tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post6234961094088686498..comments2024-03-16T14:18:11.330-04:00Comments on peaceful parenting: Why SEEING breastfeeding is important: My personal challenge to youUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-85722738535319774982012-01-26T21:55:25.540-05:002012-01-26T21:55:25.540-05:00I wish everyone would read and consider the things...I wish everyone would read and consider the things said in this post!!<br /><br />Beautiful pics. I have one of me tandeming with my brother when we're about 6 and 3... Wish I could find it!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03495796091157215318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-73228140110464108652010-12-31T00:42:26.091-05:002010-12-31T00:42:26.091-05:00i realize this is an old post but it just made me ...i realize this is an old post but it just made me smile to see your pictures. One of my favorite pictures is of me nursing my newborn son and my toddler daughter, for the first time together. you can just see the joy on face. I hope to be able to do it again some day!Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14646178772882717555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-12902306520441077172010-10-05T11:29:49.104-04:002010-10-05T11:29:49.104-04:00I make a real effort to nurse in public, without a...I make a real effort to nurse in public, without a cover. It's just a small thing that I can do to normalize breastfeeding.<br /><br />I wish I could say that I smile at nursing mothers in public, but I never see them. Although most of my mom-friends do NIP, there just aren't enough of us to make it normal.<br /><br />Hm...that gives me an idea.....perhaps we should go out in groups andTanyanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-51795286567681768602010-10-05T02:19:29.859-04:002010-10-05T02:19:29.859-04:00Beautiful article Emma. I tandem nursed my first t...Beautiful article Emma. I tandem nursed my first two and am currently tandem nursing my 2.5 yrold and ten mth old daughters. Breastmilk is extremely important for children's development and definitely needs to be normalised. I breastfeed whenever my girls wish to because I am their mother and that's what my breasts are for, nourishment and comfort. I love to see other women nursing their Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-32111985292270729092010-10-04T23:52:01.827-04:002010-10-04T23:52:01.827-04:00Emma,
I love this now as I did when I first read...Emma, <br /><br />I love this now as I did when I first read it. You've helped me realize a sense of pride at being able to nurse my 33-month-old son in public. I consider it my duty, not only as his mother, but as a breastfeeding woman, to let him nurse in public. All I can do for now is NIP and talk about breastfeeding and help to make it a normal part of my life, (a normal part of my Shainanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-23975317524271311052010-10-04T15:26:18.900-04:002010-10-04T15:26:18.900-04:00Knowing what effective breastfeeding looks like is...Knowing what effective breastfeeding looks like is part of our cultural literacy, a part that nearly went the way of baking from scratch, and home-cooked meals. Everyone needs to see women breastfeeding, and see that it's normal. It should be as normal as seeing someone walking past holding a cup of Tim Horton's of Starbucks coffee. Suppose everyone who drank from a cup were to put a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-48495822791809703992010-10-04T15:15:24.583-04:002010-10-04T15:15:24.583-04:00When there is more NIP, maybe mothers who don'...When there is more NIP, maybe mothers who don't know if their baby is actually drinking at the breast will be the exception, rather than the rule. This is incidental cultural learning, like watching someone change a spark plug, chop wood, bake a cake or change a diaper. And when mothers cover up while breastfeeding, how can anyone learn anything? We all need to know what it lookslike when a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-68466572501438334402010-10-04T14:38:09.544-04:002010-10-04T14:38:09.544-04:00Great read emma. very beautiful!Great read emma. very beautiful!Nicole Petermannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-45627062111890538692010-04-22T10:53:04.365-04:002010-04-22T10:53:04.365-04:00I will never cover up when I nurse! DF was so unco...I will never cover up when I nurse! DF was so uncomfortable about the idea of me nursing in public when our baby was born, but now he sees how easy it is and encourages me. He asked why I don't nurse in the parent's room, and I asked if he would like to eat next to a toilet? He laughed and said no! By nursing anywhere and everywhere with our son, it's certainly normalized the behaviorLaurennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-87816810842600202802010-03-31T19:16:11.953-04:002010-03-31T19:16:11.953-04:00Gorgeous gorgeous pictures!Gorgeous gorgeous pictures!Witkowski Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16885350800154175798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-50131299523664767342010-03-15T21:12:52.774-04:002010-03-15T21:12:52.774-04:00*Almost* makes me want to have another so I can ta...*Almost* makes me want to have another so I can tandem nurse too. :)Shananoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-2513985581551429362010-03-15T21:10:52.465-04:002010-03-15T21:10:52.465-04:00oww i hope my daughter is still nursing when shes ...oww i hope my daughter is still nursing when shes 5.Mollynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-40361101804775457612010-03-15T21:10:23.151-04:002010-03-15T21:10:23.151-04:00Such polite nursers! My boys prefer to nurse stand...Such polite nursers! My boys prefer to nurse standing on their heads, over my shoulder, doing twirls. :)Wendynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-27761975038001023952010-03-13T10:03:06.368-05:002010-03-13T10:03:06.368-05:00Emma,
