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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