In a message dated 2/21/99 1:55:08 PM Mountain Standard Time, [log in to unmask]
writes:

> The WHO recommends that children breastfeed until the age of 4; the APA
>  says until the age of 2 since diarrheic diseases aren't very prevalaent in
>  the US and the general level of nutrition is better than in devloping
>  countries.


I have NO idea where I read this, but most other mammals "breast-feed" their
offspring until they have tripled their birth weight. Joy oh joy....my
daughter weighed in at 10 lbs 2.5 ounces, and has just about doubled that at
the moment (7 months).  Most kids seem to just naturally wean themselves at a
certain age, presumably when THEY are ready.

Hilda