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Breastfeeding is a globally recognized imperative for the preservation of infant health, and governments around the world have introduced breastfeeding promotion measures. While initiation rates have improved, duration rates at a few weeks or months after birth still lag behind the World Health Organization's recommendation that breastfeeding - for all children, in both developed and developing worlds - should continue for at least two years. Behind the figures, there is however an inverse reality. Today, increasing numbers of women in the industrialized world challenge social convention and breastfeed their children well beyond WHO guidelines. How widespread is this surprising - many would say shocking - phenomenon? Is it Nature's way or is it an unhealthy practice? Do mothers prolong breastfeeding for their own pleasure? Is it - as some say - a form of sexual abuse? Are women being overly controlling, coercing children into continuing because they wish their children to remain dependent, or are they meeting an innate child need? Does long-term breastfeeding impact negatively on child physical and emotional health, or does it have a positive effect? Do mothers pay a price? How does the practice affect the family and the adult couple's relationship? Are breasts intended for infant feeding or for sexual pleasure? How and when did early weaning become established practice in the Western world? Is sustained breastfeeding a reversion to a pre-feminist state, or is it a truly feminist issue? Drawing on child development theories, neuroscience research, archaeological findings, and anthropological opinion, this book explores the myths and reality surrounding this taboo practice in order to answer these and many other questions. In extracts from questionnaires, the reader will hear directly from mothers, fathers, and the children themselves. Thought-provoking and challenging, this well-researched yet thoroughly accessible book will appeal to all concerned with infant feeding and child health, as well as those with an interest in prehistory and the origins of Western culture.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Free Association Books (January 1, 2010)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 294 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1853439398
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1853439391
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.75 x 0.7 x 9 inches

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Jessica W.

A must read for anyone considering breastfeeding!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 30, 2011

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I loved this book!!! This is not your typical breastfeeding book so if you are looking for info on the hows and what to's of breastfeeding look elsewhere (may I suggest Mothering Your Nursing Toddler ). This book is filled with factual information on extended breastfeeding as well as quotes from parents that have done it (the author used a questionaire as part of her research for the book and inserted many responses from that questionaire into the book itself; it was really quit wonderful to read them). This book is a great source for anyone who may be doubting their decision to breastfeed or to continue to breastfeed. I think that any woman that is pregnant should also read this book, it may be called "Breastfeeding Older Children" but the message is suitable at any stage in the breastfeeding relationship. And the appendix on formula will make anyone sick, and it's just the tip of the iceberg. The only thing I wasn't too impressed with were the last couple of chapters on the history of breastfeeding, it seemed like the author strayed to far from the main point (it could also just be that I was really sleep deprived when I read it). All in all, this really is a must read. I have a few more books on my breastfeeding reading list then I will be re-reading this one for sure.

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Robyn A. Roche-Paull

Proof that Breastfeeding Older Children is NORMAL

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 31, 2010

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As a mother who breastfed her children long-term, I wish this book had been available when my children were still breastfeeding. My children all self-weaned between the age of 6-7 years old and are now well adjusted, intelligent, normal teens and pre-teens. As an IBCLC I am thrilled at the author's obvious attention to detail and use of evidence-based material throughout the book. This is a factual and well written book that thoroughly covers all aspects of breastfeeding the older child. Covering everything from the biology of breastfeeding to breastfeeding as a feminist issue, this book also includes comments from mothers, father, professionals and the breastfed children themselves about the concerns, reasons and wonderful memories of breastfeeding long-term. This book leaves no stone unturned. My feverent hope is that more people will read this book and either not feel so alone in their quest to do what is so normal for their children, or will at least come to understand a little better why those of us who nurse long-term do so. Thank You Ann Sinnott for writing this much needed book!

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Shellebelle

Breastfeeding Older Children

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Exceptionally well written with lots of studies to back it up, expert opinion and peer evaluation. Fantastic for mothers or family members who wish to know more about long term/sustained breastfeeding

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Donna

Definately fills a need

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 31, 2010

I am not a longer term breastfeeder by Sinnott's definition (my eldest breastfed to 4.5y) but I know plenty of people who are.

This book was a fantastic window into why mothers and children breastfeed long term, and reinforced for me that it is normal behaviour in a world that is skewed normal behaviour in many ways.

