones simpler and more fun! Many mothers know that “extended” breastfeeding offers health benefits and makes parenting easier!

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Kelley wrote to me with the following question:
My 10 month old babe has started to come over (she’s been walking for about two months now). She starts to nurse, and then as soon as my milk drops she fusses to get up and walks away, happy as a clam I might add. Is this normal? Is she playing some nursing game that I don’t know about? I can’t find anything about it online. She only wants to really nurse at night, or if I catch her in a groggy state after a nap. Otherwise, it’s the routine above. Any info …read more

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