Some might argue that if a child is old enough to ask to
nurse, he's too old to be nursing. I would argue that if a child is old enough
to tell you exactly what your breast milk tastes like, he's definitely too old
to be nursing.
And what does Robyn Paul's breast milk taste like?
Vanilla ice cream. (I'll take her son Tiernan's word for
it.)
Tiernan is nearly 6 years old, but he still asks for
"nummies" a couple of times a day. (His word, not mine.)
Tiernan's mom thinks there are more women nursing well into
toddlerhood than you might think. "There are those women that do nurse
that keep it under wraps because they're afraid of what others are going to say
about it," she said.
Paul says she nurses to comfort Tiernan, but I can't help
but wonder if her son will ever learn to comfort himself.
Photo: Name That Mama
