I've struggled with this moment for the past few months, but after weeks
of gradual weaning, I am more than ready.
Sudden weaning is the opposite
of gradual weaning.
Not exact matches
Weaning is the
gradual process
of introducing solid food to an infant while withdrawing breastfeeding.
Weaning is the transition
of a baby from breast milk to solid foods in a
gradual process.
And instead
of following Gordon's
gradual night
wean suggestion, we're going straight to it because we believe it's less confusing.
Gradual weaning allows a child to slowly adjust to a new source
of food and the loss
of the comfort and security that breastfeeding provides.
If this baby is anything like my first, I will be nursing him for several more years and his
weaning will be so
gradual that both
of us will be ready when it happens.
It was a
gradual weaning, but I couldn't help feeling neither one
of us was ready for it.
Because your milk changes for the benefit
of your child while you
wean, it is better to make
weaning a
gradual, rather than an abrupt, process.
Non-emergency
weaning should always be
gradual, relaxed and accompanied by lots
of cuddling and attention.
I tried the gentle method
of night
weaning and
gradual separation for our 15 month old.
Aha Parenting recommends thinking
of weaning as a
gradual process that may take months.
In most cases, the
gradual approach works well and your child will
wean with a minimum
of fuss and trauma.
In terms
of breastfeeding a lone... it's not the sucking
of the breast that does any sagging to the breasts, it's pregnancy and the loss
of weight
of the breasts.That is why I am a proponent
of gradual and gentle
weaning.
Prytherch, Sandra FOOD FROM MOMMY self - published, 2001 Precious story
of a little girl's development from birth to
weaning, describing the
gradual progression from exclusive breastfeeding to first foods and on to a
gradual weaning.
The process
of weaning a puppy from its mother or from nursing milk is a
gradual process that usually happens over the course
of three or four weeks.
Because maternal antibodies
gradual decrease from the time a puppy or kitten is
weaned, and this occurs at different rates for all animals, it is vital that all puppies and kittens receive a series
of vaccinations starting at 6 - 8 weeks
of age and continuing until the series is complete.
This would serve multiple purposes,
of (a)
weaning us from dependence on foreign oil and simultaneously depleting terror - exporting countries
of their revenue stream, (b) reducing other pollutants besides CO2, (c) encouraging a more
gradual and less economically disastrous transition from an economony based on a finite resource, (d) slow global warming, (e) move us in the direction
of a VAT tax rather than an income tax (actually, personally I don't think e is such a great thing, but as many conversative groups favor it, I don't see why they would oppose a revenue - neutral tax on fossil fuels.