Breast Feeding is the public health topic I chose. I am at a stage of my life where I want to stop breastfeeding my one year old son. I do not know if it is him or me that is having a hard time stopping. I have my son drinking whole milk and he is doing well with it. The three different countries I looked up was Africa, India, and China to my surprise these countries mostly breastfeed their child to 2 years old. Some United State women is breastfeeding their child up to the age of 5years old. A lot of the doctors stated that the first six months is the most important time for a baby to be breastfed. Learning all this I am going to start tonight.
Trecy-I agree that breastfeeding is important, it gives the baby a great deal of nutrients and it also helps the bonding experience. I know from friends that stopping can be difficult because you don't want to give up that closeness you feel when breastfeeding. However, personally, 5 years is a little much.
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