In Jungle World:

I totally cracked up some woman when I shouted out to M, “Look! The baby monkey is getting booby juice!”  I tell you, that momma monkey was so tender to her baby, and I am not romanticizing it. 
And here are J and I later on, also in Jungle World:

J was getting tired since naptime was approaching.  I always get so moved when I find myself nursing along with the animals.  I think I’m so used to being the only one nursing in any given situation that it feels …

I’ve been a member of a local API Group – that’s Attachment Parenting International – for the last few years.  We have fabulous leaders that are committed to supporting parents in their goal to be more attached to their children.  API has always been guided by 8 “Principles” which were inspired by Dr. Williams Sear’s list of the “7 Baby B’s” which included breastfeeding and bedsharing.
Here are the original 8 Principles that API used when I joined a few years ago:

Prepare for childbirth
Breastfeed your baby
Wear your baby
Share sleep with your …

A lot of people I’ve talked to express surprise when they hear that I am still nursing my 4 year old son along with my 22 month old daughter. Maybe surprise isn’t the right word. Some express shock. Just the other day I was on the phone with a virtual stranger talking about a freecycle exchange when it came up. The woman was totally disbelieving when I told her I was nursing a 4-year-old, no less that I was also nursing my toddler at the same …

There are two great things in this picture – a picture of my new accomplishment (knitting a tube with a set of 5 double-pointed needles) and a boobie-grab from M, my still-nursing 4 year old. Gotta love a good boobie-grab!
Knitting always makes me nervous. Crocheting? Not so much. In crocheting, if you make a mistake, you just start pulling the yarn and unraveling the stitches until you get back to where it looks nice. Easy. With knitting, I have heard that you can rip it …

We are considering getting rid of the TV.  Well, not the DVD player or the actual TV set.  Just the live television coming from our satellite dishes.  Arp has suggested getting rid of it several times in the past, but I’ve always resisted.  It is such a vice for me, especially since I spend so much time breastfeeding every day.  I briefly considered ditching the TV when I was pregnant with J, but I knew from our experiences with M that a nursing infant would require me to be stuck …