Now about those IQ points! This nurses children are at a big disadvantage the also have heriditary against them. (sorry I had the overwhelming desire to be nasty-no flames please) >I took my 8-year-old daughter to her new pediatrician (third insurance >company of the year) with her usual ear infection. She's had them since she >was weeks old. Yes, she was fully breastfed. Chronic ear infections and >asthma. Go figure. Never a drop of formula. Weaned at four years. > Anyway...the nurse came in and recognized my name from all the fliers and >posters in the clinic promoting my breastfeeding talk for expectant parents. > "Oh, you're the breastfeeding lady, aren't you? Well, I raised all my >children on out-of-date formula and they're all fine." AAGH! Belinda Bohnert <[log in to unmask]> LLLLeader, mom to Joshua (6/84), Chapin (6/88), Gretchen (9/91), Annaliese (11/93) Due (11/96). Married to Craig for 14 yrs. In Indianapolis, Indiana