By my child’s first birthday, we are still nursing. Their second and third birthdays, when I bake smash cakes from scratch and sweeten them with dates and bananas: still nursing.

During the last stages of nursing my son, who weaned at 15 months, older women would occasionally grab me by the elbow, look into my eyes, and tell me to “treasure it.” They made me misty.

When Is a Child Too Old to Breast-Feed? ... For Chloe, that was three years and 11 months, and Finn is still nursing," O'Connor said. "He's just over 2 years old." ...

Doctors knew the baby had no chance of surviving, so they hadn't told the parents that their child still had a heartbeat. The physicians didn't want to upset them. But the couple saw, and the father ...

Since having my first child years ago, my body has made an abundance of breast milk — and it's never stopped. May 19, 2023, 9:40 AM EDT Elisabeth Anderson-Sierra, as told to Genevieve Shaw Brown ...

A young child with HIV was admitted to the pediatric emergency department where she worked. The child's mother was HIV positive as well. It was around 1990, so healthcare workers were aware of how ...

Dear Carolyn. Adapted from a recent online discussion. Dear Carolyn: My son was born at 29 weeks. Since then, he has grown like a champ; he is healthy and happy and finally home from the hospital.