The article discusses the evolution of the author's experience with breastfeeding from the initial support received at the start to the societal judgment faced as their child grew older. It highlights the cultural stigma surrounding extended breastfeeding in the United States, where there's a strong implication that breastfeeding should end by a certain age. Despite this external pressure, the author emphasizes the simplicity and mutual desire to continue nursing shared between them and their child, contrasting this with the societal narrative that often views prolonged nursing as abnormal.
"The word still kept recurring in conversations about bodyfeeding more and more often as my nursling grew older. The implication...is that there is a period of time in which nursing is acceptable and expected."
"Between the two of us and within our small family, this is simple. Neither of us has the desire to stop, and so we continue. Between us and the world, though, it is more fraught."
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