AP in EI?

[judecorp]

I continue to be fascinated by the beliefs of most of the people I work with. We're folks who spend all of our professional lives with babies and toddlers, yet they continue to balk at things like extended nursing, nursing on demand, time in rather than time out, and co-sleeping. My colleagues talk about these things like they are ridiculous and the parents are crazy. It drives ME crazy!

Today one of my coworkers was reading one of my assessment reports where I wrote that the child was fussing because he wanted to nurse. She said the following statements in order: Nurse? Nurse from Mom? On her breast? But he's 2 1/2! You're not shocked? You think it's okay? Don't you think it's weird?

I have three families on my current caseload that nurse toddlers over two, one of whom co-sleeps. All I can say is, I'm glad they're on MY caseload!

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[folkyboy.livejournal.com]

what's the appropraite age to wean children off?

[siercia]

Mainstream wisdom generally says by age 1, or generally when they're getting the main of their nourishment from food as opposed to breastmilk or formula.

Breast feeding advocates recommend letting kids self wean, which generally means until the kids decide they're no longer interested - which can be anywhere from 2 to 4+ years old. Once the kids pass 1 1/2 years or so, the nursing relationship is generally more about comfort and closeness than it is nutrition.