Again for the record, I only started to consider vaccination as having played a part in DD1's illness because she reacted badly at the time to her DTP.
She had two jabs, with the first one she went into a deep sleep, was unrousable for over six hours and then woke with high pitched screaming which continued off and on until the next day. I now know this is certainly an adverse reaction to a vaccine.
The second time her leg (injection site) almost doubled in size and was very red and hot to touch for about two weeks after vaccination. DD ran a very high fever and was out of sorts for weeks. She had a nodule in her leg for three months at the injection site.
I only began to read up on adverse events after the event but had been keeping a food diary on the advice of an osteopath for quite some time. Looking back on this diary, it is clear that DD's condition worsened in the days following her DTP.
At 4.5 months she was diagnosed failure to thrive, had constant intestinal pain, bowel problems, hair loss, temperature control problems, lymph gland nodules and her eczema had spread to her whole body.
I know that her vaccines played a role in all this. I know of many other parents who have a similar story and feel the same way.
Sorry, don't want to move this thread away from the importance of BF and not weaning too early but I really feel that there are deeper, more controversial issues that use BF/weaning to hide behind.