Hi,

Womens milk costs nothing and is given freely. There are billions of dollars in developing a pharmaceutical to *cure* something. Look at the recent backslapping about an oral rotavirus vaccine - which protects against 1 strain of rotavirus. Breastfeeding effectively protects against rotavirus.
I think, too, that we are starting a rumour about older children and adults losing the ability to feed. Through the ages women have breastfed milk to adults and children in need. Have a look at the Reubens painting Roman Charity where a young mother feeds her starving father in law in prison. Many of us know that our husbands have managed to work it out (or is that just TMI) I have known many 7, 8 and 9 year olds that breastfeed just fine - I think once again we are blinkered by our own cultural norms.