> Some people use 'weaning' to mean starting solids, or taking anything different
> from milk.
> It also can mean the process of gradually moving from all breast milk, thru
> starting solids, and eventually giving up the breast.

> So 'weaning' could start in a moment, and take a while to finish !

One more thought here:  If "weaning" is the process of moving away from the breast, but if it is defined only
in terms of what the child is eating (e.g. "weaning begins with the first taste of solid food"), doesn't that
subtly undermine the broader purposes of bf?  In other words, I'm not sure we can say when babies *begin* to
wean -- maybe the first time Dad rocks the baby to sleep, maybe at birth itself.


~~ Nancy Penney
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