Posted in Baby!, Confessions of a Real Mother, Get All Mushy, Get Older, tagged birth, birthing, childbirth, maternity, metamorphosis, motherhood, pregnancy on 1 April 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Credit: Trish Robicheau – Image used with permission.
There are moments in all our lives from which we cannot go back, moments that leave us forever changed or transformed, points of metamorphosis that we can rail against or embrace.
Pregnancy is one of these thresholds; birth is a doorway through which no woman emerges unchanged. (more…)
Posted in Breastfeeding, My Kids, Things I Overheard, tagged breastfeeding, overheard, toddlers on 13 January 2013 | Leave a Comment »
My youngest, now 2.5 years old received a Highland cow family (Schleich — awesome animal toys) for Christmas, as his uncle has the real deal on his farm. He’s playing with them on the couch right now, and they’re having quite the conversation (note: “na” is Boy#3′s word for breasts/nursing):
Mommy Cow: “You Daddy cow? You haf penis?”
Daddy Cow: “I haf penis. You Mommy cow? You haf na?”
Baby Cow (in a squeaky voice): “I da baby cow! I haf penis! I drink na!”
Posted in Babywearing, Review Things, Work at Susie's, tagged babywearing, Beco Gemini, BobaAir, Ergo Organic, Ergo Performance, Manduca, review on 20 July 2012 | 1 Comment »
I always suggest to people that, if possible, they should borrow a carrier they’re interested in before making the purchase. Why? Good carriers are expensive, they have differing features, and not all carriers fit all body types the same way.
Posted in Activism, Boobies!, Breastfeeding, Confessions of a Real Mother, Get All Mushy, Hippy Shit, My Kids, tagged breastfeeding, extended breastfeeding, tandem nursing, toddlers on 11 May 2012 | 5 Comments »
Recently, the media has been paying a fair bit of attention to families practicing extended breastfeeding. Extended breastfeeding is a broad term that covers mothers and children who continue their breastfeeding relationships past the age of 1 year. Mothers who encourage and support nursing toddlers are frequently maligned in the press as curiosities, weirdos, or hippy nutcases.
I disagree. I think there are far more of us who practice this than anyone realizes — the fear of public shame often silencing discussion. I think we do ourselves a disservice by not sharing our experiences with other mothers, by discussing this topic in a much broader forum. How can extended breastfeeding be seen as anything other than “freaky” if we don’t normalize it by bringing it out in the open?
I don’t know very many people who set out when pregnant with the specific intention of nursing a toddler.
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