<<My impression from literature and anecdotal data is that for at least 100 years the norm in many parts of the U.S. and Europe has been around 9 months to a year.>> In Jelliffe and Jelliffe's wonderful pamphlet called "The Uniqueness of Human Milk" (it's a reprint from Volume 24 of The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition; August 1971) Niles Newton has an article. She states: "Even in the United States between 1911 and 1916 studies of 22,000 city babies indicated 58% were breast fed in the 12th month of life." Joy Berry-Parks "Never doubt that a small group of dedicated, committed people can change the world. In fact, it is the only thing which ever has." ---Margaret Mead mailto: [log in to unmask] Joy Berry-Parks "Never doubt that a small group of dedicated, committed people can change the world. In fact, it is the only thing which ever has." ---Margaret Mead *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html