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I am mixed on this issue. This post speaks porloy for your average extended breastfeeder. the natural weaning age as far as most anthropologists are concerned would be somewhere between the ages of 2 and 7... HOWEVER, there are boundary issues which are clearly not being addressed by that mother. I weaned my son at 21 months because I felt emotionally drained and no longer had the desire to breastfeed anymore. We have been very fortunate health-wise with our family and I attribute much of that to our extended breastfeeding- BUT- to clarify- it was not on demand whenever he wanted- as I did not want to convey the message that he owned my milk so to speak-- it was out of comfort when i wanted to help if he was very sick or hurt and before bed and occasionally upon waking if it was a "lazy day"- but to tolerate the things she was saying she dealt with from that 4 year old is beyond my comprehension-- and 50 feeds a day?! that's just ridiculous i dont remember more than 4 on the hardest of days after about the 12 month mark... I would say it is unfair to judge long term breastfeeders based on such an outlandish post- but thank you for sharing- it explains a bit why the social stigmatism is so high and what kinds of things run through the minds of those who criticize endended breastfeeders. (oh- and a note on the teeth- children can easily be taught not to bite when their teeth first start coming in-- it's not the teeth that are the problem in the scenario but rather the ability of the mother to set boundaries)
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(VISITOR) AUTHOR'S NAME
Caglar
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20 december 2014, 16:44:08
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