Comments on: Guest post: Nursing toddlers is the new black

By: Carla Sue

Carla Sue — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:16:32 +0000

LOVE the post! Good for you! I hate that my sister in-law gets so much grief about her nursing (and many other parenting) decisions. My siblings talk behind her back and it just drives me crazy! I’m so glad she’ll be there to support me if/when I become a mother and decide to do things my way instead of whatever makes my other family members most comfortable.

By: Hilary

Hilary — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 03:12:30 +0000

Thanks for sharing! I ended up nursing my girls past a year and a half, and I love when I come across another woman with whom I can talk about the experience. I’d never expected to nurse past a year or so, but it just kinda happened, and I can’t imagine having weaned any earlier. I wrote about my experience at http://hilarysrandomthoughts.blogspot.com/2010/01/extended-version.html

By: Jere Trefz

Jere Trefz — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 07:16:47 +0000

Stellar site and theme, would love to see a bit more content though! Then again my puppet site hasn't much either - Great post anyway, added your XML feed! Love this theme, too!

By: cheryl

cheryl — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:48:44 +0000

wow, this is very nice to read. i came online searching for… i’m not quite sure. my daughter will turn 4 in exactly 2 months. we still nurse, i was very adamant about letting her self wean. i had a baby about 5 months ago, and i was in heaven thinking about nursing the two of them. then, it happened, i joyously went to nurse the two of my loves and, i hated it. i don’t know if it was the feeling of the different suckling sensations or what. all i know is that i would cringe, tense up, it was pretty severe. i would just cry and to boot, because of the new baby, my daughter wanted to nurse more than even he did! well, with time and persistence, we worked it out, so nearly 5 months later, she still nurses-alot and i’m ready to throw her a weaning party. i’m a little bummed because i really wanted her to decide for herself but at this point, i just don’t enjoy it. if she would settle for a good before bedtime nurse, i would love it. but for her, it is all or nothing. she just won’t go for a one timer at night thing. and with me always nursing her brother, she’s got constant temptation. so, we have said, you will be 4 and you are a big girl now, and we are having a party. she seems to think this is fine…. we’ll see.

By: Ambulance nurse

Ambulance nurse — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:58:31 +0000

I think that Cven is the perfect mom. Her child and she look so happy

By: Karen

Karen — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:49:53 +0000

Just clicked over here from a blog I stumbled on. Great post! And I agree about coming out of the closet – so here’s my story.
I nursed my first for 2.5 years. He self-weaned when I got pregnant with my twins. Nursed my twins for 4+ years each – including through my next pregnancy and tandemed (can you call it that with 3) when their younger sister was born. We’re coming to the tail end of our nursings now – my youngest is over 4. I’m proud of the nursing relationships with my kids and I will be sad when I am done.
I disagree completely w the NICU nurse – I recently pumped for my sister’s baby because of some medical issues. A little Fenugreek, a little oatmeal, a little extra nursings with my youngest and I was getting ounces. Unfortunately I don’t think medical professionals, even ones dealing with babies and young children are very educated about breastfeeding in general. I’m very grateful for the lactation consultants who helped me when we hit bumps in the road – but I also know that it was essential that I educate myself to counteract some of the myths I encountered from other medical professionals.
Keep shouting from the rooftops – you are doing nursing moms everywhere a service by helping them feel supported where ever they are on their nursing journey.

By: compulsive writer

compulsive writer — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 03:26:00 +0000

“One of the most important constituents of human milk is cholesterol. Formula does not,” Lawrence said. “There are many people who think that probably one of the problems with cholesterol today occurs because infants have not had any cholesterol in the first few months of life; perhaps the body doesn”t learn to deal with it. There are studies that show that young adults have much lower cholesterol levels if they were breast-fed than if they were bottle-fed.””

I find that really interesting. Not at all in a “formula is bad for babies” way, but just in a “this is interesting research and I wonder what else they are discovering about breastmilk” kind of way.

By: Mother of Four

Mother of Four — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:29:29 +0000

“Not really getting milk?” Well I’m not exactly spouting out Gatorade.

By: Extended Nurser

Extended Nurser — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:22:53 +0000

No milk, NICU Nurse? I still felt let down and leaked when my toddler was nursing, even at the end. He was getting milk, my supply adjusted perfectly as he nursed less.

I’m not sure where you’re getting your information, but I’d encourage you to read over the Kellymom.com archives to find out more about extended nursing, I’d hate to see you spreading misinformation to mothers, especially in your influential position. Many mothers quit because of false or misleading information given to them by medical professionals.

Before you tell women that they aren’t providing nutrition (even though they are) perhaps you should have some research to back up your statements.

“Fat Content of Breast Milk Increases Over Time” from a study; American Academy of Pediatrics; September 2005 Pediatrics

By: Azúcar

Azúcar — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:51:57 +0000

So?

Why is comforting your child a bad thing? It’s not like I’m going to set him on a shield to go serve Sparta.

Besides, when he got down to every couple days, it was just a couple weeks before he quit entirely.