Parenting Conversations: Grateful For Breastfeeding

Isn’t it easy to get caught up in what is difficult, what challenges face us, and what is going wrong? And, even if we are going through something less than ideal, we often forget all the things that… Read More

Out of the Mouths of Nurslings: Nipple Confusion

Our readers have been so generous about sharing entertaining anecdotes that we just have to include another sweet story before the year comes to an end. Cindy from Massachusetts has a memory from decades ago, when her young… Read More

Becoming A Parent: My New “Normal”

Uyen Tran, Half Moon Bay, California When my first baby was a few months old, there were days I felt so trapped. I felt that my “normal” life was pretty much over – the life where I was… Read More

Looking Back: Confession Of The Night

Kathy Simonds, Illinois Editor’s Note: Published in the July-August 1981 issue of La Leche League News. The first issue of La Leche League News, the bimonthly publication for members, was published in 1958. The name changed to New Beginnings in 1985. New Beginnings continued… Read More

Saying Goodbye to Babyhood

Rebecca H. McCormick, Fairfax, Virginia I cried today while folding laundry. Both of my children stared in disbelief, bewildered. I’m not a crier. But I couldn’t help myself today. My baby carrier slings had been sitting on a hook… Read More