asthma, and allergies as adults. Better yet,
babies who are breast-fed longer grow up to
have higher IQs than those who are breast-fed
for fewer months. Because of the numerous
advantages breast milk provides for an
infant’s development, we encourage mothers
to breast-feed for longer than twelve months,
if possible.
Once your infant is weaned, there is no
need to supplement his or her real-food diet
with cow’s milk! Once a cow starts eating
grass, it does not return to suckle—that’s
simply not natural, biologically appropriate
behavior. And while cow’s milk perfectly
supports the needs of a rapidly growing calf,
your baby has different nutritional
requirements.
Since your kids are working so hard to
grow into adults (though we can’t imagine
why they want to do that), they need plenty of
calories to support growth, activity, and
normal cognitive development. But eating