Chris, You said the party line seems to have been to have the child wean by one year? Glad I missed that party line. I remember as a med student an internist who was covering a family practice office giving a mom a hard time for still breastfeeding her 3 year old. Mom said "But she likes it." to which the internist said, "So do a lot of men but that doesn't mean you give it to them." Being an ignorant med student I didn't question the internist but this didn't seem right to me. A short time later while doing some extra work at a shelter with a pediatrician I knew I ask him about this. He told me it was fine and that in a lot of cultures the moms breastfed for several years. He must have missed the party line too as he was my pediatrician as a baby. (Hey, he is old enough to be on lactnet). BTW if anyone in Huntington Valley, PA is looking for a pediatrician his name is Steward Babara MD -Rob Rob Cordes, DO, FAAP, FACOP Wilkes Barre, PA mail to:[log in to unmask]