So should all of us extended nursers go into hiding?

I emailed the DR PHIL show the correct AAP info.

At 07:04 AM 11/8/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>Does the AAP breastfeeding branch have a media relations person who can
>firing off a media advisory reaffirming the AAP's actual recommendations and
>noting they are misrepresented on Dr. Phil's web site? I suppose that's not
>going to happen, but if there is additional news coverage on Kate's
>appearance today it will present an opportunity to write letters to the
>editor correcting errors.
>
>Madonna's comments (and I finally saw the "incest" word that she used,
>although almost all the print coverage edits this word out) are still
>reverberating, and Dr. Phil's decision to raise this on his Leno appearance
>means there could be quite a bit of commentary on the issue of extended
>breastfeeding in the next few days.
>
>-- Jodine Chase
>
> >
> > Below is the article about Kate on his show.  I am very disappointed in Dr.
> > Phil.  Another thing is he was on Jay Leno last night bashing Kate for
> > nursing a litter.
> >
><snip>
> >
> > The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that children be breast-fed
> > for six to 12 months. Experts agree that the only acceptable alternative to
> > breast milk is infant formula.
> >
> > Solid foods can be introduced into a child's diet between 4 to 6 months of
> > age — but the baby should continue to drink breast milk or formula (not
> > cow's milk) for a full year.
>
>...
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