Thanks Katherine!

This reminds me of a question I have for a long time:

How many breastmilk is generally produced in toddlers who are on solids? We
know that between 1 and 6 months the amount of breastmilk a woman produces
is pretty stable (average 750 ml). But what happens after 6 months? Is
there any research done about this?

I ask this since i have the impression that I currently at 2,5 years
postpartum  still produce as much milk as at 6 months. (my son is still
pretty picky with solids, but grows like a champ! and you know what: when I
worry about it and try to increase his solids, exp iron containing food, he
becomes ill. The last week he had a stomach bug, severe vorimitting, and
now diarrhee. This after I started to give him iron containing cookies.
this happens several times, so I think it isn't a coincidence.).

What do you think, could it be possible that a child of 1 yo or 2 yo still
takes 700 ml breastmilk every day?


Annelies Bon         http://utopia.knoware.nl/users/abon/bfbronnen.html
mother of Dirk 7yo, Tom 5yo, Pieter 2yo
breastfeeding counsellor of the Dutch bf org "Borstvoeding Natuurlijk"
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living in a small city, Almere, near Amsterdam, The Netherlands