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.  …

And they call Arp by his first name too.  M at age 6, and J at age almost-4 have been calling us by our first names for years now.
It not a big deal in our house, but I’m sometimes caught off guard when other people question it.

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 …

See here for an article on a Swiss chef serving soups and stews with breast milk in London.
He said: “I first experimented with breast milk when my daughter was born.
Now, can you imagine how annoying it would be if you were a new mother and you had this man/chef as your husband?  Here is how I imagine it might go down:
Mom:  Can you get me some water, dear, while I nurse the baby?
Chef/Father: But of course.  But would you mind pumping from the other breast?  I need more milk for …

It was just brought to my attention that New York State has an entire campaign dedicated to the dangers of co-sleeping. What the fuck. Could this be any more idiotic and wrongheaded?