Brilliant! Thanks for sharing your beautif...Emma, <br /><br />Brilliant! Thanks for sharing your beautiful pictures. You are absolutely right. Let's raise awareness of breastfeeding like the Susan G Komen foundation has done for breast cancer-- which we know is higher among women that formula feed.Debbie Pagehttp://www.thenewbornbaby.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-49973976560107238342010-03-13T08:50:28.005-05:002010-03-13T08:50:28.005-05:00Thank you, all of you, for your support ! It means...Thank you, all of you, for your support ! It means the world to me, but not only that, I hope your open-mindedness and acceptance of breastfeeding --not only older children, but breastfeeding more than one child at a time-- will go far in helping to re-normalize this sacred, beautiful act.<br />For the record, my eldest daughter, now 6, weaned at 5.5 years old. She still tells me at least once a Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13862206725184609716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-17377697288699871502010-03-12T21:11:50.108-05:002010-03-12T21:11:50.108-05:00I was glancing through my fb profile pictures and ...I was glancing through my fb profile pictures and am proud to say that about 90% are me breastfeeding (the others are my children). I love what you are saying. My sister sent a friend suggestion to one of her friends and said that my page was a "lactivists dream". I think meeting women like you has been pivotal in that journey. It is odd that something so oppressive as facebook has Lourdesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-51430780436889917162010-03-12T21:10:19.255-05:002010-03-12T21:10:19.255-05:00Breastfeeding is a beautiful thing :)Breastfeeding is a beautiful thing :)Ambernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-60204804820088579042010-03-12T21:09:53.780-05:002010-03-12T21:09:53.780-05:00I've liked my BF profile pic so much, I haven&...I've liked my BF profile pic so much, I haven't wanted to change it ever since two MILC events agoLauranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-23999077407545819892010-03-12T21:07:30.806-05:002010-03-12T21:07:30.806-05:00already doing so! i found this great hundred year ...already doing so! i found this great hundred year old poster promoting breastfeeding. Late Victorian. so much for "old-fashioned discretion" requiring a cover!CBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-19831017152953245152010-03-12T21:07:22.390-05:002010-03-12T21:07:22.390-05:00Yeah, Emma is pretty awesome, huh?
I've met to...Yeah, Emma is pretty awesome, huh?<br />I've met too many cool ladies on this place. At least Facist Book is good for that!Debranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-2733306825776567672010-03-12T21:06:34.892-05:002010-03-12T21:06:34.892-05:00Emma, Could you be anymore my HERO!?!? Love it. Th...Emma, Could you be anymore my HERO!?!? Love it. Thank you. Sharing.Danellehttp://www.drmomma.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-115370981388812010-03-12T21:06:04.667-05:002010-03-12T21:06:04.667-05:00I too am one of "those" women: http://ww...I too am one of "those" women: http://www.mylifetime.com/lifestyle/relationships/love-sex/week-love-and-sex-november-8-2007<br /><br />There are about 12 different versions of the story in the news.SFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-74354902674880177392010-03-12T21:04:36.896-05:002010-03-12T21:04:36.896-05:00Okay, my pic is now my kids tandeming at 45 months...Okay, my pic is now my kids tandeming at 45 months and 12 hours old. I was nervous about posting this as my profile pic.. but yep, solidarity. ;) In the hope of normalizing toddler and tandem nursing as well as nurisng in gneral. Gee, hope I'm not called out as "judgey" and "self righteous" on my page again @@@@ lol :PJaminoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-27942802862183824092010-03-12T21:04:11.764-05:002010-03-12T21:04:11.764-05:00Just changed my FB pic, and made sure I picked a n...Just changed my FB pic, and made sure I picked a nursing in public one, too. :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-50079628765433444392010-03-12T21:03:57.624-05:002010-03-12T21:03:57.624-05:00Beautiful girls you have, and beautiful tandem pic...Beautiful girls you have, and beautiful tandem pics!! :) I have one tandem pic in my bfing album on here. ;) I'm going to change my pic back to a nursing one too :)Jaminoreply@blogger.com