Nursed Ed 21 months which included 7 mos. into pregnancy # 2. Nursed Hannah 26 months till thrush, ear infections, pregnancy # 3 and hubby overseas on assignment did us in. Nursed Carl 4 1/2 years, an important form of communication for a child with severely delayed speech. Now all are weaned and very secure at ages 24, 22, and 20! Only thing I'd do differently now is birth at home with midwives instead of being the classroom for OB residents learning how to catch kids. Linda Smith, mother of Ed, Hannah, &Carl; grandmother of Carrie; foster mother to Pete (Bearded Collie who eats white-out and cat turds), Cecelia (English Setter afraid of thunderstorms) and Dementia (scare-dey-cat), and Recalcitrant Beast, my computer.