Breastfeeding education: reminding kids what is normal

As a mother and medical professional I felt that it was very important to breastfeed my children. I did not think that my children would need ongoing education about what that meant. But after my children were done feeding and there were no more babies in our house or boppies, breastfeeding was rarely something that was discussed. My children knew that they were breastfed but those concepts quickly faded away. When children were at play, bottles and old cultural norms of how babies are fed were everywhere in our home. From bottles to baby food jars. The messages we send are not always in the stories we tell but in the way our children play.