I'd say that whomever thinks that this is the way that toddler nursing
works has never nursed a toddler, and again, the paper would burn well in
my woodstove.  Load of carp.

Kathleen

At 03:32 PM 7/23/2002 +1000, you wrote:
>The breast and breasts.
>Journal of Child Psychotherapy 19: 5-28.
>Has anyone read it?
>This paper I have says it "presents a case in which a single woman whose
>mother died of breast cancer seduces her toddler daughter into prolonged
>nursing. This pathological mutual dependence on breastfeeding suppressed the
>child's strivings towards autonomy, to maintain the mother's oedipal
>attachment with the dead grandmother and to curtail any potential romantic
>or erotic relationships for the mother."
>I'd be interested in the opinion of others.


Kathleen B. Bruce, BSN, IBCLC co-owner Lactnet, Indep. Consultant
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