Product Description

If you are a breastfeeding mother, then you probably have the same questions that most new mothers have: when is the right time to wean, and what is the best way to go about it? The new, revised and updated edition of The Nursing Mother's Guide to Weaning has the answers. Experts say that breastfeeding success depends on getting off to a good start, and much of this book is devoted to advice for resolving breastfeeding difficulties that often lead to early weaning. This book also explores the hygienic, nutritional, and emotional concerns that make weaning from the breast such an important and often difficult transition. Best-selling author and lactation expert Kathleen Huggins and co-author Linda Ziedrich make it easier than ever for you to bottle-feed safely, introduce solids gradually, and find new ways to keep a growing child secure and happy during and after weaning.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #55417 in Books
• Published on: 2007-05-01
• Released on: 2007-04-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781558323520
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Review
A thorough, thoughtful, and detailed handbook that explores the various reasons for weaning and provides practical how-to advice for the breastfeeding mother considering weaning. -- Journal of Perinatal & Neonatal Nurses

Praise for the first edition: A thorough, thoughtful, and detailed handbook that explores the various reasons for weaning and provides practical how-to advice for the breastfeeding mother considering weaning. --Journal of Perinatal & Neonatal Nurses

Praise for the first edition: The book goes beyond the usual how-to approach...the advice given is wise, practical, and baby-friendly: a nice touch. --Booklist

About the Author
Kathleen Huggins, R.N., M.S., is the best-selling author of The Nursing Mother's Companion and The Expectant Parents' Companion and co-author with Gale Pryor of Nursing Mother, Working Mother, Revised Edition. She is a registered nurse, a board-certified lactation consultant, and owner of the maternity shop Simply Mama. Linda Ziedrich is the longtime parenting-book editor for The Harvard Common Press. She was in the process of weaning her third child when she and Kathleen Huggins began writing the first edition of The Nursing Mother s Guide to Weaning. Ziedrich has also written two cookbooks, The Joy of Pickling and Cold Soups.

Customer Reviews

The title of this book should be "why you shouldn't wean your child"
First of all, let me just say that I am pro breastfeeding, but I also believe that it is a personal choice that every mother must make for themselves. So is weaning. I support nursing mothers whether they do it for 2 weeks or 2 years. My daughter is 9 months old and has always been breastfed. She never would take a bottle and doesn't like formula, even in a cup. I got this book because my plan is to wean my daughter at one year and I was looking for some practical advice. Well, I didn't find it in this book. The chapters are grouped by the child's age when you plan to wean. 90% of each chapter focuses on the reasons you may decide to wean at that age and why those reasons are not valid ones. The book basically shoots down every scenario for weaning your child. The sections on "how to" wean focus on how ineffective most of them are. This is not a book that will give you support and advice on weaning. It does not acknowledge and accept the fact that breastfeeding until your child is in preschool is just not the right choice for everyone. I am proud of the fact that I have breastfed this long but the decision to wean is something that I alone (taking my daughter's needs into consideration) will decide. If you are looking for a book to talk you out of weaning then this is the book for you.

A Disappointment
I absolutely love the Nursing Mother's Companion and have used it as a reference on and off since my son was born a year and a half ago. I was hoping that the Guide to Weaning would offer me some innovative tools or helpful exercises to better understand how and when to wean my son. Instead, it seemed like most of the chapter on toddlers (1-2 years) was a cheerleading session for strategies of how to continue nursing, with a short section on ideas for how to wean at the end. I really didn't get any new information here - I think that most moms who decide to prolong breastfeeding have already had to figure out how to manage where and when it's okay for the baby to nurse; it's the final step of actually weaning that can be difficult to tackle. In all, I didn't find the book to be particularly supportive of my choice to begin weaning my son or to offer any concrete suggestions beyond common sense and advice that's easily available from other moms who have been there before.

Very helpful
While it's true that this book encourages extended nursing, it also contains useful strategies for weaning at any age. If you're on the fence about weaning, read the whole book and then decide. If you're sure you want to wean, skip the "whether to wean" sections and go straight to the "weaning ideas" pages. The book offers a variety of strategies and stories from numerous parents.