Over the 13 years I have run a monthly discussion group for mothers nursing past 12 months, I have seen a number of babies who show little interest in table foods before the 2nd birthday. With rare exceptions these are robust, healthy children whose HCPs are delighted with their physical and mental development. We have only a primitive understanding in the US of normal nursing patterns, during the first year of life as well as the years following. Certainly cultural influences play havoc with biology for many mother/baby pairs. This is an area that warrants considerable research, with an open mind to the play of culture on both families and researchers. Susan Johnson MFA, IBCLC Salt Lake City, Utah USA __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html