Aloha Adele,

Check out  "A Natural Age of Weaning,"  by Lactnet's own Katherine
Dettwyler, Ph.D. from Breastfeeding: Biocultural Perspectives or on the
web at www.prairienet.org/laleche/dettwyler.html

Aloha,
Gloria Thai  Honolulu, O'ahu, Hawai'i  located 20 degrees North of the
Equator