The news agency, Agencia Estado, reported that Nestle, a maker of infant formula that has been the target of action by breast-feeding groups, has accepted the resolution without question. The scientific evidence continues to confirm the importance and value of exclusive breast-feeding, and this will help our efforts to achieve optimal maternal and infant health everywhere. Yes, mom also benefits from normal breastfeeding. In January 2001, the American Journal of Epidemiology presented a study indicating that women who breastfed for at least 73 months over the course of their lives had a much lower risk of breast cancer. We maintain that a baby should be breastfed for as long as it has the biological or psychological need.
Some parents mistakenly make breastfeeding a control issue.
Most parents recognize a need to control certain aspects of a child's behavior. A child needs boundaries and needs to know what they are. The concept of child-led weaning is sometime seen as an abandonment of parental control. As an adult the mother or father consider himself or herself most qualified to make a decision about weaning. Child-led weaning is recognition of the elegance and beauty of God's creation.