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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So just to clarify, is the AAP "supporting" breastfeeding for 2 years so mothers don't have to hear their pediatricians tell them it will be hard to wean after a certain age (good advice IMO), or because they actually prefer that women breatsfeed for 2 years versus 1 year?[/quote]

obviously neither. the guidance is not guidance. it’s just another opportunity to “support” breastfeeding as a moral imperitive. [/quote]

Have you not yet realized how ineffective your trolling is on this thread?[/quote]

I'm the first PP above. What's your take? What is the specific end goal of this guidance, in your mind?[/quote]

I think firstly it’s to highlight that the full conception through lactation cycle is not always exactly one year and nine months, and that the nursing dyad may continue quite normally well past that. It think it intends to highlight benefits to the mother instead of endlessly focusing on what she can do for the child. And I think— because it says so— that it intends to advocate for additional workplace and government policies that allow women the best chance at successful breastfeeding. [/quote]

So it's not always exactly one year. Is it two years? Is it abnormal after two years?

As far as the "workplace and government policies go", I am a little perplexed. The "right to breastfeed in public" exists in 49 states, the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands. "Maternity" leave is thankfully not a thing in the US, here we have PARENTAL leave, obviously not enough of it but advocating for women only to get paid leave after the birth of a child is regressive and promotes discrimination against women. In general, the advocacy for government and workplace policies seems very nonspecific and an afterthought in the policy statement. As far as "highlighting the benefits to the mother instead of endlessly focusing on what she can do for the child", well, I invite you to read the policy statement and see how much space is spent on benefits to the child vs the mother.[/quote]

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