[user104658]

Bowing out of this, as usual medical facts will ve endlessly ignored or twisted to suit family circumstances or feelings of personal judgement.

It wasn't my intention to offend anyone. It is biologically best. If it doesn't fit with your family it's entirely your business.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Bowing out of this, as usual medical facts will ve endlessly ignored or twisted to suit family circumstances or feelings of personal judgement.

It wasn't my intention to offend anyone. It is biologically best. If it doesn't fit with your family it's entirely your business.

Even that sounds snappier than I intended! I genuinely mean that different things are necessary for different families, ot only bothers me when people try to alter reality to fit, pitting others off in the process.

[Kizzy]

The advice from medical experts changes regularly on feeding, weaning, sleeping amd swaddling.
It's not detrimental to your child not to breastfeed until they are toddlers as far as i ve read, the constraints of most modern families don't allow for this anyway.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

The advice from medical experts changes regularly on feeding, weaning, sleeping amd swaddling.
It's not detrimental to your child not to breastfeed until they are toddlers as far as i ve read, the constraints of most modern families don't allow for this anyway.

The benefits past 6 months (past weaning onto solids, really) are definitely vastly reduced, and of course the first few months are the most important, and I wouldn't say it's detrimental not to - all the nutrients can be found in other foods - but it's certainly an easy and efficient way to get all of the essential nutrients into younger infants without having to worry about any deficiencies. I agree that societal constraints make it difficult or impossible for most, although I do know lots of families who do it, usually with just a feed in the morning or evening. It's far from essential, but mot useless either... Like most healthy options, I suppose.