Mothering Your Nursing Toddler
How long are you going to nurse your baby? Six months? Eight months? A year? What if you celebrate your baby's first birthday and your little one is still nursing, with no sign of letting up any time soon? Many a modern mother has felt as though she has embarked on uncharted waters as she continues to breastfeed a child into toddlerhood. The child's need to nurse is clear- but mother has lots of questions.\ \ In this revised edition of Mothering Your Nursing Toddler author Norma Jane...
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Forewordxi1980 forewordxiiIntroductionxviiAn Investment, Not a SacrificexviiBreastfeeding Is One of the BasicsxxiiManaging Children's LivesxxivThe Real Goal of Parenting--Self-SufficiencyxxvPart 1Nursing Your Toddler--Why?Chapter 1Why Children Nurse into Toddlerhood3Sucking, a Tool for Growing3Chapter 2Why Mothers Nurse Their Children into Toddlerhood7Seeing a Need7A Health Plus7Closeness14Comfort17When There Are Older Siblings18Other Advantages19When Experience Speaks20Chapter 3Nursing--Still the Best for Your Child23Early Weaning--Not Recommended for Children23Nursing and Weight Gain32Nutrition and the Nursing Toddler39Night Nursing--A Factor in Tooth Decay?41Chapter 4Nursing--Still the Best for Yourself49Mother's Nutritional Needs49Prolonging Lactational Amenorrhea52Other Physical Effects of Nursing56Dealing with Your Own Doubts57Coping with Family Pressure59Coping with Pressure from Outsiders62Fun and Games71Chapter 5Glimpses into Other Times and Cultures75History75Using What We Learn from Other Cultures90Part 2Nursing Your Toddler--How?Chapter 6When Nursing Presents Challenges97Nursing and Automobile Safety97Breast Problems99Sensual/Sexual Aspects of Breastfeeding107Social Service Agencies and the Courts110Biting111Illness in the Nursing Mother115Multiples117Chapter 7Pregnancy and Tandem Nursing121Nursing Two132Chapter 8Getting Enough Rest151Night Duty151When Needs Clash153Frequent Night Waking156Chapter 9Marriage and Life with a Nursing Toddler167Changes in Sexual Interest167Re-Staging the Lovemaking172Chapter 10Unique Circumstances175Employment Away from Home175Your Adopted Child188Your Last Child190Chapter 11Fathering and the Nursing Toddler193A Father's Influence193The Importance of Fathering196Coping with a Mommy's Baby197Fathering Your Nursing Toddler199Husbanding Your Nursing Wife203Part 3Nursing Your Toddler Year by YearChapter 12Nursing in the Second Year209The Nursing Toddler--A Baby on Wheels209Toddler Nursing Strike211Nursing Leaves One Hand Free212Getting Through the Peak Time for Criticism216Chapter 13Nursing Through the Terrible Twos219"Terrible Twos"--No Longer Terrible219Talking About Nursing222Frequent Nursing in a Two-Year-Old225Getting Sick of Nursing230Chapter 14Nursing a Three-Year-Old233Babyhood's Last Shadow233Talking about Nursing and about Weaning235Chapter 15Nursing Past Four239The Specter of Nursing Forever239Becoming Part of a Memory242Peer Pressure243Part 4WeaningChapter 16"Natural" Weaning249The Child under Three249After Three252Resuming Nursing after Weaning253Spontaneous Weaning in Children over Four256Chapter 17Time-Honored (or Time-Worn?) Approaches to Weaning259Initiating Weaning259The "Mother's Week Out" Approach, or Weaning by Abandonment260The "Spicy Burrito" Method263The Return of Frankenstein's Monster264Crying It Out265Chapter 18Some Less Dramatic Weaning Techniques267Serious Business267"Don't Offer, Don't Refuse"268Distraction269Substitution270Postponement272Shortening the Nursings273Weaning by Contract273Father and Weaning275Spot Weaning276Weaning by Capitulation277Chapter 19Making the Best of Nursing or Weaning279Deciding to Wean279Weaning in an Emergency285Living Short of the Ideal286Effects of Weaning on Mother287Bibliography291Resources297Index301
