Yes, the other thing I do is tell people that world wide weaning age is 
about 4 years old.
There are usually looks of shock, but it exposes expectant and new 
parents to the fact that
there are other ways to do things than the ways we do them here in the 
US.

Naomi Bar-Yam


On Apr 15, 2005, at 12:02 AM, LACTNET automatic digest system wrote:

> My response was that the AAP recommends a *minimum* of one year and as 
> long
> after that as the mother desires, and the WHO recommends a *minimum* 
> of two
> years and as long after that as the mother desires.  It was a totally 
> new
> idea to all of them that they could decide for themselves how long they
> want to breastfeed.  Throwing in the word "minimum" gave them a whole 
> new
> perspective.

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