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I'm nursing my two year old daughter. I plan t...

2011-02-16T14:24:17.448-08:00

I'm nursing my two year old daughter. I plan to just keep doing it until she's done. One thing I enjoy about nursing an older child is that her head is now big enough to mostly hide the view of my breast. :)

Thank you for sharing this. Looking forward for mo...

2009-10-16T19:05:58.216-07:00

Thank you for sharing this. Looking forward for more of your update soon.

For a hilarious breast-feeding in public story, pl...

2009-08-09T00:53:47.332-07:00

For a hilarious breast-feeding in public story, please check out
http://lifewithrachael.blogspot.com/2009/08/i-used-to-hate-camping.html.
It gives a great account of some of our experiences while my wife was breastfeeding our children.

Hope you enjoy.

What a wonderful post, and carnival topic. I nurse...

2009-06-27T01:08:18.147-07:00

What a wonderful post, and carnival topic. I nursed my son until he was 31 months. Very often in public! I just grew thicker skin and learnt to look people in the eyes when they looked at me. That always made them stop staring.

"My best tip for nursing in public is just to...

2009-06-25T22:09:18.362-07:00

"My best tip for nursing in public is just to do it." AMEN!!!

Bravo! Nursed my four everywhere, in lots of count...

2009-06-24T22:39:24.538-07:00

Bravo! Nursed my four everywhere, in lots of countries, planes, trains, automobiles, and more. Have to say, most challenging? Nursing twin infants in public -- the only time I retired to a lounge because I needed a lot of time to get everyone situated. But by the time they were 6 months old, we were in line in Customs at home in Jamaica, and I had one in a sling, my hubby had the other, and both were hungry. And tired. And it was HOT. So I put the other sling on in the opposite direction and -- ta da! -- I could nurse two babies and walk and talk. Did that for the next three years. :)
Nursing a toddler is why my girlfriend Shannon warns people to learn from her mistake -- she refered to nursing as "boobie" -- cute at home with a baby just learning to talk. A tad attention-getting with a very tall, very verbal toddler!

elita & lisa c: I haven't definitel...

2009-06-23T20:38:52.292-07:00

elita & lisa c: I haven't definitely become more aware that I'm nursing in public now that I have a toddler. There's definitely a different vibe, even if only in my own mind. I try not to be paranoid about it, though, because then I stop focusing on my child and what he needs and just on these strangers and what they perhaps want, and I realize how silly that is! But maybe it will become more & more normal, and then it won't be a big deal.

melodie: Love the shoplifting analogy! Perfect. And, no, I didn't figure you were a criminal.

michelle: No kidding. Cover his head?! He would think it was either a hilarious game or torture, depending on level of tiredness. Either way, never mind!

mom on the go: Yeah, ours just turned 2, so we'll see if this still works even a few months down the road. He gets pretty intent on eating for several minutes at a time still, which lends itself to success.

My daughter was too acrobatic - or I was too clutz...

2009-06-23T04:27:06.545-07:00

My daughter was too acrobatic - or I was too clutzy - to nurse and walk when she was 2. I think your idea is good one, if you can carry it off, though. It's good to look for what people aren't expecting as camouflage.

I had to laugh about the bottlefeeding mother who ...

2009-06-22T22:15:59.394-07:00

I had to laugh about the bottlefeeding mother who was using a cover - good reminder that sometimes it's not about mom's modesty, it's about a distractible baby.

My kids never would have stood for it - any attempt at covering resulted in a flailing scene that almost certainly ended in someone not only seeing full nipple, but probably milk sprays too.

My baby is almost a toddler! I'm so excited to...

2009-06-22T21:27:45.772-07:00

My baby is almost a toddler! I'm so excited to have a nursing toddler. It really does get more fun. As for nursing in public...if he really really wants it, then yeah, I'll do it. Otherwise, I think he will be too distracted and keep popping off. In public. Ak. It shouldn't be a big deal, but I've heard enough negative comments about it that it makes me nervous!

I love it! I totally agree, although my 34 lb 26 m...

2009-06-22T14:14:16.330-07:00

I love it! I totally agree, although my 34 lb 26 mo is getting a little harder to nurse while I walk around, but truly, the more comfortable and nonchalant about it you are the less people notice. This is a weird comparison but it's like shoplifting. The pros don't get caught and the worriers do. (No, I'm not a shoplifter in case you are wondering!)

I'll let you in on a secret: the big, bad, bre...

2009-06-22T13:45:11.405-07:00

I'll let you in on a secret: the big, bad, breastfeeding blogger is scared to nurse her toddler in public. A baby, I could handle. My 19 month old? The whole thing makes me too nervous. He has maybe asked to nurse in public twice and both times forgot about it when I handed him his cup. Thanks for these tips, though. Maybe next time I will try to walk around with him and see if anyone notices!