This post is celebrating World Breastfeeding Week 2015.

After 1-year-old Dread took a bad fall, mom Laurel Creager soothed him in a way only she could — by nursing. “My husband actually thinks of breastfeeding like a magic
wand,” she says. “Breastfeeding has changed me as a person. [It] has given me so much respect for the female body.”

Laurel, who is a drummer, seamstress and self-described “tech nerd,” would call both her kids daredevils. “The wild” is Laurel’s nickname for Dread’s 4-year-old sister Vera, who recently decorated her own hair with clothes hangers and once moved their living room furniture in order to jump from tables to chairs. Their family also has four
hermit crabs, two dogs, two rats and a guinea pig, meaning Laurel never runs out of adorable material for pictures. But documenting her family’s life is more than entertainment. Laurel’s mom passed away shortly after Vera was born, and didn’t leave behind many personal Photos. “I feel like I am leaving a footprint,” Laurel says. “Like my Children will never have to question how much they meant to me or
what activities we did together. They are my world, and the unconditional love I receive from them is so beautiful.”