I've been giving it some thought, and I kinda agree with Fi on the "full term breastfeeding" term. I know you likened the issue to pregnancy Kelly, but I'm gonna play devil's advocate and point out that ultimately, a pregnancy is quantifiable - a full term pg is around the 40 week mark give or take a few weeks. When we're talking breastfeeding, it could indicate a discrepancy of years. I think using this term may lead to a focus on amount of time spent bf, rather than the fact that the mother has fed her child in accordance with the child's uniquely individual nutritional/emotional needs. The word "full" imo invites judgement. What we want is empowerment, not comparison or judgement...

I am sure there is a better term out there just waiting to be discovered, and once it's adopted by the rest of the birthing/parenting community we can all proudly say we were there on bellybelly when it was concieved. I think it's really important to get terminology right - why don't we put our thinking caps on and come up with something better!?!

I'll throw a few in the ring...off the top of my head (who knows if they're original or not?)...but I'm gonna give it some further contemplation as well...

How about:

"needs-based breastfeeding"
"infant centred breastfeeding"
"instinctual breastfeeding"
"intuitive breastfeeding"
"mother/child synchronicity"
"synchronised breastfeeding" (meaning that mother and child are both in harmony with one another)
"idiosyncratic breastfeeding" (meaning a breastfeeding relationship that is unique to that particular mother and child)

most of those are relationship or needs related terms rather than indicative of time or expectation... I'm not sure I'm completely sold on any one of them, but I wanted to get the discussion happening!

What do you think?