Your sister breast-fed for 14 months and is now interested in weaning her daughter. It is obvious that your niece does not want to stop breast-feeding. She toddles around your sister holding her arms up and crying

Nothing seems to soothe her. Remembering your developmental course and what traditional cultures do, you suggest that your sister ____.
a. rub tomato paste on her nipples before breastfeeding
b. simply ignore your niece
c. shut your niece in her room between meals
d. give her a pacifier


Answer: A

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