Dear Friends: The recommendations include these lovely paragraphs: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Parent and caregiver responsibilities for children's nutrition are choosing breast-feeding for first nutrition, maintaining it for 12 months if possible; controlling when food can be eaten; providing a social context for eating behavior; teaching about food and nutrition; counteracting inaccurate information from the media and other influences; teaching other care providers about proper food choices for children; serving as role models for healthy eating; and promoting and participating in regular daily physical activity. The guidelines recommend breast-feeding as the exclusive source of nutrition for the first four to six months of life. To improve nutritional quality after weaning, they recommend delaying introduction of 100% juice until at least six months of age and limiting it to no more than 4 to 6 oz. per day; responding to satiety clues and not overfeeding; introducing healthy foods and continuing to offer them if initially refused; and avoiding foods without overall nutritional value." ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The breastfeeding recommendations are not current; however, I am glad to see that breastfeeding is part of the new guidelines. warmly, Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE Maternal-Child Adjunct Faculty Union Institute and University Film Reviews Editor, Journal of Human Lactation www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html