Guest guest Posted January 10, 2001 Report Posted January 10, 2001 Help! I know this is not a breastfeeding group but I do have a question regarding weaning my 18 month old. If you are/were a nursing mom who has weaned a baby will you send me your email so I can ask you my questions. This way I do not have to pose it to the whole group. Please reply to: deb_proen THANKS :-) _______________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com Quote
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2001 Report Posted January 13, 2001 deb, I have the same question-same age toddler, etc.. I'd like to know if you find any good resources. thanks.. > " Deb Proen " <deb_proen > > > Nursing & Weaning >Wed, 10 Jan 2001 17:01:44 -0500 > >Help! I know this is not a breastfeeding group but I do have a question >regarding weaning my 18 month old. If you are/were a nursing mom who has >weaned a baby will you send me your email so I can ask you my questions. >This way I do not have to pose it to the whole group. > >Please reply to: deb_proen > >THANKS :-) >_______________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > _______________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com Quote
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2001 Report Posted January 17, 2001 Have you tried the book 'How Weaning Happens' by LLL? Good book. We have an 11 month old who is nowhere close to weaning, but I read the book anyway. I highly recommend it. Is there a reason why you want to wean? Two years is not unreasonable. Most of the kids I know weaned by 2 and just a couple kept nursing until 3 years old. Most of the time they wean themselves. Just my 2 cents. Linda Mom to Parker (CHD, born 2/00, cloth diapering, attachment parenting, vegan) At 04:50 PM 1/13/01 -0600, you wrote: >deb, >I have the same question-same age toddler, etc.. I'd like to know if you >find any good resources. >thanks.. > > >> " Deb Proen " <deb_proen >> >> >> Nursing & Weaning >>Wed, 10 Jan 2001 17:01:44 -0500 >> >>Help! I know this is not a breastfeeding group but I do have a question >>regarding weaning my 18 month old. If you are/were a nursing mom who has >>weaned a baby will you send me your email so I can ask you my questions. >>This way I do not have to pose it to the whole group. >> >>Please reply to: deb_proen >> >>THANKS :-) >>_______________ >>Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com >> >> > >_______________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > > >For more information about vegetarianism, please visit the VRG website at http://www.vrg.org and for materials especially useful for families go to http://www.vrg.org/family. > > Quote
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2001 Report Posted January 17, 2001 , Linda Evans <linda.evans@e...> wrote: > Have you tried the book 'How Weaning Happens' by LLL? Good book. Is that a new one? I have " The Nursing Mother's Guide to Weaning " , and also " Mothering Your Nursing Toddler " . I haven't been to LLL meetings in a while, although I used to be heavily involved with them. We have > an 11 month old who is nowhere close to weaning, but I read the book > anyway. I highly recommend it. Is there a reason why you want to wean? > Two years is not unreasonable. Most of the kids I know weaned by 2 and > just a couple kept nursing until 3 years old. Most of the time they wean > themselves. Just as a data point, my older son finally agreed to wean on his fourth birthday. Somebody's got to fill out that curve 8-). > Mom to Parker (CHD, born 2/00, cloth diapering, attachment parenting, vegan) What does CHD mean? BTW, Linda, could I beg of you to trim your sig a bit? It is generally considered good netiquette not to exceed four or five lines in length. Be well, Hadass Quote
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2001 Report Posted January 17, 2001 Hadass, Sorry about the sig, I try to set it to 'none' when posting to groups...sometimes I forget. :-) CHD is congenital hear defect. Four years nursing...very cool! I am a little scared to say too much about extended nursing because the local DCFS took a mother's child away because he was still nursing at five years old. Very scary. They claim he was being 'forced' to nurse and since they view the breast as a 'sexual organ' it was considered abuse. My son pretty much eats off my plate and he has never had trouble growing (he is MUCH healthier than most kids I know...especially for a CHD kid). He loves spicy foods and even eats raw garlic (his idea not mine). I avoid peanuts and soy (it would be tough to have a vegan kid allergic to soy). He eats Thai, Indian, Mexican, Chinese, Ethiopian, etc. I can tell by his diapers that he still gets most of his nutrients from breastmilk, but he loves to eat. Linda PS Better Than Peanut Butter and Jelly is a good cookbook for kids Healthy Cooking for Kids great vegan cookbook Quote
Guest guest Posted January 18, 2001 Report Posted January 18, 2001 , Linda Evans <linda.evans@e...> wrote: > Hadass, > > Sorry about the sig, I try to set it to 'none' when posting to > groups...sometimes I forget. :-) No prob, thanks for trying, anyway 8-). > > CHD is congenital hear defect. Oh my. Has he had/will he be having surgery? I have lots of experience with babies and surgery, unfortunately, we can talk offline if you want. My younger son has just had his fourth (and please G-d, last) surgery for repair of a giant omphalocele (birth defect in which the abdominal wall fails to form properly and some of the organs develop outside the body). > > Four years nursing...very cool! I am a little scared to say too much about > extended nursing because the local DCFS took a mother's child away because > he was still nursing at five years old. Very scary. Last I heard the judge gave him back to her with supervision, and it was clear that the real issue wasn't the breastfeeding at all. But I never set out to nurse for four years, it just happened that way ... They claim he was > being 'forced' to nurse and since they view the breast as a 'sexual organ' > it was considered abuse. Yeah yeah. Those people are sick. But this is getting OT ... > > My son pretty much eats off my plate and he has never had trouble growing > (he is MUCH healthier than most kids I know...especially for a CHD kid). That's wonderful! > He loves spicy foods and even eats raw garlic (his idea not mine). I avoid > peanuts and soy (it would be tough to have a vegan kid allergic to soy). It would indeed! > He eats Thai, Indian, Mexican, Chinese, Ethiopian, etc. I can tell by his > diapers that he still gets most of his nutrients from breastmilk, but he > loves to eat. That's just great. > PS Better Than Peanut Butter and Jelly is a good cookbook for kids > Healthy Cooking for Kids great vegan cookbook There's also a Molly Katzen cookbook for kids called Pretend Soup, which I've heard good things about, but I haven't got it yet. I think my older son might be just about ready ... Be well, Hadass Quote
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