This is what a nursing toddler looks like
by threegirlpileup
This is for It’s All About the Hat’s “This is what a nursing toddler looks like” blog carnival.
All of these pictures were taken by the wonderful artist Judith Kuegler Webster. Check out her website and buy some of her art!
I actually pulled these pictures together for another purpose, so the youngest child in any of them is about two. Well, Anna was one in the tandem nursing pic, but Maggie obviously is about over two.
There are a million things I could say about nursing past infancy, but the biggest thing is that for me it has been such an integral part of my mothering that I can’t imagine having done it any other way. I’m so thankful for the supportive community that has made it easy to follow my children’s lead on this path of the heart. I look at these pictures and see so much love and joy, and ultimately that’s what it’s all about.
As a bonus, I’ll attach a flyer that can be shared with physicians or others who want some DATA on nursing older babies and children. It details the research related to “extended” nursing, and is obsessively referenced.
Breastfeeding Beyond Infancy: Information for Clinicians
Enjoy, and feel free to copy and share as you like. Please just leave it intact, with the references in place.
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I like all the photos, especially the tandem nursing one.
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Beautiful shots! Thanks for sharing these. It’s so important to show the world that nursing is a good thing no matter what the age!
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Beautiful images!
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Beautiful! Thank you so very much for the wonderfully researched and well-written post. I shared it on my blog and linked to you. I appreciate you so very much!
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As a very strong supporter of extended breastfeeding; I just wanted to let you know that I very highly commend you for allowing your 3 precious little angels continue their bonding/breastfeeding relationship. I honestly don’t care as to how old your little girls are; if they want to continue breastfeeding; as far as I’m concerned your precious little girls can continue breastfeeding for as long as their little heart desires. There’s absolutely nothing more nourishing to a little child than to still be on their mother’s breastmilk.
Really beautiful photos. I too nurse a toddler. Our’s is an acrobat! Thanks for attaching that pamphlet. I just wrote my own post about extended nursing and its benefits. I will definitely share your’s.
Ohh I love love love your blog.
I had a woman try to attack me in what she thought was a smart and smug way by saying “four is a little old to be doing that” and that her kids were grown and they would never speak to her again if she had posted a photo of them breastfeeding and I obviously am not thinking about the ramifications of my actions.
Oh gosh, it made me laugh. Blogging wasn’t around when I was little but my mom definitely “exploited” our extended nursing in order to educate people about the cause. I am so thankful for that. The only reason her kids think it is weird is because she thinks it is.
This is kind of an odd example- but I was watching an interview with Hugh Hefner’s youngest son where they ask him what it is like to have Hugh Hefner as a dad and his lifestyle. He said it was what he grew up with and that is what he knows so it can’t be weird, he doesn’t know any different.
I guess it is kind of a bad example because people can have moral arguments due to religious beliefs about why they believe Playboy is right or wrong, but the idea is still the same.
Our culture is shaping our opinion of right and wrong and it is so sad breastfeeding is getting tangled up in the mess of all of it.
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