Mayim Bialik’s 4-Year-Old Son is Officially Weaned
Look ma, no nummies! Well, nay-sayers, prepare to be proven wrong. All of you snarky mamas who glared at me nursing my 3 1/2-year-old on the NYC subway, prepare to be amazed. And to all of my family...
View ArticleMy 5-Year-Old Daughter is in Love with My Breasts
Really. I don’t mean she loves the idea of one day being a grown woman with big boobs who gets to wear pretty bras like her mama. I mean she’s completely and utterly head over heels in love with my...
View ArticleBlossom & Six: Together Again & Talking About Motherhood
What many people remember from “Blossom,” besides the hats with sunflowers which my character sometimes wore, is the relationship between Blossom and her best friend Six, named so because her “father...
View ArticleFive Reasons Why Mayim Bialik Doesn’t Believe in Sleep Training
Recently, Kveller has been running a series of posts with professional sleep coach Batya Sherizen, in which she answers readers’ questions about issues they are having with their children’s sleep. I’m...
View ArticleWeaning Has Been the Hardest Thing Yet
We’re done. We nursed for two years, three months, and five days, and now we are finished. Check that life milestone off the list. My first baby is a big girl now. It’s been three weeks and my boobs...
View ArticleNew Study Confirms Breastfeeding Benefits Were Overstated
Writing a blog post discussing the merits of breastfeeding is not unlike taking a steak in your hand and casually, slowly, trailing said steak along the bars of a lion’s cage. I’ve found this out the...
View ArticleMayim Bialik on Why & How She Became a Lactation Counselor
So you all know I’m a hippie, right? I made my kids’ shampoo for the first five years of their life, I don’t use paper towels or commercial cleaning products, I use naturopathic and holistic medicine...
View ArticleRicki Lake’s New Documentary Shows a Whole Lot of Boobs
Since becoming a mom, Ricki Lake has been cranking out feminist-y documentaries about birth and family planning like it’s nobody’s business. In 2008, she partnered with director Abby Epstein to make a...
View ArticleAsk a Sleep Coach: How Do I Wean My Child Off of Co-Sleeping?
Dear Batya, My son is 28 months. My goal is to have him sleep in his own room, in his own lovely bed, to NOT wake up every two hours asking for milk, and to sleep through the night. I have literally...
View ArticleThe Surprising Benefit Breastfeeding Had for My Daughter with Autism
When I was 23 years old, I naturally birthed my first child, my sweet Chava Rachel. I gazed down at her in disbelief—this gorgeous little girl was mine. A perfectly round head covered in damp, dark...
View ArticleThe 6 Differences Between Breastfeeding Babies vs. Toddlers
Nursing a toddler is an entirely different beast than nursing a newborn. It’s also a beast I found myself unexpectedly wrangling. When I had a baby, I knew I would breastfeed exclusively for six...
View ArticleOver 100 NYC Moms Breastfed at the Same Time…in Times Square
In order to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week 2015, over 100 moms gathered in Times Square to breastfeed this past weekend. In public. Without any scrutiny or criticism. Sounds like a utopian...
View ArticleA New York Times Article Claims Breastfeeding Is ‘Oversold’
When it comes to breastfeeding, it seems everyone has an opinion on it, whether it’s the standard breast vs. bottle debate, or where and when it’s OK to “whip it out.” This past weekend, the New York...
View ArticleI Breastfed My Son Until He Was 6. Here’s Why
I’m from one of those rare families where breastfeeding hasn’t skipped a generation; whether or not to breastfeed was never in question. This was how babies eat, full stop. But I went into nursing...
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