I recently did some searching for information about nursing toddlers for
a presentation and would be glad to share some of the web sites that had
some great breastfeeding information.

Several articles by Katherine Dettwyler at various sites

www.lalecheleague.org/FAQ (several references on nursing toddlers)

www.nurturing.ca/ebmarnie2.htm ( "the Benefits of Extended Breastfeeding"
)

naturalchild.com/guest/norma_jane_bumgarner.html ( "Why Mothers Nurse
their Children into Toddlerhood" )

"Mothering your nursing toddler"  by Norma Jane Bumgarner, 1982 ( order
from La Leche League )

Also www.telepath.com/wordwrks/mynt/Motherly_advice.html ( personal
accounts from mothers for Ms. Bumgarner's upcoming revision of the above
book )

www.parentsplace.com/readroom/breastfeeding/bf140.html ( "Is there any
Value in Breastfeeding past one year?" )

www.geocities.com/Heartland/8148/toddler.html ("Nursing a Toddler" - with
a list of links of other sites )

I hope this will be of some help.  I would ask your friend the reasons
she wants to wean and see if they have to do with lack of support from
family or insensitive comments.  Nursing her child for as long as he
needs to is worth the commitment on so many issues ie:  baby's self
confidence, health, intelligence, comfort, security...

If she decides to wean anyway, be supportive and compliment her on her
committment and loving decision to nurse her baby for as long as she was
able to!

Beth McHugh BSN, IBCLC
Idaho

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