http://www.lactivistleanings.com/education/is-breastfeeding-advocacy-anti-feminist-an-essay-by-katherine-a-dettwyler/ musings and the occasional feistiness about breastfeeding Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:50:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.lactivistleanings.com/education/is-breastfeeding-advocacy-anti-feminist-an-essay-by-katherine-a-dettwyler/comment-page-1/#comment-870 Laura Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:48:50 +0000 http://www.lactivistleanings.com/?p=218#comment-870 Thank you for this response - I love it! Katherine Dettwyler is my hero. I am a lactation consultant and mother to 3 children, all of whom nursed until at least 5.5 years (my youngest is still nursing and will be 6 in September; I have been nursing for 13 straight years), not because I wanted to nurse them that long, but because they wanted and seemed to need to nurse that long. I did not set out to do it - it never occurred to me when my first breastfeeding relationship began, and continued, and continued, etc. I trusted my instincts and those of my children, and continued to educate myself. I found "A Time to Wean" extremely helpful, esp. when my husband began to question "when is this going to stop?" It helped him understand enough so that now he tells newly pregnant associates that they should breastfeed "at least a year"! The one thing that these people don't understand when they think of a nursing 2 y/o (or older) is that it's not the same as nursing an infant - it's totally compatible with working. Thanks again Thank you for this response – I love it! Katherine Dettwyler is my hero. I am a lactation consultant and mother to 3 children, all of whom nursed until at least 5.5 years (my youngest is still nursing and will be 6 in September; I have been nursing for 13 straight years), not because I wanted to nurse them that long, but because they wanted and seemed to need to nurse that long. I did not set out to do it – it never occurred to me when my first breastfeeding relationship began, and continued, and continued, etc. I trusted my instincts and those of my children, and continued to educate myself. I found “A Time to Wean” extremely helpful, esp. when my husband began to question “when is this going to stop?” It helped him understand enough so that now he tells newly pregnant associates that they should breastfeed “at least a year”! The one thing that these people don’t understand when they think of a nursing 2 y/o (or older) is that it’s not the same as nursing an infant – it’s totally compatible with working. Thanks again

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