>My old beloved pastor who died in 1982 used to say Samuel was one of
>the oldest weaned kids in history, he estimated around 5 years old.

Would your pastor have ever been surprised to know that there are children
in the US who nurse until they are 8 and 9 years of age!  At the LLLI
conference in 1995, a woman told me she nursed one child until 11, but she
never filled out my research survey for that child.

5 years -- that's nothing!

Kathy Dettwyler

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