Some people think that breast milk is not nutritious after 6 months, and some even think that breast milk is not as nutritious as formula, and some say that breastfeeding over 1 year old will make the child stupid. All these unscientific ideas lead to many babies not being breastfed or being forcibly weaned after 6-8 months of age. Indeed, for many people (including some doctors), breastfeeding that continues beyond the first year of age is a new thing. Moreover, there are two deep-rooted prejudices about breast milk in their minds: the first common prejudice is that “after X months, breast milk is not nutritious”. In fact, milk after 6 months is not no longer nutritious, but without immunoglobulin, which is what strengthens children’s immunity, so you can find that breastfed children usually don’t get cold before 6 months, and some children get cold from after 6 months. However, breast milk after 6 months is equally nutritious, the nutritional value of breast milk is still not replaced by any food, only at this time breast milk does not fully meet the baby’s development, the baby’s growth needs to gradually accept other foods, so to add complementary foods scientifically, which is the beginning of the weaning period. Slowly, the baby will go from eating paste food to lumpy food to food similar to adults, generally to about 2 years old. And breast milk also gradually becomes a supplement from the original staple food to finally just a meal snack for the baby. Numerous studies have proven that breast milk is rich in nutrients such as fat, protein, calcium and vitamins, etc., no matter what time of the year it is, especially immune factors that are vital to a child’s health. A young child’s own immune system is not sound until about six years old, and until then, long-term breastfeeding is equivalent to building a natural immune barrier for your child, which can effectively prevent many diseases, such as common infections in the ear, gastrointestinal and respiratory tracts in young children, as well as serious illnesses such as cancer in young children, juvenile diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis. Those infants with allergies should even be breastfed until they are over one year old. What is particularly amazing is that as the child grows older, and as the intake of complementary foods increases, the frequency of sucking on breast milk decreases, but breast milk automatically concentrates nutrients and antibodies and delivers the nutrients that the child needs without fail. Equally important to the nutritional value is the complete satisfaction of the psychological and emotional needs of the child through prolonged breastfeeding. Prolonged breastfeeding helps strengthen mother-child intimacy and build the child’s sense of security. When a child is tired, frightened, irritable or sad, sucking on breast milk can give the most timely, effective and warmest comfort to the child, so that when the child needs help, it is a human being who helps, not an object (pacifier, toy, snack, etc.). And again, formula, do you know how the formula of milk powder came about? It is based on the analysis of breast milk at different stages before the formula of milk powder, but many nutrients in breast milk are still unknown and cannot be configured. The experts who do formula will tell you that the best formula is the one that is closest to the composition of breast milk. So if you have enough breast milk don’t add formula to your baby, of course you can add formula if you have to work or there are other reasons why you can’t, but many working mothers can also insist on breast milk. So if the mother has good milk, you can let him eat more for a while before weaning, and the argument that there is nothing nutritious about milk after 6-8 months is unscientific and one-sided.