Some GPs are completely ridiculous about BFing older babies/toddlers. A close friend of mine was BFing her then approx 18mo DD and out of the blue had massive issues with one of her breasts. Major pain, soreness etc when feeding. She consulted three GPs, none of whom had a clue what the problem could be but apparently all of them made her feel silly for continuing to BF her DD. They more or less told her it was time to give it up. One of them even had the gall to tell her there were "no benefits to breastfeeding a child older than 6 months". My girlfriend was livid. She ultimately was helped by a lactation consultant and naturopath (the problem was eczema!!)