Iron - does your child get enough?

Current adverts and packaging for Follow-On milks often tell parents that toddlers need this product in order to get the Iron levels they require in their diets.

For example, the very common advert from Moo & Gate (with the giggling toddler peeking round a huge beaker of Cow's Milk) presents us with the instant panic-fact:

8 out of 10 toddlers aren't meeting their recommended daily intake of IRON

Gosh! Still Feeding?

Well now, when does breastfeeding become "extended breastfeeding"?

'Breastfeeding is the normal way to feed your child'

That's always worth repeating, eh?
There'll come a time when you are 'still' feeding when the child is old enough to ask for it verbally. People seem to think it's a bit icky - as if there is beginning to be some sexual link there. What a shame that breasts are seen only as sexual objects. After all, milk was what they were designed for!!