Jamie Lynne Grumet, a 26-year-old mother of two in Los Angeles, is on the cover of TIME this week breast-feeding her son Aram, who turns 4 next month. Kate Pickert, the author of the accompanying cover story, “The Man Who Remade Motherhood,” spoke with Grumet about attachment parenting, adoption and breast-feeding, topics Grumet writes about on her blog, I Am Not the Babysitter. It’s clear from your blog that you’re into attachment parenting. Are you a fan of Dr. Bill Sears? He’s great. I’ve read all his books. He has a very gentle spirit, and I find what he’s saying to be nonjudgmental and relevant to what’s happening today and what we’re finding out about some of the issues that are popping up with our children’s health. I feel like he really is doing this because he knows this is best. And the way he does it is graceful and educating rather than condemning. (PHOTOS: Behind the Cover: Are You Mom Enough?) How old are your children? My adopted son is 5, and my biological son will be 4 next month. Tell me about becoming a mom and breast-feeding your children. We were starting the process of adoption when I got pregnant. We weren’t expecting our biological son at all. He was born two months early, and preemies that age don’t have a sucking reflex. The nurses in the NICU [neonatal intensive care unit] — they kept trying to put him on formula. I couldn’t see him for three days because I was so sick. I was basically passed out from the medication they were giving me. My husband is so great — he would bring the equipment in and actually do the pumping while I was asleep. It was a full family effort. My mother breast-fed me until I was 6 years old, until I self-weaned. Her encouragement to breast-feed is why we were so successful. (QUIZ: What’s Your Parenting Style?) And your adopted son? We were able to bring our son home in November 2010. I know so many amazing women who have induced their lactation, but … Continue reading Q&A with Breast-Feeding Mom Jamie Lynne Grumet