tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465910115586305912.post3878740761026501819..comments2009-10-02T10:55:54.665-05:00Dayna Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11509825123401528931unschoolingamerica@yahoo.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465910115586305912.post-24167305061116168992009-10-02T10:55:54.665-05:002009-10-02T10:55:54.665-05:00I love this photo, Dayna -- it&#39;s absolutely beautiful! Three of my four kids weaned between age 5 and 5 1/2 years. :-) The most precious two years of my life (so far) were when I tandem nursed my two children who were spaced only three years a part. I know what you mean about the older one nursing as much as the baby! :-) What an amazing gift to both ourselves and our children. Btw, it was great to meet Devin and Joe last weekend. Hilltop Fun Center ROCKS! :-)Cathy Cravennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465910115586305912.post-27813182945282308442009-09-16T11:08:55.872-05:002009-09-16T11:08:55.872-05:00I loved tandem nursing and this picture brought back those fuzzy feelings thank you. I have been nursing none stop almost 8 yrs! My daughter nursed until 4 1/2 and tandem nursed her and my son for awhile then He was an early weaner at around a year but I had a new baby by then and am still nursing him at 2 yrs...I think he will be a long nurser like my daughter!! Once again...beautiful picture!Jenniferhttp://positively-healthy.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465910115586305912.post-21206714781762731912009-09-08T22:01:52.196-05:002009-09-08T22:01:52.196-05:00What a great picture. I tandem nursed for 2 years, my oldest was 5, he would still nurse now if I let him. He will be 6 in Nov and I was just &quot;done&quot; with nursing 2. My 2nd son is still going strong at 2.75yrs old. I suspect he&#39;ll be nursing strong as long as his brother lol.Khaili Bowenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04941717255102554773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465910115586305912.post-12672515427993326272009-09-04T13:08:48.188-05:002009-09-04T13:08:48.188-05:00Dana, I am tandeming my 6 month old and daughter who will be 2 this month. It is amazing, wonderful and I see not stopping anytime in the near future. Having 6 kids though, this is my first go round at tandeming. I have always ended up weaning during pregnancy due to pain/pressure/etc so I am really proud to have made it through the nipple pain during pregnancy. Its so amazing what our bodies can do as women!lilpeasinmypodfrom~Godhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01844275712003531089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465910115586305912.post-46259710289004652472009-08-14T21:23:13.732-05:002009-08-14T21:23:13.732-05:00Great! I thought I was the only one tandem nursing my 3 year old son and 16 month old daughter. I have similar photos and am so proud to know that there are other women who fully understand the joy of nursing and they joy the kids have sharining nursing time. Most of the people we have met since we moved to NH just don&#39;t understand our lifestyle of natural living. I found this site while researching homeschooling, unschooling in New England. So happy to have found this blog!Jody Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03861841545364151506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465910115586305912.post-37020823827173872602009-08-09T02:17:03.160-05:002009-08-09T02:17:03.160-05:00That&#39;s great!! We call them &quot;Nummies&quot; too. Children natually wean themselves - most kids are forced way too early. They feel those &quot;nummies&quot; are an extention of themselves! Why deny them something so basic? Loving it!Tracey Tiffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11699433558602272553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465910115586305912.post-68482801997789934622009-08-06T11:23:31.502-05:002009-08-06T11:23:31.502-05:00But you know what? The idea of sleeping all night is a myth for a lot of people. You wake up during the night *anyway.* Could be anything--you drooled on your pillow and have to flip it over, you suddenly have to pee, you heard a funny noise, or whoever&#39;s in bed with you (if anyone is) just turned over in your direction, flopped out an arm and hit you on the head.<br /><br />We do this anyway whether we want to or not. So what&#39;s the big deal if we have to do it for our kids? I should think that&#39;d be an even *better* reason.<br /><br />It&#39;s good to see someone else who nursed a child older than four. Mine turns five in November and she still gets &quot;boo bed.&quot; Although the last couple of mornings she has not wanted to nurse herself awake. I wonder if this will last until age five.Dana Seilhanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11749354913843954242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465910115586305912.post-44504942019699678942009-07-14T02:43:55.045-05:002009-07-14T02:43:55.045-05:00Thank you for posting this--it is really helping my hesitation about the possibility of tandem nursing to hear how it works so well!<br /><br />I&#39;m still nursing my only child who is now 4 yr old...never thought I&#39;d be here but can&#39;t imagine a different course now! Once we were past about 5 months, I learned to tend to her at night without hardly waking up at all--MANY mornings I couldn&#39;t remember how many times she&#39;d nursed, if at all. She has essentially never woken up at night (except one or two nights we prodded her awake to make sure her fever wasn&#39;t too high) because I&#39;m always there (or close by) to offer mommy milk. My extended family still doesn&#39;t &#39;get&#39; this--that she&#39;s basically slept through the night since 6 weeks old (or earlier but my brain is foggy) because if I am right there, she has no need to regain consciousness to get what she wants. I get more sleep than any other mother I know because I never had to get up to attend to her! I imagine it would be more night waking for me if I had another nursling to attend to simultaneously though.Kristi B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465910115586305912.post-81269891320818973592009-07-13T22:37:33.007-05:002009-07-13T22:37:33.007-05:00I nursed my twins until they were just over 2 years old. That was one of my favorite things about having kids. The closeness we shared when we had &quot;leches&quot; now they are 6 and I think my son would still be nursing if I let him. The great thing is I think because we nursed we have this special bond they still love to cuddle with me like we would when they would nurse. It&#39;s a great feeling. Thanks for the memories.Ranahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17854800499473316222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465910115586305912.post-62492397959654857272009-07-12T18:25:04.720-05:002009-07-12T18:25:04.720-05:00my daughter nursed &#39;til my milk dried up when i was pregnant w/ my son...she got almost 4.5 years of mama milk. just one day of not nursing much and whammo, it was gone. &amp; i am a hyperlactive mama...it was tough but she went w/ it as did i...once my son was born we tried nursing again (by then she was 5) &amp; it just felt so odd to me...probably since we hadn&#39;t nursed for months on end...i did pump some milk for her though and she loved that. at 6 she has begged to nurse or touched my breasts and i just couldn&#39;t stand her &#39;on&#39; them. sad...but true. i love nursing my babies and i also can&#39;t imagine a night w/out waking thruout the night many a time to nurse my babies &amp; also get to check in w/ my kids. :O) thanks for posting this dayna. i would really like someone around here to take pics of ME! (i&#39;m the photographer usually)our JOYus life...http://www.blogger.com/profile/13788100809289108820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465910115586305912.post-65426599309175756992009-07-11T21:26:22.779-05:002009-07-11T21:26:22.779-05:00That is so beautiful!<br /><br />Nellcasual friday every dayhttp://www.casualfridayeveryday.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465910115586305912.post-16711708662330572212009-07-11T19:42:46.683-05:002009-07-11T19:42:46.683-05:00How long did Dakota nurse?Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01804086637336848428noreply@blogger.com