Teresa wrote:
>My comment on this study is - I hate it when they refer to babies nursed
for
>more than maybe six months or a year as "prolonged breastfeeding." I have
>seen this same expression in many places, and to me it has the connotation
>that weaning at six months would be "normal" breastfeeding and anything
much
>longer than that is somehow abnormal, too long, etc.
I agree, and posted a message to this effect in response to the article. It
will be interesting to see if I get any comments.
Leslie Ayre-Jaschke, BEd, IBCLC
Peace River, Alberta, Canada
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