Teach the children

While I am married and work full-time, I am the mom. I am the one they look to for food, bedtime stories and clean diapers. My two-year-old does what mommy does. Mommy never gave her sister a bottle. Mommy always nursed. And sometimes, Mommy pumped. I'd hear from my daughter, "Mom, you pumpin'?" Yes, yes, I am.

So it would seem only natural that my daughter thinks all mommies nurse. Her mommy did. So I'm saddened that people would be so offended by another four-year-old nursing their baby as is written in Four-Year-Old Breastfeeds Her Doll in a Restaurant.

This is exactly what I would want my daughter to do. There is certainly no shame in it. It's her body. That's what it's for! I covered up myself and my baby for other people but I stopped caring. I was feeding my baby. It's natural. The way some people eat at restaurants is not.

Kudos to the moms out there who are examples to their kids in nursing!