Category Archives: Breastfeeding Past Infancy

• On Breastfeeding, Weaning, and One Mother’s Identity

  Jessica has been nursing one or more of her children since 1993 – breastfeeding is wrapped up in her concept of mothering and herself. She shares her thoughts on weaning.  MORE

• Nursing at the School Carnival

  Laura writes about a moment where she stayed calm and confident while nursing her toddler in public.  MORE

• This Moment in Nursing a Child

  Many wonder why a mother would choose to breastfeed past infancy. This moment in breastfeeding a child shows just how normal term-breastfeeding is and illustrates how breastfeeding little ones into childhood can enhance healthy relationships and help kids handle big emotions.  MORE

• Fertility and Breastfeeding

  A mother’s personal journey through infertility induced by breastfeeding her toddler.  MORE

• Beating the Constipation Woes: A Food-Based Approach

  Whether you have a new eater who’s stopped up by solid foods or a picky preschooler whose food choices are holding it all in, often a change in diet is all that’s needed to keep things moving along.  MORE

• Giveaway: Custom Nursing Necklace from Monkey Mama Necklaces $19 ARV {1.3, Worldwide} CLOSED

  Bust twiddling with a Nursing Necklace {$19 ARV} by Monkey Mama Necklaces in this giveaway from Monkey Butt Junction and Natural Parents Network. Contest is open Worldwide.  MORE

• Breastfeeding My Preschooler

  I knew I would try to breastfeed my daughter, Defne, when I was pregnant with her, but I had no idea that this adventure would continue so long.  MORE

• NPN Communicates About World Breastfeeding Week

  Natural Parents Network was excited to help communicate with the world about breastfeeding when Voice of America asked our cofounders to participate in a radio interview about World Breastfeeding Week. Read about the interview and check out some of the amazing posts featured on both NPN and on the NPN WBW linky!  MORE

• Giveaway: Nursies When the Sun Shines ~ 3 Winners $15 ARV {9.6; US/Can} CLOSED

  Enter to win on of three copies of Nursies when the Sun Shines, written by Katherine Havener and illustrated by Sara Burrier. Contest closes 9.6 and is open to US and Canadian mailing addresses.  MORE

• Breastfeeding Benefits Moms, Too

  We all know that there are numerous benefits of breastfeeding. Babies that are breastfed are less likely to be obese, don’t develop allergies to the same degree, and get antibodies from their mother’s breastmilk that protect them early in life, when their immune systems are so fragile. They also end up testing higher on cognitive tests, years after nursing has ceased. Despite …  MORE

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