Dear Friends:
    << A doctor in our area told a breastfeeding mother of a four month old
that
if she needed to get away and feed the baby something besides breastmilk, she
could feed almond milk.  You soak almond overnight in water, peel them and
then crush them and strain them through cheesecloth.  You then add water to
the resulting mixture and feed to the baby.  I had never heard of this and
thought I would run it through the expert line here. >>

    WHY is a doctor telling a mother that she needs to get away and feed the
baby something else? What happened to exclusive breastfeeding? Why can't she
express some milk and leave it for the baby? Why spend the energy creating a
substitute, in this case not even from the same phylum as the baby, when
there is a safe option?
    Warmly
Nikki Lee RN, MSN, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CIMI, CSTP
Elkins Park (a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; northeastern USA)
supporter of the WHO Code and the Mother Friendly Childbirth Initiative

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