In a message dated 98-06-19 11:13:21 EDT, you write:

<< Good for you Bob and the rest of the physicians on our list who treat this
 as a normal everyday occurrence, which it is! >>

Hear, hear! Let's help by *not* referring to the practice of nursing a child
at one, two, three, or four as "extended".  One of the most powerful things I
ever heard along this line was Kathy Dettwyler:  Culture is what we DO and SAY
everyday....we make it with our words and actions.  The difference in talking
to a mom about her "extended nursing" vs. talking to her about her "normal
duration of breastfeeding" may be immense, in giving her a paradigm for how
she thinks about what she is doing.

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