Breastfeeding twins everywhere

Mercy just said, unsolicited: "I can't believe there are people who don't breastfeed. It seems like the most natural thing in the world."

The girls have done plenty of nursing this week. I really feel so fortunate that we were able to stick it out; I can't imagine how worried I'd be about them if they were eating so little and just drinking cow's milk.

I used to think I'd be shy or modest about nursing them in public when they reached toddlerhood, but I think I nurse them more now out in public. I've nursed them at the zoo, on the T, in stores at the mall, on the train to and from NY (and on airplanes last year), in Penn Station, in taxis.... Two weekends ago I was sitting on the steps of a neighbor's house (whom I don't really know), and their teenage son walked by while I was nursing Nico. I'm not sure he even noticed.

Lately the girls like to nurse while I read to them. It's getting a little crowded in our nursing chair. I wonder what the post-illness phase of nursing will be like.