Although I agree that an
infant can become dependent on the breast to fall asleep and yes, once I gently weaned my daughter from night time
feeds at
around 10 months she did sleep for longer stretches but it by no means solved all our sleep «
issues» — To say that all healthy
infants should be able to STTN at 6 months, is an incredibly discouraging thing to say to moms who then start thinking there is something wrong with their child and in the end let them cry it out because they read articles like this where it worked for one person.
Annexes include information on developing locally appropriate
feeding recommendations based on the principles, and on key
issues around early breastfeeding cessation for
infants and young children of HIV - positive mothers.