<< I believe that usually a milk supply for older nursing children(3 years and up) is never that great(unless the child's main source of nutrition is breast milk). Most three year olds spend lots of time playing and breastfeeding is more about emotional comfort, security. >> somehow i missed the original story that prompted this discussion, but i beg to point out that, based on what we are seeing in our study, many women produce plenty of milk when nursing older children. also, on a personal note, my daughter is six and a half, and i haven't been able to express milk for years, although she informs me there is still milk there. when my friend's baby comes to visit, i have her permission to nurse him, and when he was smaller, i would use my tincture the day he was planning to come over (the one i give to mothers) and i could feel a noticeable increase in breast size and fullness. not that an example of one means much, but it is not good to promote generalizations (milk supply for older children is never that great unless they are only getting breastmilk) unless you have some solid data to back them up. if this mother wants to boost her milk supply, why not? yes, pumping takes time, yes, the baby is not likely to like the tube system (my daughter thinks it is a gas, but she doesn't need me, she can stick the tube in a glass and drink whatever with it), but there isn't any reason she shouldn't try if it is important to her.after all, if she were adopting, we would be telling her, oh, it's great you are still lactating, let's build up that supply, right? carol brussel IBCLC *********************************************** 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