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  • Old Enough to Ask

    Dear Daughter, As I write this you are “old enough to ask for it”, and have been ever since you were born. You are four weeks old and most definitely “ask”. According to some, “when they can ask for it,… Continue reading

  • Please DO Nurse in Public

    To All Mothers: Despite all of the outspoken people that show off their ignorance by speaking out against public breastfeeding, there are many people in support of a baby’s right to nurse in public. Let me add my voice in… Continue reading

  • I Hate Being Woken Up

    Dear Three-Small-Children, I hate being woken up. Remember this when you have children of your own and desperately need more sleep. Remember this when your own toddler wakes up just as the sun starts to rise, and when your own… Continue reading

  • Time Magazine and “Extreme Parenting”

    I’ve been sent the Time Magazine cover quite a few times already. Each time I sigh. Yes. It is inflammatory. For many reasons. First. Many people in this country have not seen full term breastfeeding, or if they have seen… Continue reading

  • Monkey See, Monkey Do

    Dear Daughter, Each generation of women alive today has a story to tell about breastfeeding and the backwards way in which things were done when their children were born. My grandmother’s generation tells of injections covertly given to women to… Continue reading

  • New Server

    Hi! Nurshable.com is now on a new server. Hopefully the traffic won’t crash this one too. 🙂 I’ll be playing around with wordpress caching plugins and other fun geeky things. 🙂 Thanks for visiting! If anyone wants to consider supporting… Continue reading

  • I Will Not Nurse You Forever

    Dear Daughter, You are only three weeks old and so no one really asks yet about your weaning time.  Those questions will come later, along with the many and varied opinions about when you should be weaned. Having been through… Continue reading

  • Is Breastmilk Deficient in Vitamin D?

    Breastmilk does have vitamin D. Low amounts of it that do not meet the RDA. Some call it “deficient”. This is misleading. Vitamin D is actually a prohormone, not a vitamin. Our skin synthesizes it when it is exposed to… Continue reading

  • I Am Not a Human Pacifier

    Dear Daughter, You are three weeks old. You nursed pretty much straight through the night last night, as I sort of drifted in and out of being fully awake. You’re going through a growth spurt. When you switch sides I… Continue reading

  • Painful Toddler Nursing

    Disclaimer: Many people do not experience a “bad” phase of nursing. So don’t expect that nursing a toddler will be painful for you.. But if you DO experience it, take heart. Others have, too. And there are solutions. Painful toddler… Continue reading