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Patrica Young <[log in to unmask]>
Mon, 15 Jun 1998 06:58:32 -0400
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Loraine Stern MD is our kind of dr!  In her column Your Child's Health:
Advice to ignore, it may be well meaning, but not worth taking she says:
"You're still breastfeeding?"
Implicit in that question is the belief that you're doing it too long.  But
the American Academy of Pediatrics recently issued a statement supporting
breastfeeding through the first year of life.  Many mothers and children
enjoy it even  longer, and toddlers often need that extra  measure of
closeness that a bedtime nursing provides.  How long you choose to  nurse
is a personal decision dictated by your child's needs as well as your
lifestyle.

Isn't that refreshing?  Woman's Day's Address is: [log in to unmask]
Sincerely, Pat in SNJ

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