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My Nursing Toddler Doesn’t Sleep Through the Night. Does Yours?

by guest blogger Wendy Wisner, IBCLC I’m writing this as I lie in the dark at 9:30pm nursing my 14 month old back to sleep.  He fell asleep about two hours ago and here he is again, wanting to nurse....

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Breastfeeding a 4-Year-Old is Normal

By Badass Katherine, Badass Breastfeeder of the Week: Week of 4-7-14 Some people think to be “badass” you have to breastfeed topless on a crowded bus or stand on your head or hold a gun. This could not...

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Breastfeeding Generations

Badass Bonnie’s nana embodies our philosophy “Once a Badass, Always a Badass.” No matter how long ago you breastfed, no matter how long you breastfed for, you are always a Badass Breastfeeder! “Going...

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Breastfeeding Evolves: Tandem Nursing Challenges

On the real tip, I don’t like breastfeeding Jack anymore. It’s hard to say it. That’s my precious first born. The one who made me a mother. The one who showed me the beauty in breastfeeding. First,...

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I Love My Baby More Than You Love Your Baby:

How the On-Line Motherhood Support Community is Committing Mass Suicide We love nothing more than to say we have this wonderful, global community of women designed to support each other in a way that...

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This Is My Home: Nursing Past Toddlerhood

by Wendy Wisner, IBCLC Most of us are comfortable with the idea of nursing an infant.  Certainly everyone agrees that breastmilk is the superior infant food.  And most people understand that an infant...

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An Open Letter to Doctors About Birth and Breastfeeding

Dear Doctors, I want to personally thank you for dedicating your lives to helping people maintain wellness. You have gone through a lot of schooling and gained a ton of experience to be able to guide...

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TO AVOID EARLY WEANING, KEEP NURSING COZY

By Wendy Wisner, IBCLC Every mom has different goals for breastfeeding. As an IBCLC, I always strive to support each mom in her specific nursing goals, whether she wants to nurse for just a few months...

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Sage Breastfeeding and Beyond: Author Interview

1. What is your name? What is the name of your book and what is it about? Author: Rachel Rainbolt, M.A. Title: Sage Breastfeeding & Beyond: wisdom from the front lines for the connected, badass...

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Why Would You Nurse a 4-Year-Old?

You may be expecting a snarky blog post aimed at critics of “extended” breastfeeding filled with awesome comebacks to sling around comment threads of breastfeeding posts. But I have written enough of...

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Weaning: Your Story. You Own It.

By Wendy Wisner We need to come up with new language for long-term breastfeeding. Here’s the thing: I’ve used all the terms myself. I have said I’m doing “child-led weaning.” I’ve called it “natural...

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11 Tandem Nursing Myths Busted

By Abby Theuring, MSW and Nancy Mohrbacher, IBCLC The amount of misinformation about breastfeeding is staggering so it’s sort of surprising to me that when it comes to tandem breastfeeding the problem...

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Yes, Still Breastfeeding, For Me, It’s All About Me

By Abby Theuring, MSW I never saw anyone breastfeed before I was in the hospital with a nurse hanging her head over my boob trying to get my first son to latch. Before this moment the only things to...

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To the Person Offended By Breastfeeding

By Abby Theuring I’ve pretty much heard it all by now. “I’m all for breastfeeding, but… as long as you do it in private, as long as you go to the bathroom, as long as you cover, as long as I don’t have...

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This is Jack

This is Jack. He’s 4.5 years old. He nurses to sleep and for comfort, a couple times a day, but if it were up to him it would be 75 times a day! He likes to be worn in a toddler carrier if we are in a...

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This is Exley

This is Exley. He is 20 months old. He breastfeeds a lot. Like 7,582 times during the day and 10,498 times during the night. We share a bed so he wakes up, latches on and goes back to sleep. He nurses...

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My Dear Critic

My Dear Critic, I posted this photo on Instagram, that social media platform with the reputation of being drama-free. I received comments such as, “that’s disgusting,” “so gross,” “you’re sick,” etc....

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Breastfeeding Grows With Him

We live in a culture where we are constantly pressured to push our kids to “grow up.” This is often the argument for weaning, “They need to grow up sometime!” I’ve even got feedback for the vocabulary...

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He’s Just a Baby

When my first son, Jack, was about 18 months during his second Christmas holiday. As usual my little sister was visiting from NYC. She is 11 years younger than me and has no children. She came to visit...

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40 is the New Badass

Happy birthday to me! Today I turn 40. Such an epic milestone. I could have told you with great certainty at every year of my life what I would be doing at age 40 and it would never have included...

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