I think of any kind of break from exclusive breastfeeding as representing a
sort of cliff, if one were to graph "benefits".  From there, it's a gentle
slope down as less and less breastmilk is provided, with another cliff once
no breastmilk at all is available.  You try not to go over that first cliff,
but if you do, the fact that *some* breastmilk is available makes a huge
difference, because there's another, probably bigger potential cliff ahead.

After all, the great bulk of earlier studies on breastfeeding had just two
categories:  "ever breastfed" vs "never breastfed," and they still came up
with consistent and measurable differences.

If I were on a diet of bread and water, I'd rather supplement it with an
eighth of a vitamin pill than no pill at all...

--
Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC  Ithaca, NY
www.wiessinger.baka.com

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