Larry McMahan <mcma...@lucy.cup.hp.com>

In misc.kids.breastfeeding atarigalen <kNOkS...@uia.net.invalid> wrote:

: 2)  As a child develops, the benefits of breastmilk lessen.
: Nursing past the first year yields practically no benefit
: compared to weaning after the first year.  Even at six months
: there isn't much benefit to the child from a health/nutrition
: standpoint.

There is insufficient research to support the claim that there
is no benefit to breastfeeding past one year, and there is SOME
research that contradicts it, showing some benefit for nursing
up to two years.  (I know of no studies past two years at this
point.)  This is obviously an area where more research is
indicated, but we cannot say that there is no benefit past one
year.

Larry