Yes, she’s 4, and yes, she’s still breastfeeding.

This is Gabriella. She’s my youngest daughter, and she turned 4 in December. Two weeks after her 4th birthday, Gabriella underwent a 3-hour craniofacial surgery to resolve a rare birth defect. Two pediatric neurosurgeons and a pediatric plastic surgeon cut open my little girl’s head in an incision that wrapped from ear to ear. They…

Old enough to ask for it

When my first baby, now 8, was about 3 months old, I shared a recital with my clarinet quartet. We had our customary, post-performance gathering of celebration at one of the guys’ homes afterward, and, of course Anna was with me – I went nowhere without her. I was the only woman in the group…