Sentences with phrase «mothers wean their children»

Even as a controversial Champaign case of a mother breastfeeding her 6 - year - old came to light, Mothering magazine made a case for breastfeeding toddlers, saying that most U.S. mothers wean their children by age 6 months.

Some mothers wean their children almost completely, but continue that last feeding of the day for a few extra weeks or even months.

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God affirms this when He uses female - specific imagery when relating to His people — like a bear to her cubs (Hosea 13:8), an eagle hovering over her young (Deuteronomy 32:11), a mother comforting and weaning her child (Isaiah 66:13, Psalm 131:2), a nursing woman (Isaiah 49:15) and a woman in labor (Psalm 131:2).

But I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with its mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.

Now my story as a mother includes this story too: I'm a mother who weaned her baby at a year old, a mother who chose to honour her own mental and spiritual health as much as she honoured her children, a mother who took too long to reimagine her life.

Most American mothers wean their babies well before a year; Some women wean out of necessity, due to inability to breastfeed or technical issues related to nursing; Some children wean themselves, which causes some mothers elation and others, absolute sorrow.

The mother says she practices child - led weaning, which is supported by the Schaumburg - based breastfeeding advocacy organization, La Leche League International, and allows the child to determine when he or she is done nursing.

Weaning abruptly can be very upsetting to a child and can result in engorgement or mastitis for mothers.

Either the mother is ill and can not nurse, or the baby is ill or extremely allergic to formula, a rare problem, but one that is usually diagnosed after a baby has been weaned and the mother's milk supply is too low to feed the child, she explains.

Until then, while I was very vocal about my personal views, I had given little thought to my own childhood when it was not uncommon to see a mother breastfeeding an older child and chatting easily with friends and family about the age she should stop breastfeeding or about a child's reluctance to «wean.»

Mothers of these children are often told to wean the baby since the child is «allergic» to the milk.

Agree completely that spag Bol should be introduced at a later stage, as a mother of children with dairy allergy and also soya snd egg in my youngest I definitely think parents should research potential allergies before this style of weaning and start with low salicylate foods.

Because of these unanswered questions many mothers choose to wean their children during pregnancy.

A child who weans gradually is able to maintain his emotional attachment to his mother very easily, rather than needing to cuddle an inanimate object such as a soft toy or blanket.

there are at least two schools of thought in ending a breastfeeding relationship: mother - led weaning and child - led weaning.

certainly, everyone is entitled to her personal preference, but that's just it — decisions about breastfeeding and weaning are personal, and what's right can vary from mother to mother or child to child.

It was nice to find support in a society where the breastfeeding rate is so low, and there are many roadblocks that contribute towards a mother wanting to wean her child early.

However, in the US and many other western countries, in particular, mothers are more or less expected to wean their child from their breast no later than one year of age.

The mother has consistently maintained that she practices child - led weaning and would stop breastfeeding whenever her child asked to cease.

The mother came to court Monday armed with a stack of books on breast - feeding, said she practices child - led weaning, which allows the child to determine when he is done nursing.

The mother, whose name is not being used to protect the identity of the child, has testified that she practices «child - led weaning» and said she will stop when her child no longer asks.

Abrupt weaning is often difficult on the mom and child, but may be required for a severe illness in the mother or child, though most medication do have safe alternatives for breastfeeding mothers.

This is thought to be an easier way to wean, it is less traumatic for the child, but also helps to protect the mother from the pain of engorgement and other complications.

For this day of World Breastfeeding Week, we share another breastfeeding mother's story of working and child - led weaning:

Just remember that weaning needn't signal an end to the intimacy you and your child have established through breastfeeding; rather, it is a milestone to be celebrated, one that marks the beginning of a new and unparalleled closeness between mother and child.

From that age, a mother and child can wean whenever they want.

I am a mother of 5 wonderful children each of whom I have BF and weaned at different ages.

In my opinion, you can breast feed for as long as you want, I'm a mother of 2, and I'm now 4 weeks pregnant, and my first and second children are not weaned, and they are 3 and 1.

By stage three, many mothers begin weaning their child off of breast milk.

«I had to wean my baby unexpectedly when I got ill, and I turned to the group for advice on how to handle this as well as tips for allowing my mother to take over my child's care while I was ill.

In addition, once the mother begins to wean her child, the first food is very important.

There are others who claim that weaning can damage the mother - child bond, cause regression, or cause a loss of independence.

Perhaps, like many breastfeeding mothers, you are fully committed to child - led weaning.

Nursing a child is a positive experience for both the mother and child, and it can remain that way through weaning by using a gentle process.

Gentle weaning allows for mothers to wean children without creating a negative experience.

Actually, in my experiences working with mothers and babies and also my own personal experiences breastfeeding, the older your child gets the easier it gets to night wean them.

I think many times we get lost in the idea that child led weaning is all about the child and not the mother, but this thought takes away from the idea that breastfeeding is a relationship.

We are the only country that calls a mother messed up for naturally weaning her child at whatever age the said child is ready.

Since the CDCs on base are government - run and rely on the money coming in to subsidize the lower cost child care, many of these AD mothers are weaning, prematurely for the reasons you outline above.

And «child - led weaning» makes it sound like it's a one - sided thing, with no agency for the mother — like the mom is just lying back and letting her child decide how long the nursing will go on.

Finally, we also support parents who nurse long past infancy here — breastfeeding past infancy is normal and beneficial to both mother and child, and we absolutely support breastfeeding until the CHILD is ready to wean (whether that's at 2 orchild, and we absolutely support breastfeeding until the CHILD is ready to wean (whether that's at 2 orCHILD is ready to wean (whether that's at 2 or 7!).

A second issue of importance during separation and divorce is whether or not to wean a child from the mother's breast.

Engorgement may occur as a result of a decision not to milk, when milk comes in very quickly, when mother and child are separated for an extended time, or during weaning.

The «problem» of the late weaner does not rest in the mother and baby's relationship but in our own distorted perception of the relationship of mother and child.

Especially if the mother is breastfeeding a toddler or has plans on letting her child self wean.

One of the most controversial aspects of breastfeeding in today's world is the discussion over when a mother should wean her child.

[Laughs] So, if that child doesn't wan na nurse, he is not gonna nurse and so you have mother led weaning and baby led weaning.

The most common methods of weaning are either mother led or child led.

Some methods take a little longer, and every mother and childs weaning experience is unique to them.

While I appreciate the plethora of info on the child's side of weaning I'm beyond disappointed in the info I can find for the mother who is weaning.