> >It occurs to me that there's another way to determine what's "normal" for >certain ages. It's to look at how often babies nurse at that age *and then >note when weaning takes place*. I suspect that the baby who nurses 5 times >a day at 4-6 months is out the door by a year. We need to know not how >often *most* 5 month olds nurse, but how often those 5 month olds who are >happily nursing at age 2 or 3 nursed when they were 5 months old. To >recommend something different from what *those* children did is most likely >to put a professional seal on a pattern connected with early weaning. > >Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC Ithaca, NY Right on, Diane!! I can certainly tell you that of my five, the only one who nursed only 5-7 times a day at five months is the one I weaned at a year! Twenty-six years ago, that seemed like a long time. All of the others nursed 3-5 years and all nursed much more than 5 times a day at 5 months...and at a year...and at 18 months, and so on! Patty Spanjer IBCLC, and 50 year old mother of a nursing 3 year old. *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html