Calves fed pasteurized milk... (was: Re: New poll for )

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Hi,

Long ago Carma, another member here, recommended the web site below

in a message about breast feeding. You may find it interesting and

helpful. I nursed my two little ones for a total of six years. What a

luxury! It believe was one of the best things I ever did for them.

All my best,

Sheila

> >> >We certainly wouldn't expect to raise our own offspring to

maturity

> on

> >breast milk.

>

> >> No, but how long did societies which traditionally nursed for a

very

> long

> time (years) wait before starting their kids on some solid foods?

>

> My pastor's wife breastfed one of her daughters *exclusively* for

two

> years due to severe food allergies. Dettwyler's

> anthropological research

> http://www.prairienet.org/laleche/dettwyler.html is the best place

to go

> for info on extended breastfeeding in traditional cultures.

>

> ~ Carma ~

>

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