Toddler Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding in year two can be rewarding: If you’re nursing your walking, talking little one, this may be the only time of the day she slows down and you get to cuddle up together. In fact, you may be feeling as though you won’t see the end of the road for a long … long time. Babble is here with different perspectives on extended breastfeeding, as well as helpful advice on nutrition, and guidance for when you and your toddler are ready to say goodbye to “num-nums.”

We Asked, You Answered: The Best Blogs on Breastfeeding

We Asked, You Answered: The Best Blogs on Breastfeeding

Babble asked for your favorite posts on breastfeeding and you answered. As part of our Best of Blogs campaign, I’ve been working with the editors at Hyperion and Babble to  collect and curate the posts that have made a difference in your lives to feature them in a series of 12 eBooks and one print book MORE »

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Mom Boobs: Yep. I’m Going There.

Mom Boobs: Yep. I’m Going There.

I used to think that post baby boobs were magical, but then I started cutting back on the nursing sessions and my "magic boobs" turned into "mom boobs" real quick. It's like one second they were "up here" and the next they were deflated and sad and "down there". Not cool gravity. Not cool.

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The Final Feeding

The Final Feeding

Fourteen months and two weeks later, we are finished. Last week, I nursed my baby for the last time. And it's okay.

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The Beginning of the End…of Breastfeeding

The Beginning of the End…of Breastfeeding

Just after Cullen’s first birthday, I started to think about weaning. We’ve had a great year of breastfeeding. I surprised myself by really enjoying it, and I was lucky that we had very few issues or hiccups. When Cullen was a young baby, I thought about how long I’d breastfeed, and sort of set one MORE »

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