The supply of adult women was running short, and polygamy without a female population on which to draw was a barren doctrine indeed. View in context Dictionary browser?
According to the Department of Health: 'Exclusive breastfeeding is recommended for the first six months of a baby's life. Beyond this stage, breastfeeding should continue for as long as the mother and baby wish.'.
Although, in 2010 only 49% of infants were still breastfed at 6 months. Even though the rates of breastfeeding are going up in this country, a lot of work still remains to be done to support young mothers, so that more babies are breastfed and continued to breastfeed beyond 6 months.