I was told many years ago that the idea that breastmilk is inadequate after one year began during the days of wet nursing when people found babies did best when the wet nurse had a baby roughly the same age as the one she was wet nursing. Newborns who were nursed by women with toddlers did not seem to do as well. Therefore, the idea sprang up that somehow the milk of a woman with an older baby was "inadequate." Having studied the history of wet nursing, this makes sense to me. However, it doesn't make sense to argue that a one or two year old can't nurse from the Mom with a newborn. Also, I agree with karen that it should be clarified how much breast milk, or rather how much other food the toddler will also be consuming. In a country where most people wean from breast to formula at 3-6 months we cannot assume that HCPs understand what gradual weaning and eating solids and breastmilk are all about. Naomi Bar-Yam -------------------------------- Naomi Bar-Yam Ph.D. [log in to unmask] Researcher, Writer, Educator in Maternal and Child Health -------------------------------- *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html