What is their evidence that the milk somehow magically turns to white
water after
12 months?
I suspect the argument is that the child's nutritional needs have
matured by 1 year making breast milk insufficient for a child that age.
I've never actually seen that articulated, it's just my guess. I also
guess that they don't have any evidence for that argument either.

Does anyone have any idea how this particular bit of nonsense ever
got started?
I don't know, but it could be the dairy industry, at least in part. I'm
reading a fascinating book right now, Nature's Perfect Food: How Milk
Became America's Drink, by Melanie DuPuis. A worthwhile read for those
of us in the breastfeeding advocacy business. She traces the history of
cow's milk as food and the dairy industry.

Naomi Bar-Yam
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