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When counseling breastfeeding families who ask how weaning happens, author Diane Bengson says, "Gradually, with love." She answers the many questions she's seen hundreds of families bring up through her years as a La Leche League Leader and wrapped her own as well as their personal experiences into her book How Weaning Happens. She covers social and cultural differences among the breastfeeding families, pressures to wean, natural weaning and various other reasons to wean. She also writes about the physical and emotional changes of mother and child in a nursing relationship. How Weaning Happens is the first complete book on the topic from LLLI.

How Weaning Happens includes the personal experiences of mothers who have weaned in a variety of ways. It covers the kinds of questions parents have about weaning and reassures them that weaning is a natural process and does not have to be a stressful event for mother or child.

Table of Contents:

Thinking about Weaning

What Natural Weaning Is Like

Stories of Natural Weaning

Breastfeeding and Weaning as Your Baby Grows

Gently Encouraging Weaning

Some Perspectives on Natural Weaning

Pressure to Wean

Weaning Because of Medical Advice

Mothers' Feelings about Weaning

When Weaning Isn't Going Well

Physical and Emotional Changes In Mothers after Weaning

The New Mother-Child Relationship

La Leche League International, ISBN: 0912500549, © 1999, 7.25 in. x 9.25 in (about 18.5 cm x 23.5 cm), soft cover, 156 Pages