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Booby Traps Series: “When are you going to stop doing that?” and others things moms fear hearing from their providers when nursing past infancy.
After overcoming the many barriers to breastfeeding in the early weeks and months of breastfeeding, many women are understandably proud to continue nursing into toddlerhood and beyond.* But instead of a fist bump and words of encouragement, some moms instead … Continue reading
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Tagged ann sinnott, breastfeeding older children, breastfeeding toddlers, breastmilk, don't ask don't tell, extended breastfeeding, full-term breastfeeding, kathleen kendall-tackett, long term breastfeeding, mothering your nursing toddler, muriel sugarman, norma jane bumgarner
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Last revised on 07/15/2013
Last revised on 07/15/2013
Booby Traps Series: “If we lived on an island where nobody else cared what we did…” How stigma hinders nursing past infancy.
In Mothering Your Nursing Toddler, author Norma Jane Bumgarner describes the reasons why mothers feel they can’t breastfeed past infancy,* even though they (and presumably their children) would like to: “What other people think bothers me too much.” “Nursing is … Continue reading
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Tagged american academy of pediatrics, american association of family physicians, breastfeeding, breastfeeding past infancy, closeted nursing, extended breastfeeding, full-term breastfeeding, kathryn dettwyler, La Leche League, long term breastfeeding, mothering your nursing toddler, secret bond, sustained breastfeeding, world health organiztaion
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Last revised on 07/08/2013
Last revised on 07/08/2013