- Recommended Articles
- Why?
- Nursing Manners
- General Information and Personal Experiences
- Handling Criticism
- Web sites
Recommended Articles
Why?
Extended Breastfeeding Fact Sheet @ 
Why Mothers Nurse Their Children into Toddlerhood Excerpt from Norma Jane Bumgarner’s “Mothering Your Nursing Toddler”.
Is There Any Value In Breastfeeding Past One Year? by Debbi Donovan, IBCLC
Breastfeed a Toddler? Why on Earth? by Jack Newman, MD, FRCPC.
Comfort versus nutrition by Kathryn Orlinsky
Are You Still Doing That? by Jan Andersen
Nursing Manners
General Information and Personal Experiences
Nutrition for Nursing Toddlers @
Are you feeling overwhelmed by your child’s intense needs? @
Breastfeeding and Tooth Decay @
Extended Breastfeeding articles from NEW BEGINNINGS.
Extended Nursing FAQ by Paula Bobbett
FAQ on Breastfeeding Past the First Year from the misc.kids newsgroup. Mothers who nursed past the first year discuss how long, how frequent, demand nursing, weaning, etc.
Nursing Past A Year by Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC, from Compleat Mother magazine
Handling Criticism
Handling Criticism about Breastfeeding @
Responding to Criticism by Marianne Vakiener
Web sites
Dettwyler’s Thoughts on Breastfeeding Katherine Dettwyler is an anthropologist & university professor who does research on breastfeeding. Dr. Dettwyler is a strong advocate of child-led weaning, and her website has lots of information on extended breastfeeding. Also see the preliminary results of her extended breastfeeding survey.
Mothering Your Nursing Toddler Author Norma Jane Bumgarner’s website: includes thoughts & experiences of nursing mothers that she has received as she works on the revision of her book. You can also submit your own comments or questions.
Beyond One Year Breastfeeding and Parenting Beyond the First Year. There are some wonderful researched and commentary articles at this site.
Nursing past a year Q&As from Debbie Donovan, IBCLC
