Since I am the only one who has stood up for the possibility that a
formula made of goat's milk may be considered in some cases, I can only
assume that the latest batch of posts about it are in response to what I
have said.

Ladies, please do not insult my intelligience.  If I was not aware that
goat's milk was for baby goats, and that breastmilk was for human
babies, I would not go to tremendous lengths to produce as much breast
milk as I can for my adopted babies, and to help other adoptive mothers
do the same.  I would not waste my time writing articles about it, and I
would not subscribe to Lactnet.  As for the posts on the composition of
goat's milk, I know that it is deficient in folic acid, etc, etc,.  That
is why I make a formula out of it rather than giving it to them plain.

I have not, and would not dream of, suggesting it as a substitute for
breastmilk, but as a substitute for commercial formula.  I believe the
cow's milk based formulas are the best, except for the one without
lactose, but some babies just do not do well on those, either as a
supplement to breastmilk, or as a complete diet.  Are you telling me
that a formula made from soy beans, with table sugar or corn syrup in
place of lactose is more like breastmilk than the formula I used?  Do
you have any evidence of that?  If so, I would certainly like to see it.

Incidentally, I would not expect anything made of canned goat milk to be
good because of the fact that processing foods at extreme temperatures
destroys nutrients and who knows what else. ( What do you think would
happen if someone were to take breastmilk and process it in a pressure
cooker?) Although I have had it for years, I would not consider using
the recipe from the Meyerberg company that consists of evaporated goat
milk, water and corn syrup.  I would not expect that to be any better
than the evaporated cow's milk, water, and corn syrup formula that I was
raised on.

I'm afraid I'm having a hard time understanding why a few of you are so
quick to come to the defense of the formula companies and berate anyone
who even thinks about goat milk in any form.  If you have seen terribly
ill children who were on goat's milk formula similar to what I, and
others, have described who made dramatic improvement after being
switched to soy formula, please tell me.  I have not seen that, but I
have seen the reverse.

Darillyn