I am seeing a different issue with this whole "night-weaning" concept. I do not believe we are seeing a longer duration in breastfeeding. I find it far more troubling because it is among "attachment parenting" moms where this seems to have really taken off, as if it has always been the way of feeding babies to do this. Like an ordinary milestone--baby crawls, baby takes solds, baby walks, baby night-weans, or something of the sort.. It seems to have been gaining as a trend over the past 10 years or so. I suppose it may be linked to all the baby-training propaganda, but I think it is because the whole "attachment parenting" model has become less a baby-led model than it once was.  I've seen a similar issue with baby-wearing. Most of my clients wear their babies and have numerous carriers but almost none of them learn to nurse in their slings. Wasn't that the whole point? Unfortunately in any model it is often the baby who gets lost when the baby ought to be the compass or true north.



Jennifer Tow, IBCLC

Intuitive Parenting Network LLC

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