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.'.
The World Health Organization recommends breastfeeding exclusively for the first six months of a baby's life to optimize benefits, continuing to breastfeed for 2 years and as long thereafter as is mutually desired by a woman and her child.