Dr Miriam Stoppard undermines breastfeeding

Dr Miriam Stoppard wrote a piece about breastfeeding in the Mirror this week.

 http://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/health/when-should-you-stop-breast-feeding-1259599

Much of it was bollocks. If you want to know why, read on. My comments follow each paragraph of her text (which is in italics).

There’s no keener fan of breast-feeding than me. I always advocate breast milk as the perfect food for babies from birth to weaning.

That’s right, must get the breast-is-best message in first so that nobody can tell you off.[1]