On Wed, 1 Jun 2005 [log in to unmask] wrote:

> http://platypusmedia.com/documents/stillnurse.htm

Dia, what a lovely article!  I printed it out to include in the notebook I
give my childbirth students... I think helping more parents to realize how
beneficial extended breastfeeding is might help them stick with it a
little longer than most do these days!

> Also, Jeannette Crenshaw, Katy Lebbing, Martin Drell, William Carey and
> Ruth Lawrence all provided comments for the sidebar -- thanks everyone!

I wish the sidebar showed up online!

> Statistically very few women breastfeed a child for years, but anyone
> involved in League knows lots and lots of women who do.  For most of us,
> it feels right and the fact that it means so much to our children is all
> the evidence we need to continue.

Absolutely... I cannot imagine parent-led weaning.  ;)  Child-led weaning
was the easiest thing I ever did.  My son weaned so gradually that I can't
really say exactly when it happened... just that it was somewhere around
late May or early June before he turned 4 in August.

Cecilia Mitchell Miller
http://www.kjsl.net/~cee
Jacksonville, FL USA

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