I'm a coach for moms who color outside the conventional parenting lines.
(You know, because you're still nursing a kiddo who can ask for milk in complete sentences, or because your Google history is filled with "is this normal?" searches at 3 AM, or maybe your idea of "family values" makes your mother-in-law's eye twitch.)
I've spent the last 8 years breastfeeding. (3.5 of those years tandem nursing two kids at the same time!)
After overcoming early breastfeeding challenges with my oldest (she didn't latch at all for 3 days, needed tongue and lip tie revisions, had reflux and colic), I thought I knew it all.
But when I got pregnant while still nursing my toddler, everything changed.
The aversions began, the epic meltdowns when I would say "no" to a breastfeed that would last for hours, and the internal chaos I felt trying to find my footing.
But now?
- I homeschool, extended breastfeed, AND work from home without feeling touched out & burnt out
- I have confidence in my parenting skills to navigate whatever breastfeeding challenges come my way
- I've had the incredible pleasure of supporting other extended breastfeeding & weaning moms to create the nurturing relationship they didn't even realize was possible for over 5 years all around the globe
That’s the better part of a decade spent crafting my OWN natural term breastfeeding journey in a way that works for my family dynamics, my children's unique needs, and my own wellbeing.
I did it on my own because there wasn’t anyone to do it with, you know?
And also, I firmly believed in my parenting convictions and giving my children the best foundation for life I could. …and also, my sanity needed to stay intact for that to happen.
It took a LONG time and a LOT of tears and research before I realized all the ways in which the constant second-guessing and judgment about these two things were holding me back.
Just to be clear: I'm not saying my "trust your intuition" approach was holding me back. I'm saying the uncomfortable sensation of feeling like I had to choose between my child's needs and my own was holding me back.
Because I didn't have to choose.
But a lot of us feel like we do. And the mainstream parenting world wants us to feel that way, because if we feel isolated and uncertain, we won't have the confidence to forge our own path.
So I want to help you find clarity and confidence in your extended breastfeeding journey so that you can nurture the connection with your child while also honoring your own needs and boundaries. (Whether you wean next week, or 5 years.)
Because parenting would be more joyful if more mothers had the supportive community they deserve, you know?