A must read for anyone interested in the politics of infant feeding and social norms, but also anyone who has breastfed a child past the 'socially accepted' norms (which will all be different depending on where you live) to assure you that you have done/are doing the right thing!

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J. Hunt

Essential and long overdue - ten stars!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 1, 2010

At last! Breastfeeding Older Children is a book that should never have been necessary to write, but in our age of mistrust of children and disregard for nature's infinite wisdom, it was both profoundly necessary to write and long overdue. How fortunate that the book we now have was so thoroughly researched and engagingly written! Breastfeeding Older Children can make a critical difference for children and for the physical and psychological health of our world. It is my deepest hope that it is widely read and that its urgent message is taken to heart. - Jan Hunt, author of The Natural Child: Parenting from the Heart

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Alexandra Polikowsky

All mothers should read this.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 12, 2010

A much needeed book for every mother or mother to be.
Yes even new mothers need to read about how wonderful breastfeeding older children is.
As a Certified Lactation Conselor I really think this is a great book for all.
It is of course especially helpful for moms breastfeeding children that are older
in cultures where it is not the norm of if it is done it is done in the closet.
Thank you for writing this book!
PS: I have breastfed both of mine for over 5 years each.

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MamaD8

A much needed book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 20, 2011

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Ann Sinnot explores the re-emergence of breastfeeding older children in western society. She draws on child development theories, neuroscience research and anthroplogical findings, as well as quotes of survey responses from mothers/fathers and children from 48 countries, which paint a unique picture of full term breastfeeding. Parents and health professionals alike will learn from this book, that explores breastfeeding older children in great detail and puts breastfeeding into its societal context as a global necessity.

Ann states that human infants are born with an evolved need to breastfeed for several years, something any mother, nursing an older child will identify with. She puts full term nursing into it's global and historical context, the last chapter on the origins and anthropological findings is fascinating, if a bit hard going at times!

The book is well referenced and researched and the voices of mothers/fathers and children are quoted throughout the book. As the breastfeeding mother of a 5 year old myself, I found myself laughing out loud, nodding along and at times getting cross with the voices I read, as they mirrored my own feelings through our nursing relationship.

Ann explores why women choose to breastfeed their older children, how society reacts to the practice, how fathers respond, the impact it has on couples, how full term nursing fits in at the workplace and she explores the reactions of health professionals, including psychologists and the relevance of John Bowlby' s attachment Theory to sustained breastfeeding, as well as neuro science research findings.

It all makes fascinating reading, but really the book belongs to the many, many quotes from the survey responses, which makes you aware that there are in fact lots of mothers out there who *are* nursing their older children. It is a hugely reassuring read and affirms what mothers know instinctively, that their older children *need* to nurse and to deny them this need comes at a price to individuals and society as a whole. To quote Ann herself:

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SOCIETY NEEDS WOMEN TO BREASTFEED

"Breastfeeding isn't just a private matter - there are repercussions for the whole of society. Research has shown that breastfed children are healthier then their formula-fed peers and grow into physically healthier adults, and a growing body of research strongly suggests that sound psychosocial development is also founded on breastfeeding (see Ch 3). Physical and psychosocial good health established in infancy has a positive impact on public healthcare monetary costs throughout the life course of a breastfed individual's life - and a benefit to every tax payer. There are also health benefits for breastfeeding mothers, with similar societal impacts."

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Samantha G

The Book to Buy if Your Breastfeeding

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 9, 2010

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I hesitated about buying this book. It isn't the cheapest book available and I wondered what it could tell me as there is very little research into breastfeeding over a year.
Whilst there is little in the way of formal scientific research this book is very well researched. It is written in a way that makes it easy to read cover to cover or to simple look up the information you require
It is very useful for people who are breastfeeding and receiving little support or are wondering what is normal and what isn't
It addresses most if not all of the questions I had about breastfeeding and is more than worth the money

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poptart

Informative and well researched

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on September 1, 2013

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I finally bought a copy as I've been hogging this book from my library. Anyone who is considering full-term breastfeeding should read it. Full of facts and throughout includes info gained from questionnaires, as research has not been conducted on breastfeeding older children in developed countries. The final chapter on the history of breastfeeding had a profound affect on me. A compelling read.

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Lucy

Everyone needs to read this book.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 1, 2015

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Very informative book on why we need to be breastfeeding our children for much longer.

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