--- --- # Alyssa Milano Talks About the Joys of Breastfeeding  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Oct 28, 2014 2:33 PM UTC  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Oct 28, 2014 2:33 PM UTC New mom Alyssa Milano shared a picture of herself nursing her 7-week old daughter Elizabella on Instagram Monday. The picture was accompanied by a quote from Czech writer Milan Kundera that read: “Ah, the joys of suckling! She lovingly watched the fishlike motions of the toothless mouth and she imagined that with her milk there flowed into her little son her deepest thoughts, concepts, and dreams.” The actress announced Sept. 30 that she would not be returning to her ABC show _Mistresses,_ because the show was shooting season 3 in Vancouver and she did not want to uproot her two young children. Here’s the announcement she posted on her blog: --- > “” --- In addition to baby Elizabella, Milano also has a son Milo, who is 3. Alyssa Milano Posts Breastfeeding Photo to Instagram ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3543455/alyssa-milano-instagram-breastfeeding/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3543455/alyssa-milano-instagram-breastfeeding/"},"headline":"Alyssa Milano Talks About the Joys of Breastfeeding","datePublished":"2014-10-28T14:33:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:56:12.954Z","description":"The actress quit her ABC show in order to avoid uprooting her young children","url":"https://time.com/3543455/alyssa-milano-instagram-breastfeeding/","keywords":["Living","motherhood","breastfeeding","actress"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3543455/alyssa-milano-instagram-breastfeeding/","name":"Alyssa Milano Talks About the Joys of Breastfeeding"}}]}] ```