Joan,
        What about mom's nursing twins? triplets? How about tandem nursing
an older sibling? If there was some arbitrary time deadline for "maxium"
production tandem nursing an older sib just wouldn't be possible now would
it? the body would not be able to produce enough to sustain two after the
max was hit!
        I would say that the 'logic' of the argument presented is getting
there -- a personal mom's supply may be at it's maximum if thereafter her
child were replacing significant feeds with other food sources, yes... but
say that child gets the stomach flue at 10 months(as did my once a day - er
two and  half year old last December) and then suddenly stops eating solids
for 7 days and will only take breastmilk...obviously her supply will build
to meet the increased demand! If there were a timed decline she'd not be
able to meet the need and the child would become dehydrated and in
trouble... but that doesn't happen if the child is allowed to nurse
frequently at will...
        Personally, within 24 hours I was a serious producer again. And I'd
venture a guess that since the flu was gone in about 3 days that he was
eating quite a bit more than a six month old ever would in those last four
days -- add to that that I was also feeding a 9 month old only random solids
and mostly breastmilk and voila my "maximum production" most certainly
exceeded that of my production at 6 months post partum with my first and
then only nursling!

Boy! some people just can't get away from clocks and measuring cups when it
comes to milk production! Maximum production comes not at a specific date
but at the moment when the demand is highest -- whatever the timing in the
relationship of lactation!

Feel free to pass this along!

Anne Robb
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