Catching parts of a documentary on breastfeeding children in their later years (though it was mostly shot in the UK I think it was only because that is where the creators were based) a thought came to me if there was some official, or quasi-official stop year for breastfeeding? Some of the mothers were still nursing their children as late as 8yrs. Apart from the heebie jeebies people (mostly Yankees) get just seeing a woman breastfeed in public, if in private, etc. what age is it believed a woman should stop breastfeeding?

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