Your post brings to mind these thoughts:

1. Mom can offer  extra breastmilk to the 7 year old (by breast or cup).
2. Buy him a doll to bottle feed to practice for when the baby is old enough.

In a message dated 7/11/00 9:20:53 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
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>
>  This past week during lactation rounds at the hospital, I had a very
>  precocious 7 yr. old boy ask about breastfeeding. His question was how soon
>  his baby brother could get a bottle. My answer was at least 2-3 weeks.
Well,
>  that was WAY too long. He was angry with me & didn't want to speak to me
>  again, except to tell me he didn't want to wait that long to feed his baby!
>  He also did not want his mother to breastfeed. She should just give the
baby
>  a bottle.
>  His mom explained to me that she wanted breastfeeding to succeed this
>  time--she was not successful with the 7 yr old. Verrrrry interesting!
>

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