Extended Breastfeeding
Before giving birth to a second child, I had to get something important off my chest: namely, my daughter Beatrice. She was three-and-a-half years old and still breastfeeding. I knew I would not have the patience to nurse her alongside an insatiable newborn, so I finally decided it was time to quit. My only two questions: how do I wean her, and how in the world had I nursed her for so long?
I didn't know anything about babies when I got pregnant with Beatrice, but I decided early on I wanted to try breastfeeding. "Good for brain development," the magazines claimed. "Great for health," said all the experts. Plus, I'd lose weight... Read more from Madeline Holler's essay "Milking It: I nursed my daughter until she was almost four"
