Know what the normal biological continuum is for breastfeeding duration in humans? Two and a half to seven years. This means, on a curve, that a small percentage of developmentally typical children will be ready to wean at two and a half (not before) and a small percentage of developmentally typical children won't be ready to wean until seven (not after), but that pretty much all developmentally typical children are ready within that window and that most developmentally typical children will be ready to wean between four and five years. Know how long most American children nurse? Less than six months. Food for thought. Rather literally.
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