“ENTRAMOS NUM ACORDO, MEU LEITE DIMINUIU E ELE PAROU DE MAMAR AOS POUCOS”: o desmame em três gerações

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This is a study of case, with qualitative approach, which objectives are to know the practice of stopping breastfeeding by mothers that have familial relationship, and to identify the influence of transmission of information among generations in that practice. The data was gathered through life history, told by seven subjects, through open interviews. For the analysis of data was used the thematic analysis of MINAYO (1993). The study evidenced that style that the woman feeds her children has relation with the learning among generations, the social and economic conditions, the historic context and the experience of each woman. KEY WORDS: nursing, practice of wean, breastfeeding