Hello David, In a message dated 16/02/98 04:17:37 GMT, you write:

<<  In my personal experience after 10 years of doing hematocrits
 (blood counts) on 9 month babies who have basically been exclusively
 breastfed for four to six months and then fed whatever the mother eats
 (rice, peas, callalloo, fish, mango etc. etc) from then on, I have still to
 find a baby who was anaemic >>

Why the need to carry on doing this when you know the result? !!  Having a
needle stuck into you hurts, hope you always encourage the mother to have a
breast ready for instant comfort if baby hurts or is frightened.

My kindest regards to you in Trinidad where you are top dogs in Test Match;
where my bestest, bestest friend comes from; where we plan to go for our 25th
WA and where my husband is going in a weeks time on work (during Carnival, of
course) and I can't go, boohoo.  Helen M. Woodman, National Childbirth Trust
Breastfeeding Counsellor, UK