Nurshable

Controversies

  • 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

  • The Child Led Weaning “Controversy”

    There are those that believe in “full term” or “child led” breastfeeding, and there are those that believe that a child must be weaned at a certain age. What each mother does is up to her, her child, and the… Continue reading