A woman on a site I'm on was just informed that her child's pediatrician doesn't approve of breastfeeding beyond one year.
Um... what?!
A pediatrician - who is supposed to be a specialist in, among other things, child nutrition - doesn't agree with breastfeeding beyond 12 months of age?
I often want to ask people about this magical cut-off date. 'I want to wean my child at a year because she won't need breastmilk after that'.
Hey, can I borrow a copy of whatever anatomy text you have? I would love to read the part about how a human baby's body suddenly stops needing human milk and instead requires cow milk at that point. Does the system mature overnight? Does something mooooove inside the digestive system at midnight on the child's first birthday that instantly cuts off any nutritional value in breastmilk?
I don't get it. Can someone explain to me how doctors can push dairy products for babies and toddlers - dairy products that can trigger lactose sensitivy issues, among other things - and frown upon extended breastfeeding? Human milk has everything that young humans need. Including antibodies and all sorts of snazzy things that nothing else can compete with. Cow's milk has some things that humans can find beneficial, but it isn't nearly as well absorbed and can cause discomfort and outright pain in people (hence the reason why the makers of Lactaid probably live in large homes by the water and play a mean round of golf).
I would become a pediatrician, but I might put this guy out of a job. And then who would play golf with me and the Lactaid guys?
Um... what?!
A pediatrician - who is supposed to be a specialist in, among other things, child nutrition - doesn't agree with breastfeeding beyond 12 months of age?
I often want to ask people about this magical cut-off date. 'I want to wean my child at a year because she won't need breastmilk after that'.
Hey, can I borrow a copy of whatever anatomy text you have? I would love to read the part about how a human baby's body suddenly stops needing human milk and instead requires cow milk at that point. Does the system mature overnight? Does something mooooove inside the digestive system at midnight on the child's first birthday that instantly cuts off any nutritional value in breastmilk?
I don't get it. Can someone explain to me how doctors can push dairy products for babies and toddlers - dairy products that can trigger lactose sensitivy issues, among other things - and frown upon extended breastfeeding? Human milk has everything that young humans need. Including antibodies and all sorts of snazzy things that nothing else can compete with. Cow's milk has some things that humans can find beneficial, but it isn't nearly as well absorbed and can cause discomfort and outright pain in people (hence the reason why the makers of Lactaid probably live in large homes by the water and play a mean round of golf).
I would become a pediatrician, but I might put this guy out of a job. And then who would play golf with me and the Lactaid guys?