Repelled by the baby's illness, the mother rejects her and stops breast-feeding.

If you and your baby suddenly stop breast-feeding.

They get so discouraged at home that by the third day after discharge, they have stopped breast-feeding.

Stopping full breast-feeding at 4 months increased the risk of infection even more than day care attendance or exposure to smoke.

Suddenly stopping breast-feeding may be harder for both you and your baby than a gradual decrease in feeding frequency.

"Stop breast-feeding," she told me, and dutifully, I weaned my daughter that night.

Sometimes a mother wants to stop breast-feeding but her baby seems to want to keep it up.

What if I want to stop breast-feeding but my baby does not?

A fifth study, from Zambia, showed an increased death rate among infants born to infected mothers who stopped breast-feeding at four months.

Consult your doctor before breast-feeding or if you plan to stop breast-feeding.