Tandem nursing

Nursing two or more babies can sound overwhelming to parents, but it can be a wonderful part of your breastfeeding journey with some preparation.

Tandem nursing tips and realities for the mom who want to continue breastfeeding her older child even when a nee baby is born.

I never planned on nursing two babies at the same time. But it turned out to be one of the most rewarding experiences of my life.

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You may be expecting a snarky blog post aimed at critics of “extended” breastfeeding filled with awesome comebacks to sling around comment threads of breastfeeding posts. But I have written enough of those. A recent conversation in a thread on my own page reminded me that some people just… don’t get it. Some people just […]

When my second daughter was born, I found myself in a place I had never dreamed I would be! First, breastfeeding while pregnant. And then, nursing two babies at once! tandem nursing, tandem breastfeeding, nursing while pregnant, nursing a newborn and a toddler, breastfeeding a newborn and toddler, nursing 2 kids, breastfeeding 2 kids, nursing tandem, breastfeeding blog, breastfeeding tips, breastfeeding tips for tandem nursing

Nursing a baby can be one of the many joys of motherhood, and many mothers would agree it is difficult, requires support, perseverance and devotion. Tandem nursing (breastfeeding more than one baby, toddler or child) requires these fundamentals times two. It entails dedication and determination on a daily, even an hourly, basis. I got the […]

Allegra Gast, RDN, IBCLC on Instagram: "I do this almost every night (unless they both wake up then I tandem feed - see my previous reel on how to do the V hold with twins). Each of my babies are pretty satisfied with one breast, so this works out nicely as I can nurse one baby in the side lying position and instead of having to roll over or moving across the bed to the second baby, I just bring him in closer and roll MY body so that he takes the top breast. If you have smaller breasts…