Breastfeeding / breastmilk feeding is so important for infant health and development and it carries through to adulthood. The benefits of breastfeeding is accumulative, therefore the longer a child is breastfed the greater the benefits. Sadly only 15% of Australian infants are still breastfed at 6months. Some great contributions to this low statistic is formula marketing, pressure to return to work, and even health professionals giving misleading advice on breastfeeding from the get go as well as later on. Mothers who want to breastfeed should be supported and those who do not want to breastfeed should make it as an informed decision, not a decision based on societal pressures. vintage mother of the bride dresses tea length