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Tandem Nursing
The How-to of Nursing Two
By Gwen Morrison
Many mothers begin to think about becoming pregnant again during the first year of their infant's life. The mother who is breastfeeding one child and decides to have another may be faced with nursing more than two children at a time: tandem nursing.
Tandem nursing is the art of breastfeeding two children of different ages during the same time period. This doesn't always mean that you are physically nursing both children at the same time, although some women do.
"When a mother becomes pregnant while still nursing, she may feel that the first baby should be allowed to nurse as long as he still has the need," says Ann Calandro, RNC, IBCLC, a certified lactation consultant and former tandem-nursing mother from Waxhaw, N.C. "Nursing allows her the feeling of closure and completion of this relationship. She has to decide if she is going to nurse through the pregnancy. It is a very individual decision, which involves a lot of soul searching. The older child will still benefit nutritionally from the milk, although the amount will be decreased during the pregnancy."
Joan Kratz of Noblesville, Ind., made that "very personal decision" with passion. "Tandem nursing rated highly with me," she says. "It takes some practice, and the babies need to be fairly good at latching on, but the effort was definitely worth it for us."
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