"If the child is old enough to be eating solids then I find it strange."
Really? Because it's recommended by the World Health Organisation to breastfeed until the child is at least 2 years of age. And to start solids at 6 months of age.

The much older children thing? Well, each to their own.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 11 Apr 2011, 20:02, 3 replies)

yes, but the husband, too?

( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Mon 11 Apr 2011, 20:10, closed)

Creepy bitch.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 11 Apr 2011, 21:36, closed)

Beware my giant magnet
for it will steal all your paperclips.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 11 Apr 2011, 22:17, closed)

I took it a bit differently
My reading was that the WHO recommends exclusive breastfeeding until 6 months at least. The health benefits to the child of breastfeeding beyond 24 months seem to relate to hygiene issues - access to clean water and food. And when I referred to eating solids I meant well beyond the gradual introduction of pureed foods at around 6 months, I did mean around 24 months give or take 6 months or so.
( wakeupandsmellthebacon, Mon 11 Apr 2011, 23:38, closed)