My 'personal' slant is that "at LEAST a year" implies this is the absolute
minimum the baby should be breastfed and it should be longer.  "A year or
more" doesn't have the same impact.

Michelle Bentley, CLE

----- Original Message -----
From: "Diane" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 5:04 PM
Subject: up to, at least, or a year or more
> I've been wondering:  doesn't "a year or more" mean the same thing as "at
> least a year"?  The actual wording is "It is recommended that
breastfeeding
> continue for at least 12 months, and thereafter for as long as mutually
> desired."
> If we paraphrase it as "a year or more", doesn't that put a stronger
> emphasis on the beyond-a-year part and perhaps make it less open to
> misinterpretation?
> Diane Wiessinger

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