Beyond Baby: Extended Breastfeeding and Child-led Weaning
[From the old A Living Family blog…]
World Breastfeeding Week is a great time to read lots of posts with people’s experiences and resources gathered together at places like Natural Parent Network. Seriously, who can read Hybrid Rasta Mama’s “Why Breastfeeding a Toddler is HILARIOUS” without at least a chuckle? I’ve just lazily put all these awesome posts together along with some resources on Extended Breastfeeding, Child-led Weaning, and Baby-led Solids. There is good stuff in there, so enjoy reading!
EXTENDED BREASTFEEDING: Resources
- Nursing After the First Year — Kellymom
- Extended Breastfeeding (Beyond One Year) — La Leche League (LLL)
- 7 Breastfeeding Myths – a number have to do with extended breastfeeding or weaning with links to info
- Breastfeeding a Child Who Can Chew Steak
- Weaning: How Does It Happen? – Kellymom
- Natural Weaning
EXTENDED BREASTFEEDING: Stories and Wisdom
- Joys of Breastfeeding Past Infancy — This is a ton of posts series all about extended breastfeeding, including a couple below
- Breastfeeding Beyond Infancy: Radio Documentary
- (The Actual Radio Documentary @ Knitwise Media)
- Breastfeeding in Sickness and in Health, Even Past Infancy – lots more posts to link to
- A Good Thing Going
- Bumps in the Road (sometimes they come later in the game)
- 10 Selfish and Shallow Reasons to Breastfeed a Toddler
- Breastfeeding Past Infancy and Breastfeeding Past Infancy: Followup
- Breastfeeding a 14 Month Old Is….
- Why Breastfeeding a Toddler Is Hilarious
- Pros and Cons of Breastfeeding a Toddler
- Confessions of a Breastfeeding Mom: TTC — links about breastfeeding and fertility
WEANING
- 12 Weaning Ceremonies and Inga’s Weaning Party
- Natural Weaning
- The Big “W”
- The Pros and Cons of Weaning a Toddler
- And So It Ends
- Child-led Weaning (even past 8 years old?)
- Reducing Nighttime Nursing without Night Weaning – links about night weaning included
- I Told My Family He’d Wean Before College…I Was Right
- Weaning Video Series: Emotions of Mom and Nursling
- Weaning and Depression Linked
- Post-weaning Depression: A Mom’s Story
- Weaning Gracefully: A Program
BABY-LED SOLIDS (as part of Child-led Weaning)
On Choking:
