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I am wondering if anyone has anything to add to the posts in the archives
about child-led weaning, and whether the term "child-led" or the idea that a
child has "self-weaned" before the age of 2, is an accurate term?
I have heard it said that there is a window of time around 12 - 15 months at
which time most children are especially "open" to weaning, if encouraged, but
I don't remember where I read or heard it. Is this the case? Does anyone
have a reference for this proposition?
I am also considering how to respond to a statement that some mothers may
have children who are ready to wean but the mothers "push" the children to keep
nursing for the mother's own benefit - either to prolong breastfeeding
infertility, or because the mother still likes it but it is not for the child's
benefit. Is there any basis for this? I have also heard it said that babies
and children cannot be "forced" to nurse, so that we can trust that if they
still nurse, they still need to.
Finally, I am interested in whether there is any formulation of the
breastfeeding/ parenting practices needed to prolong breastfeeding infertility past
the 6 months of the LAM method, other than Sheila Kippley's "Seven Standards
of Ecological Breastfeeding" defined in her book Breastfeeding and Natural
Child Spacing?
Thanks for any input.
Pamela H. Pilch, JD, LCCE
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