Occam's 24 hours

[grey_wolf_c]

No: HPFGUIDX 42847

Richelle Votaw wrote:
> > Grey Wolf, who would like to ask fellow listees (especially
> > mothers) at what age does a baby stop taking breastmilk.
> 
> Well, it all depends on the mother and at what point she decides to
> wean the baby.  Some as early as 6 months or before, some as late as
> 2 years or later.  I know many people who've done both.  Many mothers
> continue to nurse their babies past a year for two reasons.  1)
> Doctors say it helps health wise later on in life.  2) It's very
> comforting to the baby and creates a bond between baby and mother. 
> But your point is?  I think I know, but I'll let you devulge. :)
> 
> Richelle

My suggestion, as Richelle has probably guessed, is that Harry was fed 
by Molly *directly* when he was there (being 1 year and three months, 
it falls within the timeframe she has suggested and that I'm assuming 
correct). She could have enough milk if we push Ginny's birthday (which 
the Lexicon situates c. 1992) to midsummer-early autumn, 1991 (which 
makes sense, since she entered a year after Harry and co, to have been 
born a year later). At that time, Molly would have been breast-feeding 
both Ron and Ginny, and she would have abundant milk, since Ginny had 
been recently born, so she could also feed Harry.

As Richelle suggests, this would create the kind of bond that exists 
between Molly and Harry almost certainly, and would've helped calm a 
very pained, nervous baby boy who had just surved an AK and a house 
falling in ruins around him, as well as the loss of his parents. Also, 
as Meg already suggested, it could be one of the reasons why Ron and 
Harry conected so well when they first met (although I've never heard 
any scientific proof to this, there are stories in my cuntry about 
milk-brothers, and the sort of bounds this creates between them, and 
Meg suggest that such ideas also exist in America), although I'm not as 
positive about this last point.

Hope that helps,

Grey Wolf