Tag: growing up
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Is my nursing era coming to an end?

Lately, I have been reflecting a lot on motherhood. One of the most defining parts of my experience has been the journey to nursing success. My daughter and I are now nearing year three of nursing. I’ve been thinking about the trials and tribulations it took to get there, but also about the end that…
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Breastfeeding: Reflecting on nursing a toddler and what they are learning from it

I find myself in a place where I am still nursing my now toddler, and it’s both amazing and wild. I think about how far we’ve come from the possibility that it wouldn’t work, to letting us see where the journey takes us. Lately I’ve been reflecting on this new stage of nursing as my…
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Breastfeeding: Grief In A Milk Bag

Until I became a mom I never quite knew the things that could make me become an emotional slobbering mess. Most recently it was a bag of frozen breastmilk. Not just any frozen bag of breast milk, but the last of the “baby milk” that had been stashed away. You know what I’m talking about,…
