Originally posted by Czarina_Czarina
"Gender awareness. By age 2 or 3, a child starts to develop a sense of being a male or female. This awareness is called gender identity. A child of this age starts to understand the difference between boys and girls, and can identify himself or herself as one or the other. Some people think gender identity is biologically determined and some say it's a product of a child's environment. Most likely, though, it's a combination of both."http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/growth/sexual_health/development.html
I didn't click on the link, but maybe breast feeding should stop right before the child understands gender awareness.
Breast feeding should probably stop prior to the age of 2.