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 [log in to unmask]