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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am not sure what the AAP is trying to achieve with this. [b]Most women do not want to breastfeed past 12 months.[/b] Many of us worked really hard to get to the 12 month point because that is what was recommended, not because we love breastfeeding so much. Those that do nurse past 12 months are going to continue to face people who don't want them to do so, just as I got the side eye from my MIL for nursing my infant. If you do something most people don't want to do, you're going to get some people being d$cks about it. Welcome to parenthood.

This statement really strikes me as a doubling down on "breast is best" and I think it's ridiculous. The tell is the idea that we should give more parental leave so women can breastfeed. That's absurd, there are so many more important reasons we we need paid parental leave for everyone, and it should not matter whether they are breastfeeding or not. The statement about how most babies should be EBF through 6 months is just...really? Like, a lot of babies do need formula, and solids are recommended at 4 months.  This is lactivism, it is not medical advice.

[twitter]https://twitter.com/JessGrose/status/1542209746719186945?t=tEMsKpBdNt0Sl_RIWFQ3Qg&s=09[/twitter]

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Where are the stats on the bolded? Everyone I know who made it to one [b]without issues[/b] kept going (though not as far as two).  [/quote]

See the link in the Twitter post above with stats from Sweden where support parents is not an issue[/quote]

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