The Nursing Mother's Guide to Weaning - Revised: How to Bring Breastfeeding to a Gentle Close, and How to Decide When the Time Is Right Paperback – September 17, 2010

This is a great book. I love how the overall tone of the book is encouraging, almost sounds like advise coming from a trusted maternal-type friend. I'm still nursing my 25 month old son and am aiming to wean him gently by the time he turns 3. We haven't started yet but this book has definitely been a good source of information for our weaning journey. Highly recommended!

This book begins with a fascinating chapter on the history and sociology of Breastfeeding and Weaning [and the politics as well!]. I found that very interesting. More than 90 pages of the book are devoted to how to wean a baby who is less than 12 months old - which might be helpful to many moms, but is useless to anyone who is nursing a baby older than that. I found the book to be VERY honest and direct on both the pros and cons of weaning in each age category [0-4 mos, 5-12 mos, 1-2 yrs, 3 and older]. The author was very supportive of a mother's wish to wean [or not], regardless of her reasons and gave the facts about the benefits and costs of the decision in a very forthright and non-judgemental fashion. She included a huge number of practical tips on weaning in different situations and for different reasons. She offered information on every choice available without judgement - including some methods condemned by most Breastfeeding Advocates - such as weaning by "abandonment", applying disgusting or pain-inducing substances to the breast to traumatize the baby out of wanting to nurse, and weaning by frightening the baby. I didn't care for those methods, but she was certainly honest and thorough on ALL the options available. She gave many, many tips on methods that might be more healthy for the baby as well, and I felt the book was very complete.

Best weaning guide for nursing mothers. I had to buy it again with my second nursling because I gave it away after the first time around Covers all aspects in very thorough and interesting way. Will help mother and baby come to a delightful closing of this special time.

First of all, let me just say that I am pro breastfeeding, but I also believe that it is a personal choice that every mother must make for themselves. So is weaning. I support nursing mothers whether they do it for 2 weeks or 2 years. My daughter is 9 months old and has always been breastfed. She never would take a bottle and doesn't like formula, even in a cup. I got this book because my plan is to wean my daughter at one year and I was looking for some practical advice. Well, I didn't find it in this book. The chapters are grouped by the child's age when you plan to wean. 90% of each chapter focuses on the reasons you may decide to wean at that age and why those reasons are not valid ones. The book basically shoots down every scenario for weaning your child. The sections on "how to" wean focus on how ineffective most of them are. This is not a book that will give you support and advice on weaning. It does not acknowledge and accept the fact that breastfeeding until your child is in preschool is just not the right choice for everyone. I am proud of the fact that I have breastfed this long but the decision to wean is something that I alone (taking my daughter's needs into consideration) will decide. If you are looking for a book to talk you out of weaning then this is the book for you.

Dang! Despite the other reviews (which you should read because I share their thoughts and wont repeat them here), I purchased this book, mainly because I love the author's other books, and based on the reviews here at Amazon.com, I thought I might like it. I was planning to nurse until I could not possibly do so anymore. However, there are really no tips on how to wean, nor how to maintain extended nursing.This book is mainly about why extended nursing is good for your child. That is what the name of this book should have been.Here are just some of the questions I was looking to be answered by this book. None of them were really addressed.1. Which nursing sessions should I drop as my baby gets older2. Do I give him cows milk AT ALL while I'm nursing and yet weaning?3. Since I'm not producing as much milk as I used to, do I water down the milk I have? Do I supplement with water, juice, etc?4. How much liquids do I need to give my baby as I'm starting to wean?5. What do I do when the child wants to nurse?6. How do I know if my child really wants to nurse? So often he's content throughout the day. Does that mean I don't nurse at a regularly scheduled session?7. How much is milk do mother's typically produce during the weaning process?8. What is normal milk production for a working mother (such as myself)? How much is normal to still be pumping?This book is great if you want to learn why to continue to nurse past 1 or 2 years; not how to nurse, just why it's great to nurse that long.

I like that it encourages mothers to find their way with respect to the child instead of other people in our culture. Everyone is unique and everyone's circumstances are different.

I am really disappointed. I was hoping for more of a detailed how-to and/or more options & ideas for how to wean practically. For example, I have an 11 month old that I am trying to night wean (just night wean - I’m so tired of nursing him now more often than I did as a newborn!) and there was nothing on it. The age ranges are very broad and it seems to have an all-or-nothing approach for older babies/toddlers. Very frustrating. I’m returning it. It does have good info on breastfeeding itself, but I was looking for how to back off with an older baby. I don’t need to be convinced to breastfeed my baby.

Helpful, well-written, great examples and easy application. Would recommend to anyone looking to wean gently and effectively. Glad that this book exists!