Kelly,

I stopped breast feeding for a number of reasons,

1) I wanted my sleep and didn't really understand anything about expressing and freezing breast milk
2) My breasts became so sore cracked and bled and it hurt
3) I went back to work fulltime after 6 weeks
4) I lived an unhealthy life at the time so I am glad I gave up breastfeeding. eg: Smoked, Drank, ate high fat foods. Now I am wiser and don't do any of that and I would definitely try to give BF a go for a while.

My children are now 17 and 14. The 17 year old is very close to me, intelligent, obese but well adjusted and totally together (other than weight) and is 5.11.

The 14 year old has an iq of 145, no weight problem, is almost 6 foot tall - reads at university level.

So I have to say, although BF is exceptional in some instances, it depends on the lifestyle of the mother. If the mother, drinks, smokes, eats crap and doesn't exercise and is totally unfit, it is probably better if she doesn't breast feed past a few weeks.

Cheers
Tracey