Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank their children and partners for support in and out of the field, their Moken participants for inspiring them to think further, and Tracey Skelton and Danielle's mentor for their insightful and constructive comments on the paper.
Disclosure statement
No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.
Funding
The Thai-based research was funded by a UNSW Australia Science Faculty and Early Career Research Grant.
Notes
1 The Moken are an ethnic group residing largely in coastal areas and islands along the Andaman coast of Thailand stretching from northern Malaysia, along the Thai coast into Myanmar's Mergui Archipelago.
2 The let-down reflex releases milk in the lactating breast which may happen when feeding or if you see, hear your baby or even think about a baby.