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A friend has given me permission to post this here.
> n the September issue of Parents, in an article called "Siblings Without
> Rivalry," readers who are having another baby when their first is 10-18
> months old are advised the following: "If you're still nursing, plan to
> wean your first child at least a couple of months before the second child
> comes along."
>
> I am flabbergasted that this was printed! First of all, the words "still
> nursing" make it sound like this would be an unusual thing...to be nursing
> a 10-18 month old. And second, how dare they advise women to wean a first
> child before a second arrives? It makes me so mad to think of women who
> might actually heed this horrible advice. The *least* they could have done
> was say something like women shouldn't wean abrubtly, or in conjunction
> with the arrival of the new baby, *IF* they had a mind to do so, in the
> interest of not making the first-born feel ousted. But to make it sound
> like there's some reason that all women *should* wean a first baby is just
> wrong.
>
> I'm going to write a letter to the magazine. The address is
> [log in to unmask], if anyone else is interested. They ask that
> you include your name, address, and daytime phone number.
>
> PS This advice wasn't attributed to an expert, so I'm assuming the author
> of the article, Susan Korones Gifford is responsible for this dandy.
--
Monique
Noah Schaefers 6/97
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