The ritual aspect of the Booby Moon process helps mother and toddler find an easeful acceptance for Booby Milk going away – with the child seeing the magic leave with their own eyes. Book features an illustration of a mother cuddling her toddler to sleep instead of nursing them at night (bed-sharing). Still, I found this book to be a sweet idea for a weaning ritual in a culture that lacks any such thing to provide closure for those who have chosen to breastfeed into the toddler years. I think this book could be really great for moms who want to end breastfeeding at a specific point in time. The author includes very detailed information in the back of the book with suggestions on how to go about the process.

The concept was created in 2020 by a breastfeeding mother who was ready to wean but could not find a children's book on the market that offered her toddler an upside to their impending loss. When the time came for Kiwi Yvette Reid to stop breastfeeding her toddler son, she knew storytelling would help make the transition easier for him. A chance to celebrate a milestone reached, honour the journey thus far and acknowledge this special time for both mother and child. His first full length solo recording Private Message, is now available on the Selfish Recordings label.Maybe we’ll have a party and release a magical balloon; maybe we’ll just talk about how he doesn’t need milk anymore, “Like the toddler in Booby Moon! When I first read Booby Moon, I loved the tone and the idea but wondered if the mythological aspect would be right for me when it came time to wean my almost two-year-old.

This is a beautifully illustrated book about weaning which helps your little ones prepare to move off of breast milk and onto food. The night of my son's last breastfeed we did a special cake and a celebration and reminded him that we were saying goodbye to booby. The back section of Booby Moon contains kind, insightful guidance for using the book to facilitate weaning.In the same way that the Tooth Fairy makes children happy about their teeth falling out, looking forward to seeing Booby-milk-magic fly away to Booby Moon can give the same wondrous joy to a weaning toddler. Able to speak English, Korean, and Spanish, Bobby also dabbles with a few musical instruments, such as piano, bass, and percussion. She was dismayed to find, though, that none of the popular weaning storybooks struck the right tone.

I'll admit, while I was excited to give reading the book a go, I had a healthy amount of skepticism about how much it would help. Booby Moon, inspired by both Indigenous storytelling and Western mythology like the Tooth Fairy, uses a simple rhyming format to prepare toddlers – and parents – for this monumental milestone. While our feeds had dropped to one or two a day, refusing him was very difficult and dropping feeds was always a drawn out process.He still asked for it occasionally but whenever he did we reminded him of how we had let it go and there were no complaints, no pleading, no tears. As a teen, Bobby enjoyed writing lyrics, and found a number of bands employing his words for their compositions. As Reid points out, you can tweak the details to suit your family – for example, changing ‘booby milk’ to whatever term you use or carrying out the ritual after a special ‘Milkday’ party if your child’s birthday isn’t the right time.

It is beautifully written and illustrated and really touches on the intense bond that breastfeeding fosters and how hard that can be to give up, for both mum and child. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions.I bought a couple of weaning books for Lily, then decided that I wasn't quite ready to wean her yet. Born to Korean and American parents in the latter half of the 20th century, moving around the United States several times before he was 18, Bobby Moon has always considered himself somewhat of an outcast. However, my son noticed the book on my desk and asked me to read it to him, and he’s since requested it many more times. Booby Moon is special because it has a magical element that appeals to the child and also sets up a beautiful ritual to complete the breastfeeding journey. Book also includes a gentle-parenting user guide that how to wean using Booby Moon, night weaning prior, breaking the fed-to-sleep habit and various options for a meaningful goodbye ritual.