Welcome Carnival of Breastfeeding readers! This month we are writing about Nursing in Public. Please read more of the posts, found at the bottom of this post. More links will be added through Monday
Whenever I nursed my first two children in public, in the United States, I was almost always confident and sure of myself.  I never used a cover-up, and I nursed just about everywhere I went.  Restaurants, stores, parks, museums. Sure, in the first few months of nursing my first child, public nursing made me a little nervous.  …

Welcome to April’s Carnival of Breastfeeding!
This month’s theme is “how to.”  Be sure to check out the contributing bloggers’ posts, linked at the bottom of this post.
As I come closer and closer to the birth of my third child, I’ve had to remind myself what a challenge the act of tandem nursing can be.  When my second baby, J, was born, I nursed her in tandem with M, her 2.5 year old brother.  I continued to tandem nurse for another 2.5 years, when M self-weaned at the age of 5.  …

Almost 4-year old J has  been very obviously showing signs of angst lately, and I’m guessing the changes going on have finally started affecting her.  She was actually pretty together during out first few weeks in Costa Rica, in contrast to M, who readily admitted that he wasn’t entirely sure he was happy to be here.  But I really thought J was doing well.  That is until 2 weeks ago, when she suddenly became the whiniest and most clingy child I can imagine, totally unlike her normal, happy, independent personality.

We have much to report on our move to Costa Rica.  There are many drafts in production!  But I thought I’d do a quick post on the family bed.
After almost a year of sleeping separately (M and Daddy in one room, J and I in another), we are officially back to the family bed here in Costa Rica!  I am loving it, too!  I’m also very sure that M (age 6) is much happier with us all in the room together.  I know he has wanted that for a long …

Thanks to the Canadian Lactivist for her post on Anytime, Anywhere, I thought I’d try to come up with a list of the many, many places I have nursed my children. Always without any kind of cover-up. Thankfully, I have never been discriminated against in any way, although I unfortunately know women who have been. U.S. laws pertaining to breastfeeding discrimination need to be made stronger in the U.S. We need to have laws that clearly spell out punishments for those that discriminate against breastfeeding mothers.
In honor …