another allegedly "pro" BF book that isn't!

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flicked through this today at the baby group we attend. It was about feeding older babies. I didn't read it, only flicked, because I was appalled! Do you know it? Have you read it? Am I being stupid/, missing something?

the front cover says "how to bring breastfeeding to a gentle end" that doesn't sound pro breast feeding to me!

I'm confused? It's a book about weaning? Nothing to do with being pro BF or not but choosing to stop? Picture on front depicts an older child. Am confused as to your point?

well, I am thinking about thinking about it when DS gets to two, so that idea is fine with me, although I of course would prefer DS to self wean (as long as he does it around then . It was the content that bothered me.

I am now confused though as it appears to be LLL (who are soooo pro BF) so someone who has it/has read it please come and tell me why i am wrong!

What is in it that you objected to?

The first comment on Amazon says it's more encouraging you to continue breastfeeding than telling you how to wean, and the foreword is by Sears - isn't he the attachment parenting bloke?

Choosing to wean a child rather than letting them self wean doesn't make you anti-breastfeeding, surely.

Whats wrong with weaning? I'd rather not be breastfeeding my child through the school gates at lunch...

The authors are well-known and highly thought of - it sounds like a good book to me.

what is it you didn't like?

'a gentle end' sounds like encouraging self-weaning to me...

What did it say about feeding older babies?

only 2 reviews but tey aren't good ones!

yes, it's all very confusing. Dr Sears is usually fantastic. Maybe my flick through didn't do it justice.

I shall stop being cryptic-the bits I was about were allusions to older babies finding feeding sexually arousing and how mothers would need to manage this etc etc. The tone was not the usual that I am familiar with re:nursing "manners". I found this strange and IMO, in keeping with a more hostile approach to extended BF mothers. Perhaps I am being very Catholic about it.

I have found another LLL book called "how weaning happens" that I might order instead.

Sounds odd!

you can read a little of it here

ok well some pages were missing.... but i didn't find anything particularly shocking in there!

it's more general info about weaning and breastfeeding rahter than tips on how to wean... but apart from that nothing