Hello, my name is Lori Passwater and I am a nursing student with Ivy Tech 
College.  We are currently in our Maternal-Child class and discussing 
breastfeeding.  I am really interested in the topic of mothers breastfeeding 
their toddlers.  As a former breastfeeder of three children, I was always told 
to wean my children off the breast around the age of one because there was 
no added benefit to breastfeeding past that age.  After much research, boy 
was I wrong!  In one article on the kellymom.com website it stated that 
breast milk continues to provide substantial amounts of ket nutrients well 
beyond the first year.  Also, it discussed the fact that children that wean off 
the breast before the age of two are a higher risk for illness and developing 
allergies.  Indoing this research, I was astonished to see that the American 
Academy of Pediatrics only recommends breastfeeding while the WHO 
recommends a minimum of two years.  Is it our culture that isn't able to 
accept breastfedding toddlers? There was another article by Summer Minor in 
the Associated Content web site that according to research done by 
Anthropologist Katherine Dettwyler, PhD "the natural age of weaning for 
human children is between 2.5 years and 7 years.  I am interested to hear any 
other opinions on this subject.


Lori Passwater, SPN

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