Someone brought up nursing past the first year and I just had to add a new
nursing toddler story to the collection I put on the list a few months ago.

An online friend has a very smart son who just started college at
Swarthmore.  When he was about to turn three she decided it was time for
him to wean.  She gave him a talk about how three year olds were "grown up"
and didn't need to nurse anymore.  Shortly after that he was visiting at a
friend's house.  The friend called his mother and said "Your son just asked
us if we would be his new parents.  He says he's about to be grown up and
has to find a new home."  His mom revised her plans and decided to stop
pushing the "all grown up" idea.

At some point after that (she doesn't  remember exactly when) she
discovered that he had taught himself to read without her knowledge.  She
has no idea how or when he did it.  He would correct her when she was
reading to  him and (even in a new book) skipped a word or said something
wrong.  She started talking to him about weaning again and this time he
said "But mom, I read in one of your books that in some countries kids
nurse until they're seven."

I'd never heard of a child using something he'd read before to keep his
nursing relationship going!

-Lucy Towbin, MSW, IBCLC

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