Here's some extended breastfeeding & co-sleeping references for use in
custody disputes.
Barb Strange
Below are excerpts pertinent to extended breastfeeding, taken from recent
statements made by the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Canadian
Paediatric Society, and the World Health Organization (WHO). Note that none
of these organizations puts an upper limit on the duration of breastfeeding
nor do any of them mention any disadvantages or drawbacks of extended
breastfeeding.
American Academy of Pediatrics. Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk
(RE9729) (1997): http://www.aap.org/policy/re9729.html
"It is recommended that breastfeeding continue for at least 12 months, and
thereafter for as long as mutually desired."
Canadian Paediatric Society. Nutrition for Healthy Term Infants (1998):
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hppb/childhood-youth/cyfh/homepage/nutrition/index.html
"Breastfeeding is the optimal method of feeding infants. Breastfeeding may
continue for up to 2 years of age and beyond."
FIFTY-FOURTH WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY. WHA54.2 Agenda item 13.1, 18 May 2001.
Infant and young child nutrition:
http://www.ibfan.org/english/resource/who/whares542.html and
http://www.who.int/gb/EB_WHA/PDF/WHA54/ea54r2.pdf
"The Fifty-fourth World Health Assembly, . . .
2. URGES Member States: . . .
(4) to strengthen activities and develop new approaches to protect, promote
and support exclusive breastfeeding for six months as a global public health
recommendation, taking into account the findings of the WHO expert
consultation on optimal duration of exclusive breastfeeding,1 and to provide
safe and appropriate complementary foods, with continued breastfeeding for
up to two years of age or beyond, . . .
3. REQUESTS the Director-General: . . .
(3) to provide support to Member States in the identification,
implementation and evaluation of innovative approaches to improving infant
and young child feeding, emphasizing exclusive breastfeeding for six months
as a global public health recommendation, taking into account the findings
of the WHO expert consultation on optimal duration of exclusive
breastfeeding,(1) the provision of safe and appropriate complementary foods,
with continued breastfeeding up to two years of age or beyond, and
community-based and cross-sector activities;
Note 1. As formulated in the conclusions and recommendations of the expert
consultation (Geneva, 28 to 30 March 2001) that completed the systematic
review of the optimal duration of exclusive breastfeeding (see document
A54/INF.DOC./4).
FIFTY-FIFTH WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY
A55/15 Provisional agenda item 13.10, 16 April 2002.
Infant and young child nutrition: Global strategy on infant and young child
feeding
http://216.239.33.100/search?q=cache:4NfOk2FY2qkC:www.who.int/gb/EB_WHA/PDF/WHA55/ea5515.pdf+&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
and http://www.who.int/gb/EB_WHA/PDF/WHA55/ea5515.pdf
"As a global public health recommendation, infants should be exclusively
breastfed for the first six months of life to achieve optimal growth,
development and health.(2) Thereafter, to meet their evolving nutritional
requirements, infants should receive nutritionally adequate and safe
complementary foods while breastfeeding continues for up to two years of age
or beyond." (Item 10, p. 5)
Note 2. As formulated in the conclusions and recommendations of the expert
consultation (Geneva, 28-30 March 2001) that completed the systemic review
of the optimal duration of exclusive breastfeeding (see document
A54/INF.DOC./4). See also resolution WHA54.2.
WHA54.2 and the Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding (above)
were reaffirmed on May 18, 2002 in WHA Resolution 55.25, as follows:
http://www.ibfan.org/english/resource/who/whares5525.html and
http://www.who.int/gb/EB_WHA/PDF/WHA55/ewha5525.pdf
FIFTY-FIFTH WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY
WHA55.25 Agenda item 13.10, 18 May 2002.
Infant and young child nutrition
"The Fifty-fifth World Health Assembly, . . .
Recalling also resolutions WHA35.26, WHA37.30, WHA39.28, WHA41.11, WHA43.3,
WHA45.34, WHA46.7, WHA47.5, WHA49.15 and WHA54.2 on infant and young-child
nutrition, appropriate feeding practices and related questions; . . .
1. ENDORSES the global strategy for infant and young-child feeding;"
Co-sleeping
Okami P, Weisner T, Olmstead R. "Outcome correlates of parent-child
bedsharing: an eighteen-year longitudinal study." J Dev Behav Pediatr 2002
Aug; 23(4):244-53. Abstract at
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12177571&dopt=Abstract
and http://www.jrnldbp.com/
"Baby bedsharing fears dismissed." BBC News. 14 August 2002. Discussion
of Okami study. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2190521.stm
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