a toast to breastfeeding

a toast to breastfeeding

From So Into That by Caro Chambers

March 11, 2026 · 27 min

About this episode

Caro Chambers reflects on her experiences with breastfeeding and the end of that chapter in her life after a busy travel schedule.

Hi! First of all, I recorded a voiceover of this So Into That! Click the play button above if you’d like to listen. I really, really tried not to cry, but it was just a crying kind of day apparently. I’ve had a wild few weeks of travel — both for pleasure to Mexico with the kids, and then, eight hours after landing from Mexico, I left for a 10-day work trip that included announcing my new book on Good Morning America, delivering a keynote at my alma mater (go Heels), taping an upcoming appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show, bringing my 5-year-old along for the second half of the trip, and having a bazillion meetings and coffees in between. That 10-day trip marked the end of breastfeeding my fourth baby. I breastfed my first baby for 14 months, my second baby for 12 months, my third baby for six months, and my fourth baby for seven months. That’s three years and three months of breastfeeding. Before I go on, I want to say that I am not writing this to glorify breastfeeding. Any way you feed your baby is absolutely perfect. Formula rules. Giving a baby a pumped milk or formula bottle is just as cozy and wonderful (and also difficult at times) as breastfeeding, and provides many or…

People in this episode

Host: Caro Chambers

Topics covered

  • breastfeeding
  • parenting
  • travel
  • personal reflection
  • motherhood

Keywords

  • breastfeeding
  • motherhood
  • travel
  • personal story
  • parenting

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Good Morning America

Places: Mexico, Heels

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