Peggy's Background - People who know her now would be surprised to learn about the family that she grew up in. Her father was in the military and they moved around a lot.  Her family were strict Catholics. She had a pretty conservative up bringing.  She loved moving around and learning about other places, but moving around was very hard emotionally.  Her parents fought a lot and drank a lot and there was domestic violence in her family. She had a lot of early experiences that made her feel like she would not be a good mother.  Mothering for her was a way to sure her way up with information and research.  She was networking before the word was popular.  This was how she set myself up to be the parent I wanted to be because I did not have a good role model.

I know that as an IBCLC, I should probably stick to the letter of the law, so to speak and correct moms who say they are tandem nursing their twins.  They are happy.  They are proud.  They are doing this extraordinary act of taking care of their little ones.  The last thing I am going to do is make a big stink about the correctness of the definition.  I just want them to enjoy themselves and feel proud of what they are doing.