Would breast milk for an older child be beneficial?

[Guest guest]

Yes, that is a bit of an odd heading but I have had this question swimming

around in my mind for a couple of months now and it has just occured to me that

someone in this group might have some advice.

I have a 6 year old ASD son and a 10month old daughter who is still breast

feeding, every now and again the thought has crossed my mind about whether I

should see if expressing and giving my son breast milk on a daily basis makes

any difference. All the health advisors go on about its benefits, and I recall

my daughter having quite a severe eye infection when she about 3 months old but

I had to wait for the swab results before they would prescribe anything for it,

however I was told in meantime to put a couple of drops of breast milk into each

eye every time I cleaned them as it had a natural antibiotic effect, in less

than 24 hours her eyes had cleared up.

I only breast fed my son for the first five weeks of his life and he was on

antibiotics at three weeks old for a chest infection. I hope to keep my

daughter going until 12 months but she is starting to self wean now so I would

need to make a decision on whether to give it a go quite soon.

I wondered if anyone else had tried or heard of anyone else doing it and whether

it made any difference?

Thank you, Colleen