Wednesday, August 03, 2005

Longer benefits of breastfeeding

CHILDREN who are breastfed until the age of two are demanding their mothers continue breastfeeding well into childhood.

New Australian research asked toddlers and mothers how they felt about breastfeeding, and received some frank responses.

Mother-of-three Fiona Telford-Sharp, 34, of O'Halloran Hill, said she had planned to feed her son Liam, 3, until the age of two.

"Now I ask him if he wants to stop and he says it's `yummy' and he doesn't want to," she said.



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