Your breastfed baby has thrived off your milk and is doing quite well but she’s approaching her first birthday. Now people are saying your baby should drink cow’s milk, rather than exclusively drink milk from the mama.
Do breastfed babies need cow’s milk?
Nope! There is nothing special about cow’s milk. It’s merely a convenient way [...]

Nursing a two year-old is a beautiful thing. Contrary to what some people may think, nursing a toddler isn’t “icky” or weird. The benefits of breastfeeding aren’t limited to infants. Breast milk continues to provide vital nutrients like protein, fat and vitamins all the way into the second and third year (and beyond). Some of [...]

You can’t always be with your baby for every feeding. Whether you’re leaving for a mom’s night out or you’re headed back to work, you’ll need to have a supply of breast milk on hand.
Breastmilk storage bags are a convenient and safe way to store your expressed milk.

Breastmilk Storage Bags
Ditch those flimsy plastic bags and [...]

Nursing Pads – To Buy or Not to Buy?
Nursing pads are a necessity for some moms. They help hide any embarrassing (though common) leaks.
Other moms hardly need nursing pads at all. Leaking varies among moms, although most women will find nursing pads to be quite useful in the immediate postpartum period when their body [...]

After the recent coverage on 20/20 on the topic of “Extreme Mothering”, I’ve seen several posts around the blogosphere about extended nursing.
Including this one by Amy at Crunchy Domestic Goddess who says extended nursing is more common than you may think. One of the reasons this is so is because many nursing moms engage in [...]

photo credit: Sellers Patton
Breastfeeding has countless benefits for mom and baby. However, one of the so-called disadvantages of breastfeeding is the perception that mothers are tied to their babies or to the nursing chair all the time.
Unless you’re good with a breast pump, you can’t just drop your baby off with the sitter when [...]

This is a guest post from Summer M. Summer is a mom of two boys who both breastfed into their toddler years. She is currently expecting her third child and excited to establish a breastfeeding relationship again. You can read more from Summer at her blog Wired For Noise.
Weaning can be one of the most [...]

While it can be a challenge at times, there are some amazing benefits to breastfeeding a toddler.
The busy toddler years don’t lend themselves to the younger baby years of snuggling and contentedly gazing into each other’s eyes. Toddlers are on the move all the time! This is one of the reasons nursing a toddler is [...]