'As good as chocolate' and 'better than ice cream': How toddler, and older, breastfeeders experience breastfeeding

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 179, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1067-1082

  Gribble, Karleen D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bottle feeding; Culture; Learning; Long term breastfeeding; Role play; Thumb sucking

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449868108     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430701764176     Document Type: Article

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