After the First Year

“Parents and health professionals need to recognize that the benefits of breastfeeding (nutritional, immunological, cognitive, emotional) continue as long as breastfeeding itself does, and that there never comes a point when you can replace breast milk with infant formula, cows’ milk or any other food, or breastfeeding with a pacifier or teddy bear, without some costs to the child.”

– KA Dettwyler, “Beauty and the Breast” from Breastfeeding: Biocultural Perspectives, 1995, p. 204.