I don’t usually address current events, because, well... that’s not why you became a part of my community. But we aren’t breastfeeding in a vacuum. The world around us influences how breastfeeding plays out, whether we are aware of it or not. The world at large (and maybe your individual world) have a lot of scary things happening right now. (What else is new, amiright?) It’s easy for your social media feeds to feel like a never-ending stream of information that puts you on

Learn practical strategies and compassionate approaches to handle your toddler's aggressive behavior when you say no to breastfeeding.

Regardless of what point in your breastfeeding journey you are at, it is very possible (and dare I say, likely)  that you are going to run into some big feelings when you are night weaning a toddler. (Yours and theirs.🙈) Listen to this blog instead: Let me paint a picture for you... the day you have marked on the calendar has finally come. You've read all of the blog posts about night weaning, you have purchased the weaning story books off of Amazon and you even had a specia

Your toddler is still waking frequently at night to breastfeed. You can't leave them with anyone without an epic  meltdown. You're embarrassed to take them to the park because of the inevitable shirt-pulling that's about to occur. And it seems like everyone around you thinks you should have had this figured out already. You love your child. You're grateful for your breastfeeding journey. And you're also done. Here's what I want you to know: your toddler's boob addiction is co

You've heard it a million times: children need boundaries. It's the golden rule of modern parenting, plastered across Instagram, echoed by pediatricians, and whispered (or shouted) by well-meaning relatives at every holiday dinner. But what if the way we've been thinking about boundaries is only telling us half the story? What if the boundaries your child needs most aren't the ones you place around them ... but the ones you learn to hold for yourself ? I know. That probably f