Prepared for the Australian Breastfeeding
Association HOTMILK meeting

I work with nutrition in developing countries, and breastfeeding has always been a major component of my work.

I lived in Sweden for 20 years. My sons were exclusively breastfed for close to 6 months and continued breastfeeding until they were 3.5 years old. When the boys got old enough to understand language, their mother asked them to wait until they were in private-to avoid provoking people, for her and the children’s sake. We practiced attachment parenting, including a family bed for many years.

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