By Nicole

A friend sent me this link on Facebook today.  http://jezebel.com/5874927/i-guess-i-forgot-to-wean-my-baby   I read the article and laughed a little.  I just took it at face value and didn't read any further into it.  So then I thought, 'Hey, maybe I will leave a nice little comment giving reassurance or some humor.'  Kind of like we all (you that are reading this) have been doing since we met on NaBloPoMo.  Helpful, happy, positive, uplifting, supportive comments.  Boy was I in for a sickening featured comment ride.  How are people so mean?  What is it about the anonymity of the Internet that just makes people more ignorant, rude and downright awful to one another?  How did a harmless article about weaning turn into an insult-slinging soapbox on vaccines?  Crazy pants, all of them.  With not nice manners and even worse attitudes.  Judgy Judgers...  Urg.  It kind of ticked me off, and I almost wanted to l...

The title of this blog might seem a bit shocking, but I don't know how else to say it.  My almost 2 1/2 year old daughter loves boobs.  Mostly mine, although she has pointed to other women's breasts, and asked, "Those yous boobs?"  (I love how she says "your" as "yous".)  I nursed all three of my kids.  Both of the boys nursed until about 18 months, and I vaguely remember having to cover up the other nipple so that they wouldn't play around with it while nursing.  But that was that.  They quit when they were ready, and we happily moved on to sippy cups and cuddling at night, and my boobs did not re-enter the picture. This little girl of mine is a different story.  She was completely happy to keep nursing.  Eighteen months, nineteen months, twenty months... nothing.  She was happy as a clam.  Totally loved the boob.  But she was also becoming an annoying and bossy nurser.  She didn't need it anymore.  She jus...