Last update: July 20, 2010

What a pleasure it has been to receive thoughts and advice from so many parents as I worked on the current update. Much about the world seems different from 20 years ago -- having a web page for instance! New thoughts and new research proved stimulating and challenging. At the same time it has been reassuring when questions and experiences shared by parents have reminded me that toddlers themselves don't change much from one generation to the next. We've got more experience with nursing toddlers than we did when I first wrote MYNT to help me deal with my own nurslings (all of whom, by the way, are now healthy adults who are gainfully employed and treat me kindly. They have even made me a grandmother!)

You are welcome to explore these pages. Perhaps you will find something of use here, something of interest, or something with which you disagree.

I still invite your comments. Although I cannot reply, I will read every one. I hope you will feel inspired to add, contradict, answer people's questions, or whatever response to the material you think is appropriate. From time to time I will add excerpts from e-mail to these pages.

The material included here is a rough compilation of what has come in. I have posted "raw data" without much editing -- like "letters to the editor." I don't guarantee that the material posted is the best information or advice available. I do regard it as worth thinking about.

Norma Jane Bumgarner

Click on a topic below.

1. •Why would anyone want to keep nursing after the first year?
   

2. •Humor
   

3. •Using a Private "Code"
   

4. •Frequent Nursing and Clinginess
   

5. •Nursing for Comfort
   

6. •Coping with "Free Hand" Habits
   

7. •Nursing Burnout
   

8. •Nursing while Pregnant
   

9. •Tandem Nursing
   

10. •Siblings
    

11. •For Fathers
    

12. •Talking with Family and Friends
    

13. •Talking with Medical Professionals
    

14. •Night Nursing
    

15. •Toddler Too Thin?  Too Heavy?
    

1. •before::When the Baby Wants to Wean Before the Mother is Ready.::show
   

1. •past::Nursing Past Toddlerhood.::show
   

1. •sex::Nursing as it Relates to Marriage and Sexuality.::show
   

1. •fertility::When Continued Nursing Affects Fertility.::show
   

1. •employed::Employed Mothers.::show
   

1. •weaning::Setting Limits and/or Weaning.::show
   

1. •remember::Do older nurslings remember nursing later in life?::show
   

1. •customs::Breastfeeding Customs outside the United States.::show
   

2. •customs/Kingsolver::A quote from Barbara Kingsolver on cultural attitudes toward toddlers.
   

1. •biting::Nipple Pain/Biting::show
   

1. •decay::Night Nursing and Tooth Decay.::show
   

2. •decay/research::Tooth Decay Research
   

1. •legal::Legal Issues.::show
   

1. •mothers_weight::Mother's Weight::show
   

1. •nutrition::Nutrition::show
   

1. •misc::Miscellaneous::show
   

2. •misc/exclusive::Exclusive Pumping