[newnhdad]

Wait a second... she was feeding a 2 1/2 year old wih her breast?? WTF is wrong with these people??

[Oberon]

WTF is wrong with these people??

Nothing...it's real normal to nurse at least a little up to age 3 or even older. Nothing wrong with it, regardless of conventional wisdom as expressed by a generation of doctors.

[Chanticleer]

And on and on. The minimum predicted age for a natural age of weaning in humans is 2.5 years, with a maximum of 7.0 years.

A Natural Age of Weaning

Personally, I think the seven is a bit creepy, but children are often weaned at 3 or 4. When Hannah left Samuel with Eli in the Temple, he wasn't six months old -- he was probably 3 or 4.

[Cobra64]

Who cares? It's her kid.

[Mrs. Don-o]

I nursed my son exclusively until he started grabbing for other foods at around 6 months; but I continued nursing for comfort (when he ws sick or upset,and at bedtime to calm him down) until he was a little younger than three.

A little short of the Biblical standard:

"Son, be considerate of me, who carried you in my womb for nine months, nursed you for three years, brought you up, educated and supported you to your present age.." (2 Maccabees 7:27)

But apparently he still got the full immunological value, since he is now 17 and has literally not been sick a day in his life.