Strategies for Tandem Nursing

We’ve been talking about why people might want to nurse through pregnancy and breastfeed their toddler and infant at the same time. There are numerous benefits to doing so, although the decision, is not necessarily an easy one to make. With that said, there are strategies you can implement to help make it a little easier. Setting boundaries All of my children have been over a year when I’ve gotten pregnant with the next one (or two!) With the exception of my oldest daughter (and I’ll deal with her situation in a minute), the older baby was eating solids but … Continue reading

Valorie’s Breastfeeding Index

Later today I will post a review of the baby blog of 2007 so why does breastfeeding get its own category? Well, in part as an answer to readers who want to read what I’ve written on breastfeeding. I’ve written so much on breastfeeding at this point that you all have asked for an index of sorts so it’s easier to find what you’re looking for. It’s also in part because I’ve become known as the breastfeeding lady. . .guru. . .whatever you want to call it. I’ve been at this breastfeeding business for a long time and many of … Continue reading

Don’t Offer Don’t Refuse

Long before bloggers took their little break and I went on vacation, I promised that I would start discussing weaning your baby. So far we’ve gone over abrupt weaning and some of the intense consequences there are for weaning your child abruptly. However, it must be said that generally, mothers wean abruptly because of uncontrollable circumstances like illness, or an emergency. While it’s not best for either baby or mother–it simply cannot be helped. For the purposes of this article, we are going to assume that the ‘baby’ in question is over a year old. Babies under a year who … Continue reading