When you start breastfeeding, you probably don’t have a timeline in mind of how long you’re going to do it. You’re just trying to make it through the sore nipples, sleeplessness, and marathon nursing ...

Extended nursing often comes under attack from well meaning doctors, grandparents and even people without children. A YouTube videos depicting 5 year old children and even older breastfeeding have ...

I’m not supposed to say that I breastfeed my 3-year-old because I like it. I’m supposed to say he needs it, he won’t quit. That I’m surrendering my body and time on the altar of attentive, attached ...

Breastfeeding gets a lot of hype and for good reason! It provides the optimal nutrition for your baby, is custom made, easily ...

When I got pregnant, I felt quite ambivalent about breastfeeding. Like many, I thought we'd give it a go and if it worked for us, great. If it didn't, I'd bottle feed. I dutifully joined prenatal ...

Melissa Ostroth, a mom with a toddler and, subsequently, a whole lot on her plate, recently shared why she can't imagine any mother would engage in extended breastfeeding for purely selfish reasons, ...

Today’s World Breastfeeding Week post is sponsored by the Monarch Nursery Chair. The stylish Monarch Nursery Chair provides the optimum seating for feeding, story time, cuddle time and so much more!

A longer duration of breastfeeding (beyond 8 months) in premenopausal women was associated with improved maternal bone and muscle composition, showing greater reductions in vertebral bone marrow ...

I have a parenting confession that I think might be relatable to many mothers: I wish I had breastfed my daughter longer than I did. When she was born, I vowed that I would breastfeed for 12 months, ...