About the book: one year old / Breastfeeding babies after a year is a largely new and complex topic for Russia. The cultural traditions of the second half of the 20th century created a stereotype according to which breastfeeding a child for up to a year is a certain standard: the mother did everything she could for the child. And after this peak has been conquered, the woman herself and her child’s pediatrician can put a mental tick and close the topic of breastfeeding... The attitude that after a year breastfeeding turned from a necessity into an excess was supported for decades. Only at the beginning of the 21st century did we begin to let It’s difficult, but to break out of this Soviet tradition. And until now, breastfeeding mothers, when the baby reaches the age of about a year, experience the pressure of the previous stereotype and often enter into conflict: on the one hand, there is a lot of data in open sources about the benefits of prolonged breastfeeding. On the other hand, there is an external, and often family environment, which assures that there is no benefit or even harm in continuing feeding. The attitude of others is compounded by the lack of positive experience or example: if a lot is said about feeding children in the first months of life, and most women begin to breastfeed, then for long-term mothers, experience often becomes the “son of difficult mistakes,” while few are lucky enough to have the support of friends, successfully breastfeeding for longer than a year or two... If you are interested in this book, it means that the topic of feeding after a year is close to you. From it you will learn how the history of long-term feeding developed in Russia and other countries, and why exactly long-term feeding is good for mother, child and the whole family. What difficulties can you expect and what to do to cope with them. Living examples, research data, the experience of other mothers - all this will come to your aid if you do not want to end the moments of your special love and closeness with your baby just because he is one year old (or one and a half, or two, or three...) I hope that you will find this book useful, interesting and strengthened in your intention.