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My milk supply diminished considerably and nearly dried up before the birth of our new baby, so I supplemented to keep him fed throughout the months of my pregnancy and he nursed only a few times a day at that point.

Less than an hour after I gave birth to the baby, my son saw me nursing her and burst into tears. I invited him to join us and his tears turned to happiness as he snuggled into be and patted the newcomer in my arms.

When my milk came in, he abandoned formula forever and ignored solid food for two weeks while he caught up with his need for mama’s milk.

I tandem nursed my babies for nearly two years, with my son weaning right around his third birthday and my daughter three months later around her second birthday.

Tandem nursing was hard, but incredibly rewarding as my son was able to get the benefit of breast milk (and a renewed supply!) for far longer than if I’d weaned him while I was pregnant. My daughter was early and a little on the small side, 5 lbs 15 oz, so his nursing helped keep up the supply when she had low demand at first. I’m also convinced that my son saved my from several breast infections by nursing after her and actually emptying my breasts.

Sweet memories … but I would be hard to convince to do it again!

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