Now I want to give a little back story about my nursing journey with my 2 kids.Thankfully both my kids have taken to nursing and are champ nursers, we've had no major issue, just some over supply issues which was easier to handle the second time around. My first Melia, I nursed from birth to 2.5 years, ironically I decided to wean her and she had her last nursing session the day before world breastfeeding week last year. So while everyone was celebrating nursing their babies, I was mourning the decision to wean her, but I was also celebrating that decision too. Since I was pregnant with my 2nd nursing and while pregnant nursing had become a painful, horrible and hormonal task. Considering I always loved nursing her, even though we had the days of me being tired and touched out overall I loved nursing her, so to be hating nursing while pregnant was a new experience and not a happy one. Coupled with her skin issues and my distaste for nursing I decided to gentle wean her. It was a good decision for us and at times I was sad I didn't get the chance to tandem nurse, but then glad I didn't have to nurse a 2nd child.
My 2nd nurser Emery, has had her own challenges! Unlike her sister she is not a boob baby and has been a very finicky and distracted nurser. While I don't mind at all nursing in public, this kid will not nurse in public unless she is super tired and super hungry and will finally give in to taking milk. Emery mostly only nurses before she sleeps, sometimes I can get in another nursing session between naps, but not all the time. I have to kick out big sister from the room, keep it quiet with her sleep sounds, dark and have her sleep sack on. She drives me crazy many days with nursing! When I was wanting to get a nursing photo of us, I really wasn't sure I was going to be able to pull it off! With the camera's timer noise and the extra light I had to bring into the room I wasn't sure if she would nurse long enough for me to get a photo. Well she did! Thankfully!
For my photo I wanted to capture what our nursing sessions look like! While usually completely dark, to capture the photo I did have to open the curtains and let in come light. I did have to turn on the sound machine to help cancel out the timer noise and put her in her sleep sack(zipadee-zip). I mostly nurse her sitting on the bed and then she will either fall asleep in my arms nursing or I have to bounce her and then lay her down on the bed. In the background I do have a nursing session of Melia that was taken by a friend photographer Sherri O'Neil.