I have countless babies in my practice who have been exclusively BF beyond 6
months.   They are all very healthy.

These families tend to be pretty intelligent, nutritionally aware and
therefore present a skewed segment of the population:   Tough to study or publish.
Slower weight gain is often good, not bad (Marianne) and underweight is almost
always healthier than overweight in humans of all ages.

I don't believe that anemia (or B12 deficiency!) pose a significant risk to
EBF babies through the first 12-20 months of life.   Mother Nature and
evolution rarely make mistakes that large.

The seminal "research" about anemia and other "problems" with longer EBF
would not have been done without the encouragement and funding of the formula and
baby food industry.

Jay Gordon

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