June 2, 2010
I have finally chewed through Ann Sinnott’s wonderful, dense book on extended breastfeeding, Breastfeeding Older Children. She calls it sustained breastfeeding. A better term really, since it’s only “extended” from the POV of our stressed modern lives where children are typically breastfed for a few months if at all. Sinnott interviewed hundreds of women all [...]
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August 6, 2009
Serena, not a baby anymore. She ran most of the way home from Davis Sq. today, while I trailed behind her pushing an empty stroller. And she’s ready for the night weaning, even if she doesn’t like it. Since I first posted about night weaning: Ellen helpfully pointed out that Serena might be getting her [...]
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