After many hospital visits and late nights, Alice was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. She very quickly lost weight, and became very weak. Suddenly Erin's refusal to stop breastfeeding wasn't just love, it was a lifeline. When Alice was so unwell and couldn't eat, when insulin needles and bruises became the new normal, nursing was the one source of comfort that held and kept her safe. The thing people had pressured Erin to give up became the very thing that helped her daughter through the most difficult period of her young life.