Comments on: Extended Nursing - Breastfeeding Beyond the First Year http://www.parenting-journals.com/23/extended-nursing-breastfeeding-beyond-the-first-year/ Promoting happy and healthy families. Tips, articles and resources for parents and children. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:41:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Raw Food Society http://www.parenting-journals.com/23/extended-nursing-breastfeeding-beyond-the-first-year/#comment-44 Raw Food Society Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:29:07 +0000 http://www.parenting-journals.com/23/extended-nursing-breastfeeding-beyond-the-first-year/#comment-44 <strong>Differences between Vegetarian and Raw Food Diets...</strong> There are a few distinct differences between vegetarian and raw food diets. Basically, a vegetarian is someone who is committed to not eat meat, fish, poultry or any animal products, but only consumes vegetables, pasta, and rice. On the other hand, a r... Differences between Vegetarian and Raw Food Diets…

There are a few distinct differences between vegetarian and raw food diets. Basically, a vegetarian is someone who is committed to not eat meat, fish, poultry or any animal products, but only consumes vegetables, pasta, and rice. On the other hand, a r…

]]> By: Carina http://www.parenting-journals.com/23/extended-nursing-breastfeeding-beyond-the-first-year/#comment-36 Carina Thu, 27 Dec 2007 19:31:23 +0000 http://www.parenting-journals.com/23/extended-nursing-breastfeeding-beyond-the-first-year/#comment-36 Yes, Beth, most mammals have a natural cessation of nursing--and if you look at primates as our closest living relatives, when you correspond the age to the corrected human age, we would allow children to nurse between 2.5-7 years of age. Every other mammal practices self-weaning. If allowed to self-wean, most humans would do so between 2-5 years naturally. I have yet to see a tiger, or a bear, or any other mammal stop nursing due to the Gregorian Calendar age of their offspring. Stopping breastfeeding simply because your baby reached 365 days of age makes absolutely no sense, if you look at it in a "natural" way. Yes, Beth, most mammals have a natural cessation of nursing–and if you look at primates as our closest living relatives, when you correspond the age to the corrected human age, we would allow children to nurse between 2.5-7 years of age.

Every other mammal practices self-weaning. If allowed to self-wean, most humans would do so between 2-5 years naturally. I have yet to see a tiger, or a bear, or any other mammal stop nursing due to the Gregorian Calendar age of their offspring.

Stopping breastfeeding simply because your baby reached 365 days of age makes absolutely no sense, if you look at it in a “natural” way.

]]> By: Beth Knotts http://www.parenting-journals.com/23/extended-nursing-breastfeeding-beyond-the-first-year/#comment-31 Beth Knotts Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:15:44 +0000 http://www.parenting-journals.com/23/extended-nursing-breastfeeding-beyond-the-first-year/#comment-31 To be honest, breastfeeding after around the 12 month mark does not make sense. Children develop teeth for a reason. All other mammals have natural cessation of feeding from the breast and is normally dictated around the time teeth are present in the young babies. That is a natural indication that ingestation of solid food sources should begin and eating from the breast should stop. To be honest, breastfeeding after around the 12 month mark does not make sense. Children develop teeth for a reason. All other mammals have natural cessation of feeding from the breast and is normally dictated around the time teeth are present in the young babies. That is a natural indication that ingestation of solid food sources should begin and eating from the breast should stop.

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