> he (Dr. Hartmann)
>said that his research shows that milk volume is NOT low at that time of
>day.

It may not have been low in the people he studied.  Did their babies have
colic?  Or was he just doing general milk-supply research?  I know my own
milk supply was very low in late afternoon/early evening if I hadn't taken
the time to nurse often at that time of day for the previous few days.


He thinks there is another explanation for the phenomenon, which
>apparently occurs worldwide.


I also dispute this.  I think any anthropologist who studies infant care
and feeding will tell you that "traditional" societies don't have babies
with colic or late afternoon/evening fussiness.  It isn't just Mali.
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