Elisheva makes the point that it is hard to tell if a weaning is truly child led. I have to agree. Ten yrs ago my son "weaned" at about 10 mos of age. I realized much later this was a nursing strike becoz of some things I was doing (not realizing then) to the detriment of bf. Live and learn, remember?} Now I have a 5.5 yr old who has not nursed in a few days (is she weaned? not sure yet?) but sometimes I encourage her not to becoz I am very sore when she nurses. So this is not truly child led either. Laurie Wheeler, RN, MN, IBCLC - reading lactnet after a Mardi Gras parade tonite. Violet Louisiana, s.e. USA ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com *********************************************** 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